LaFerrari to be crushed

Not really a Mondial topic but just had to post it somewhere...

Ferrari LaFerrari Smuggled Into South Africa Set To Be Crushed

 

I don't think a perfectly good car goes to the crusher just because of customs issues, much less one so special. Whoever ends up being the legal owner, will have a right to sell it or at least auction it.

 

Happens all too frequently in cesspool countries which are usually in dire need of cash, but where the authorities don't have enough sense to convert assets to capital.

 

From an update I caught on Facebook, the owner had finally worked something out and would be getting the car back soon.

But, credibility on FB isn't always the best.

 

Read, owner didn't pay the right customs people their 'dues' before bringing it in.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/29/since-2007-the-dea-has-taken-3-2-billion-in-cash-from-people-not-charged-with-a-crime/?utm_term=.d5ad2b3a66ec

 

Exactly. LHD cars made after 200x aren't allowed in South Africa. Unless you get your wallet out (as evidenced by the 1 Laferrari in Cape Town already).

 

6 months ago its was driving in Cape Town on Swiss plates VS.429000

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM47hWzqwWg[/ame]

 

the swiss plates explain a lot.

I know quite a few people that had their cars on Botswana plates in South Africa (mostly LHD American imports). Illegal yes but still almost impossible to prove whether you've gone over the border or not...2 years ago they upgraded their system from hand written to digital, but it never works still, lol.

 

Incorrect.

LHD is allowed in SA if brought in via a car passport. This enables the car to remain in SA for a year, the owner is required to pay a refundable deposit before the car can enter SA.

I have spoken about this at length with the owner of the Swiss registered LAF.

 

Also the LA Ferrari subject to this article is not the same as the one driving around in Cape Town.

 

So it's temporary then. Perhaps I should've been clearer...cars after 200x aren't allowed to stay in South Africa on a permanent basis.

 

Yes. Temporary permit.

Correct, LHD cars after 2000 cannot be registered in SA.

The chances of this LAF in question being crushed are almost zero, if it went that far auction would be far more likely as happened (in different circumstances) to a Zonda a few years ago.

 

Presumably that was Lolly's Zonda? Also agree, very much doubt they'd crush it.

 

Yes it was his Zonda.

It was fantastic to see a La Ferrari on the road this past weekend.

 

Latest news (actually not so lately)!

This whole thing began in 2014 when the new owner of a LaFerrari attempted to bring his Italian Hypercar into South Africa.

Now, when importing a car into a different country where it will reside permanently, there are usually forms to fill out and taxes to pay. In most cases, the owner just pays the tax and registers the car in its new home country. For whatever reason, the owner of this LaFerrari decided to get his car into the country by just bringing it into the country. Like, in a truck. South Africa Revenue Services did not like his straightforward approach.

There is an even bigger problem here than the taxes alone. Every LaFerrari was made left-hand drive. In 2004, a law was passed in South Africa that made it actually illegal to import left-hand drive cars into the country. The punishment for violators is destruction of the car in question. Since they initially stuck the LaFerrari in a bonded warehouse in order to let the owner pay up the ludicrous duty fees, I am assuming that SARS was being lenient due to the exotic nature of this vehicle.

or three years, the Ferrari LaFerrari sat in the guarded warehouse, which goes to show how determined the owner was to not pay more than the list price of the car. And, considering that the list price was in the millions of dollars, this is a bit suspicious. Like, why not just pay it and enjoy the car? Anyway, shady circumstances aside, the owner eventually agreed to have the car shipped out of the country.

Cool, problem solved, car is out of South Africa, free as a Rosso Red bird. It was on its way to the Democratic Republic of Congo when it somehow got loaded into a different truck and sent back into South Africa. Seems like the owner didn’t like the idea of registering the car in the DRC as much as he let on.

Ever-savvy of the scheming masses, South African Customs caught the car on the way through the border. The owner evaded taxes and duty fees, tried to import the car illegally twice, and both times violated not only the standard import procedure, but the real, actual law in South Africa. What will teach this scam-happy owner a lesson?

Well, crushing his rare (one of 499) Ferrari LaFerrari is certainly a consequence that will get the attention of the owner and every Ferrari fan on the planet. Will it actually happen? Who knows. I’ll believe it when I see video proof of it, but honestly why not just confiscate it or fine the owner and sell the car back to Ferrari? Seems like a big waste to make a rather small point.

 

a La Ferrari in the Democratic Republic of Congo seems like such an absurd thing

 

^Because?

 

Because there are no proper roads. ..

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Only governments waste assets like that, because people who work in government have no economic accountability.

 

I don't believe that it will be crushed. They know how valuable it is and that they can make a lot of money by auctioning it off.

 

Yep, that was my point 8 months ago.

 

The car has not been crushed.