Supercar 'worth £700k' 'hard scrapes' bumper on Edinburgh New Town road
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A video showing a luxury McLaren Senna 'hard scraping' on an Edinburgh New Town street has gone viral.
Viewers expressed their disbelief that the vehicle - which can sell for £700,000 to £1m on Autotrader - was spotted in city centre.
The clip was posted to TikTok with the caption "McLaren Senna hard scrapes bumper in Edinburgh", along with a wincing emoji, was viewed over two million times and amassed over 103,000 likes.
In the video, the car can be seen stopped at a red light on North St David Street in Edinburgh's New Town.
When the light turns green, the McLaren Senna descends a slight decline and bottoms out.
A cringe-worthy scraping sound can be heard as the luxury car hits the road.
The driver appears to slow the vehicle but the scraping continues on the uneven road. He then pulls the car off the road, perhaps to assess the potential damage.
The video's caption read: "Not the car for Edinburgh city centre".
Thousands rushed to the comments section to have their say on the footage.
One viewed shared: "Yeah driving a senna in track mode on bad roads will do this".
Another shared: "This is why I decided to buy a 2012 VW Polo instead".
A third penned: "Everyone is complaining about the state of the road [but] that car has barely any clearance. What do you expect? It's a city centre, not Spa Francorchamps."
McLaren Sennas are a sports car named after Formula One race driver Ayrton Senna. The model was announced in late 2017 and the limited production hand-built cars were sold out as soon as it was unveiled, according to the McLaren cars website.
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