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<p class=MsoNormal>Courtesy of the Daily Mail (London, England) at:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1298651/New-Harrods-owners-cars-worth-1-5m-CLAMPED.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1298651/New-Harrods-owners-cars-worth-1-5m-CLAMPED.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Welcome to Britain! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>New Harrods owners see cars worth £1.5m Clamped (outside
store they bought for £1.5bn)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>By Paul Harris<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Looking on the bright side, at least the owners won't have
much trouble stumping up the parking fine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The uniquely liveried supercars belong to the Qatari royal
family, which bought the flagship store three months ago. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Back home on the open highways and expressways around Qatar,
either car could still fall victim to speed cameras (providing, that is, the
cameras can register top speeds in excess of 200mph). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>But anyone who has ever nipped into Harrods for a few
minutes could have told them that the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
shows no mercy - or discrimination - towards parking regulation breaches in the
cramped, crowded streets that surround it. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hence, two large yellow triangles rather spoiled the sleek
lines of the fabulously rare cars when clampers contracted by the council
spotted them driverless and illegally parked. Within minutes, they made sure
the cars were going nowhere fast.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>That set in train the universally familiar hassle of paying
a release fee (£70), coughing up a fine (between £40 and £120, with a reduction
for prompt payers), and sorting out the paperwork. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Hopefully none of the wheels was damaged during the clamping
operation - the Koenigsegg's are made of carbon-magnesium and cost £3,000 each.
Nor was the driver obliged to hand over the key. A diamond encrusted option is
available for £36,000.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Shoppers and tourists craned for a peek at the spectacle as
it unfolded in the heart of Knightsbridge. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The council, which clamped 8,883 vehicles in the borough
last year, declined to comment specifically on the case, as did Harrods.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The Lamborghini has a top speed of 213mph and is capable of
0-60 in 3.2 seconds. Only 350 have been built. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The family has an estimated personal wealth of £2.4billion
as well as stakes in dozens of businesses around the world. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>They live a playboy lifestyle and assets include a fleet of
multi-million pound yachts and luxury homes in countries across the globe. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>They own a string of luxury vehicles - including a one-off,
7.3litre V12 Pagani Zonda Uno. If only the drivers had taken advantage of the
Harrods valet parking fee. It costs just £10 for the first hour.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Going nowhere: 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 £1.2million Koenigsegg CCXR and £350,000 Lamborghini
Murcielago LP670-4 SuperVeloce were illegally parked outside the London
department store.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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src="cid:image003.jpg@01CB2F26.24D6A2E0" alt="DailymailPicCars_072910.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> Seeya round town, Moscow.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Corporations
are an oppressed minority forced to move headquarters from state to state in search
of friendlier tax codes--sometimes being forced to live just off our shores in
tiny mailboxes." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- John
Oliver, The Daily Show<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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