Try Not To Cry As A Confiscated Ferrari 458 Is Crushed
This is definitely one of those lie down on the floor, try not to cry moments. And before you ask, yes, this is a real Ferrari 458 Spider being ripped to shreds.
Naturally, you’re probably wondering why, so let us take you through it. The car belonged to 30-year-old Zahid Khan, a millionaire businessman branded a ‘rogue landlord’ after forcing tenants out of his property in 2016. After three of the six charges against him were upheld, Khan was ordered to carry out 150 hours of community service. When turning up to an appeal hearing at Birmingham Crown Court, he parked and left the ill-fated Ferrari on the pavement.
The car was written off, after a previous serious accident. It should never have been allowed back on the road. Police rightfully crushed it https://t.co/rfrkvTFZN3
— Ferrari North Europe (@FNEPR) May 26, 2017
Apparently believing it was stolen, police later seized the car. When trying to find out what had happened to it, Khan was told it had been destroyed, as it was without valid insurance and was classed as an un-roadworthy ‘category B’ insurance write-off that had been repaired after a serious accident. That said, UK law states that some parts can be salvaged from cat B cars and used on roadworthy vehicles, so we’re not sure why the whole car was binned.
It’s only now that the harrowing footage has been revealed, showing the mid-engined supercar’s final moments. Khan denies that the 458 was uninsured, and claims that the authorities “went behind my back and removed a court order that was imposed on the car without notifying my self or my legal team.”
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Comments
Try not to cry challenges are SO outta date.
I think I suffered a serious cardiac arrest watching that
What annoys me is that governments feel they need to crush these cars as a show of force. But these cars could be auctioned off or donated to a charity like Kids undercover for example , a charity which auctions off cars and uses the money to prevent youth homelessness. This would surely be better then simply crushing them.
People reaaaally need to read the article properly. It was a CAT B write off. Not fit for road use at all. So no, they couldn’t just sell it on instead of scrapping it.
Sh#t like this makes no sense. Why don’t the government just sell it?!!? Then we wouldn’t need to get taxed as hard.
If it’s electric then it won’t be crushed.
As someone who just totaled their car I feel happy and sad at the same time why because someone else’s car but sad because I need one
The person who did that should probably kys
It deserves a proper burial
so, how much for the rims?