$450,000 Lamborghini faces crusher after cops seize supercar

By Trevor Mogg July 5, 2013

lamborghini650 — Image used with permission by copyright holder

A luxury sports car seized in London for allegedly having no insurance could end up in the crusher, police said Thursday.

The $450,000 Lamborghini Aventador was stopped by police near high-end department store Harrods at the end of last month. Should the owner – believed to be 24-year-old Nasser Al-Thani – fail to produce up-to-date insurance details and refuse to pay any imposed fine, he could see his flashy supercar wrecked by a crusher.

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And while such an unthinkable act may bring tears to the eyes of petrolheads around the world, Al-Thani might simply shrug his shoulders, pop down the nearest Lamborghini showroom and buy another one. He is, after all, a member of the Qatari ruling family.

A spokesman for London’s Metropolitan Police told the Evening Standard the Lamborghini, complete with its 6.5-liter V12 engine, isn’t the first upmarket vehicle its seized.

“We’ve had a few Porsches, BMW X5s, and a Ferrari – that one got crushed and in fact the vast majority of them are,” the spokesman said.

lamborghini in london — Image used with permission by copyright holder

The car, with an extraordinary purple and orange paint job that’s rumored to glow in the dark, drew quite a crowd when it was pulled over by police (video below) in London’s wealthy Knightsbridge district last week, with many eager to snap a picture of the 217-mph car as it was loaded onto the back of a truck.

It’s not clear precisely when the car could end up in the crusher, but if it does, we won’t be surprised if a video surfaces on YouTube showing the pricey motor making its way to that great parking lot in the sky. We’ll keep you posted….

[Top image: Evening Standard]

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