A luxury car valued at £1.2m was clamped outside Harrods in central London after being illegally parked.

The Koenigsegg CCXR and a £350,000 Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SuperVeloce were both clamped on the afternoon of 22 July.

Kensington and Chelsea Council said the light-blue vehicles were in serious contravention of parking rules.

The Knightsbridge store was bought by members of the Qatari royal family in April for £1.5bn.

It was bought by the Qatar Holding group, led by the Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, from Mohammed Al Fayed.

Both the cars are very rare with the Swedish-made Koenigsegg being one of only six ever made.
'Effective deterrent'

A Harrods spokesman said: "Any matters relating to parking tickets and enforcement are strictly the domain of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea."

The council said £120 penalty charge notices were issued, but the cars were released for £70 each as the fines were paid within 14 days.

A spokesman said: "There is a greater shortage of parking space for residents in Kensington and Chelsea than practically anywhere else in the country.

"At the same time we have a huge number of visiting motorists attracted here by our fine shops, restaurants and other attractions.

"Our priority is our residents. To keep space available for them, we must deter visitors from taking up residents' bays and our experience is that clamping is simply the most effective deterrent."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10810772

These are my dream rides.

But for the Qatari Billona ire owners, they would be more bothered about dents on their cars from the clamps than the miserly £70 or so release fees.

the Quatari billionaires own the store [Harrods], not the cars.

the cars probably belong to some rival families or principalities.

on 8 May 2010, Mohamed Al-Fayed sold the store to Qatar Holdings for a sum of £1.5 billion

Wiki

The cars actually belongs to the Qatari family. And blue is their family colour.

^^oh, ok.

seems the cars belong to the new owners of Harrods.

but street parking a multi million dollar car?

tsk tsk.

If you are around Knightsbridge a lot you would see worse than that. These guys do not care about road regulations, after all its just a fine at the end of the day.

I would park in the same spot if I were driving the same car.

A KOENIGSEGG CCXR!! The last time I saw that car, it was on T.V being raced round the TOP GEAR Track by the Stigg.

I'll kill to own that car.

Okija_juju:

I would park in the same spot if I were driving the same car.

A KOENIGSEGG CCXR!! The last time I saw that car, it was on T.V being raced round the TOP GEAR Track by the Stigg.

I'll kill to own that car.

You can use bk/babe for your rituals
hopefully he won't produce counterfeit

^^ No be only counterfeit ehn go produce,

Have you seen counterfeit coins before?? THats wat he'll produce.

Okija_juju:

^^ No be only counterfeit ehn go produce,

Have you seen counterfeit coins before?? THats wat he'll produce.

0hsisi:

You can use bk/babe for your rituals
hopefully he won't produce counterfeit

At least yall aint trying to eat me!

Okija_juju:

! The last time I saw that car, it was on T.V being raced round the TOP GEAR Track by the Stigg.

The "LAST TIME"??!?! lol. Like u've ever seen it face to face! Ibos!

Okija_juju:

Yoruba Nama, did you see the T.V part of that post!!

Fool, learn to write properly so u'll be better understood! You said the "last time" u saw "it was on tv"! Meaning, u've seen it previous times before! lol. Learn, monkey, learn!

shotster50:

If you are around Knightsbridge a lot you would see worse than that. These guys do not care about road regulations, after all its just a fine at the end of the day.

Another name for Knightsbridge is "Little Kuwait". These Milddle-East people don't care about anything, one of them killed his servant in his 5 star hotel, the case was swept under the carpet by the police, the UK enonomy needs their money.

thameamead:

Another name for Knightsbridge is "Little Kuwait". These Milddle-East people don't care about anything, one of them killed his servant in his 5 star hotel, the case was swept under the carpet by the police, the UK enonomy needs their money.

cant agree more. another example of british double standerd. they desperately need billionaires investor money, and ask little question about the legality of their funds.

no wonder the uk is fast becoming the billionaires play ground of emergin third world countries

snowdrops:

cant agree more. another example of british double standerd. they desperately need billionaires investor money, and ask little question about the legality of their funds.

no wonder the uk is fast becoming the billionaires play ground of emergin third world countries

@snowdrops
u can trust the British not to practise what they preach, by d way these billonaires are only in the UK for their summer holidays lasting from August to start of Ramadam and they disappear to reappear the following year. I use to work in Harrods, they shop till they are about to drop including the children of our oil rich African leaders, all they do is SHOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!'ve seen it all,