An 80-year-old woman is recovering after her Porsche Boxter crashed through the foyer of an apartment building on the Gold Coast.

The woman, who lives in the apartments, was returning home to the complex with a friend, when she somehow lost control and smashed through the windows of the lift area. She says she cannot remember what happened.

She narrowly missed some people waiting for the lifts.

The woman was not injured in the accident.