Lottery win: Husband wins McLaren 540C, wife wins Mercedes-AMG GLE

This couple, Prash Thurairatnam and his wife Lakshmi Thurairatnam, living in Epsom, Surrey have actually remained in the news lately, for winning brand name new/ expensive cars, following the Best of the Best (BOTB) supercar lottery.

How BOTB works is you need to choose a costly automobile of your taste form their website, and pay a ticket amount which varies from ₤ 3 to ₤ 20 ($4 – $29). At the end of a week, a winner is revealed, who not just gets his/ her dream automobile, however also gets ₤ 10,000 ($14,579) in cash and free fuel for 1 year.

Prash won a McLaren 540C in BOTB last October, while earlier this month, his spouse Lakshmi won a Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S in the same lottery. In the UK, the 540C is priced at ₤ 125,000 ($182,240) while the Mercedes AMG is priced ₤ 95,000 ($138,502). This comes along with ₤ 20,000 ($29,158) in cash along with 1 year supply of complimentary fuel, makes them richer by over ₤ 240,000 ($349,902).

McLaren 540C can be described as an entry level sportscar which is functioned by a 3.8 liter V8 twin turbo engine producing 540 PS. Combined to a 7 speed seamless shift gearbox (SSG), you get 0-100 kmph sprint in just 3.5 seconds. The GLE 63 on the other hand, is functioned by a 5.5 liter V8 biturbo producing 577 bhp and 561 lb/ft peak torque. It goes 0-100 in 4.2 seconds.