The Vauxhall Zafira went over the embankment at Bowleaze Coveway, near Weymouth, Dorset, and ended up 20 yards down the steep slope.
A Portland coastguard spokesman added: "We have no idea how he ended up over the cliff. It's about a 45-degree slope which drops away down. The driver was very lucky as cars aren't built to cope with such conditions.''

Praying dog
At a Zen Buddhist temple in southern Japan, even the dog prays.
Mimicking his master, priest Joei Yoshikuni, a one-and-a-half-year-old black-and-white chihuahua named Conan joins in the daily prayers at Naha's Shuri Kannondo temple, sitting up on his hind legs and putting his front paws together before the altar.

Big hearts
The world's tallest man's phenomenal height has forced him to quit the vet's job he loved, to stoop as he moves around his house and to spend most of his time in his tiny home village because he cannot fit in a car or bus. But Ukrainian Leonid Stadnik, who is 8ft 5ins tall, says his condition has also taught him that the world is filled with kindhearted strangers – as people from Ukraine and the world have sent him outsized clothing.