Driver crashes one-day-old £210,000 McLaren 720S supercar

An overexcited driver has destroyed a McLaren 720S supercar after just one day of ownership.

Police in the city of Fairfax, Virginia, tweeted an image of the wrecked exotic car shortly after it hit a tree on Saturday. The crash was the result “of speed”, the post said, adding: “A reminder to slow down, or it could cost you.”

The British supercar - which has a price tag of around £210,000 - was delivered to the owner last Friday, The Washington Post reports. The crash took place at 7:45am (US Eastern Time) the following day in the Great Falls area, north of Fairfax.

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The driver, who has not been identified, was “taken to the hospital with thankfully only non-life threatening injuries”, Fairfax County Police said on Twitter.

The McLaren 720S is one of the British carmaker’s most powerful and expensive supercars, with a 710bhp twin-turbo V8 engine that can achieve a top speed of around 212mph.

The car also features complex aerodynamic bodywork designed to provide grip at high speeds - although there is little evidence of this in the tweeted image of the crashed model.

This is not the first time that a road smash involving exotic cars has made headlines this year. In March, a Ferrari 458 and Porsche 718 Cayman GTS with a combined value of around £230,000 collided on a roundabout in Sheffield, resulting in significant damage.