July 30, 2010

0 – 60 in Four Seconds. Not When Your Clamped

Filed under: news — lloyd @ 11:03 am

Two Luxury cars worth almost £1.2m were clamped out side the prestigious Harrods Store.  

The cars, a Koenigsegg CCXR and Murcielago LP670-$ Supervoice were clamped after being illegally parked outside the London store.

Koenigsegg CCXR and a Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SuperVeloce clamped outside Harrods 

Clamped: illegally parked

The Koenigsegg CCXR and a £350,000 Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SuperVeloce were both clamped on the afternoon of 22 July.   Both cars are rare the Koengsegg is one of only six in existence.

In commenting the Kensington and Chelsea Council said:

“The vehicles were in serious contravention of parking rules.  Our priority is our residents.  T0o keep space available for the, we must deter visitors from taking up residents bays and our experience is that clamping is simply the most effective deterrent.” 

A spokes men for Harrods said that the responsibility for parking enforcement in front of the store, rested with the council. 

The cars were released after the owners paid a £70 fine. 

Source: BBC

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