Supralad Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 (taken from dailymail) Looking on the bright side, at least the owners won't have much trouble stumping up the parking fine. But even when you've just bought Harrods for £1.5billion, and the cars are among the fastest and most exclusive in the world, getting them clamped is still a bit of an inconvenience. The uniquely liveried supercars belong to the Qatari royal family, which bought the flagship store three months ago. On the left is a Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SuperVeloce, worth £350,000. In front of it is a bespoke specification Koenigsegg CCXR, one of only six in the world and worth a staggering £1.2million. The Koenigsegg is built to customer requirements, right down to body-contour matching seats. Potential CCXR buyers are flown to company HQ on an airbase in Sweden, where boss Christian Von Koenigsegg takes them for a spin. Such is his confidence in the car's stability that he accelerates to 200mph and slams on the brakes - without putting his hands on the steering wheel. The Qatar version of the car is said to produce more than 1,064bhp, does 0-60mph in 2.9 seconds and has a top speed of 249mph. Petrol consumption - of less concern in the oil rich Middle East than in SW1 - is around 14mpg. The Lamborghini has a top speed of 213mph and is capable of 0-60 in 3.2 seconds. Only 350 have been built. Both cars are finished in the Al-Thani royal family's hallmark 'baby blue' colour, although it would be unfair to have expected the clampers to know that. The family has an estimated personal wealth of £2.4billion as well as stakes in dozens of businesses around the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supralad Posted July 29, 2010 Author Share Posted July 29, 2010 Talk about welcome to the country .. lol Imagine if you scratched or damanged the car whilst putting the clamp on :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Why did they not clamp the other cars? I'd be well peeved off if that was me and I was being victimised for having a nice car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevins Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I say its set up just for publicity There are n red or yellow lines on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I say its set up just for publicity There are n red or yellow lines on the road. hmm...seems pretty desperate if that were the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcAB10 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 the colour is vile.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Talk about welcome to the country .. lol Imagine if you scratched or damanged the car whilst putting the clamp on :/ I would be surprised if they hadn't. How would you go about it legally if they did? H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevins Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Its a way to get into the papers with out screaming look at me I just bought harrads . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcAB10 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Its a way to get into the papers with out screaming look at me I just bought harrads . have you seen the cars the clamps are on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I can see bays, so I can only assume the cars are out of the bays hence why they have been clamped, nothing to do with the fact they could be too big to fit into the bays properly. I actually love the colour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsween Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 the colour is vile.... Time to change teh avatar colour then i guess..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevins Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 IS there not a drift team with those colours up the midlands, they use s13's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopgunTT Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I reckon they put them on themselves, They have heard about the car theft rate in our country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcAB10 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Time to change teh avatar colour then i guess..... HA! i actually thought that too when i said the colour was vile BUT.. it's wrong on a car, fine for an avatar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogmaw Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Why did they not clamp the other cars? I'd be well peeved off if that was me and I was being victimised for having a nice car. Perhaps they're parked in residents parking bays. Owning Harrods does not qualify you for resident status! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazama76 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 well u'd just the buy clamping company, sack the twat that clamped you, let your self off with the fine. then liquidate or sell for peanuts. well, thats what id do if i had 2.4billion kicking about the bedroom lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Or perhaps pay a £200 fine rather than a half page ad for £30,000 per national newspaper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Maybe they put the clamps on themselves to stop them flippin' lunnen wideboyz nikkin da cars, innit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I think they deserved to be clamped for that colour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 On the BBC news site there is something about them being parked in residents bays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 They weren’t clamped because of where they were parked, it was due to the fact they took 2 stunning cars and painted them in the most hideous colour.............................Fashion police 1-Arab’s 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I thought the pseudo Egyptian was tasteless enough, with his shrines and failed attempts to be a British National. I see the Quataris are trying to bring it to a new level of vulgar ostentation with their arrival. It's no good these people having oil coming out of their noses if they don't have the breeding to know those two colourful things illegally parked just isn't the English way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 they are enjoying it while it lasts (oil that is) - so fair play to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra_aero Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Its a way to get into the papers with out screaming look at me I just bought harrads . This. I could go out now and find a lamborghini parked up with a ticket and a clamp. I reckon I could do it every day of the week in central London. So why is it this made the papers?? This world and the media has become obsessed with money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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