From this to THIS: How Paddy McGuinness wrecked Sheffield garage's £250,000 Lamborghini

A Sheffield garage whose £250,000 Lamborghini was wrecked by Top Gear star Paddy McGuinness hours after leaving the forecourt has released pictures of how the car looked before the smash.
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The TV presenter took delivery of the supercar in the summer for filming for a segment of the popular show.

But within hours, it was left damaged after ending up in a ditch when the comedian and TV host spun off the road.

The Lamborghini crashed by Paddy McGuinness had just been given a £3,000 makeover. (Photos: Instagram/Paddy McGuinness/Atom Detailing).The Lamborghini crashed by Paddy McGuinness had just been given a £3,000 makeover. (Photos: Instagram/Paddy McGuinness/Atom Detailing).
The Lamborghini crashed by Paddy McGuinness had just been given a £3,000 makeover. (Photos: Instagram/Paddy McGuinness/Atom Detailing).
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Now Sheffield’s Atom Detailing has revealed the gleaming motor in all its glory before it ended up in a shunt.

Andrew Reynard, owner of the firm, which is based in Parkway Rise, said: “It’s a shame no-one got to see it in its full glory before the crash.”

The Diablo model supercar had just been given a £3,000 makeover at Atom Detailing.

The comedian and presenter, 47, crashed it in the Yorkshire Dales in June but escaped unhurt.

The Lamborghini Diablo before the smash. (Photo: Atom Detailing).The Lamborghini Diablo before the smash. (Photo: Atom Detailing).
The Lamborghini Diablo before the smash. (Photo: Atom Detailing).
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Earlier this year, Mr Reynard told The Sun: “It left us on the Monday morning looking great and was in the ditch Tuesday afternoon. When I first heard of the crash I thought they were joking.”

Paddy posted on Instagram following the crash: “It’s been a mad old day on Top Gear today, you might have seen that I had a bit of a shunt.

"I finally got to drive one of my fantasy childhood cars - the Lamborghini Diablo - but it turns out 30-year-old supercars don’t like torrential rain, who’d have thought?

The car was wrecked in a smash in June. (Photo: Atom Detailing).The car was wrecked in a smash in June. (Photo: Atom Detailing).
The car was wrecked in a smash in June. (Photo: Atom Detailing).

"If you’ve ever owned a Diablo or you’ve driven one you’ll know just as well as me, oh my God, she can be a cruel mistress, she can be a cruel mistress that one.

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"I’m going to have a cup of tea, a paracetamol and a good old cry."

Opening up about the incident to the Sunday Express, Paddy said it looked “worse than it really was”.

He explained: “Because it’s an old car and it’s so low down it went over the bumps on the grass and it just instantly disintegrated.”

Responding to claims he was visibly shaken, Paddy said he doesn’t know where the rumours came from.

“No. Not in the slightest,” he laughed.