Koenigsegg CCXR and Lamborghini LP670-4 SV get clamped in front of Harrods [video]

Just because you have the cash to buy supercars, doesn't mean you can park on London's Brompton Road in front of luxury department store Harrod's. A member of the Al-Thani royal family from Qatar is allegedly the owner of the custom finished baby blue cars seen in this video: a Koenigsegg CCXR and a Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SuperVeloce.

Both were booted by a parking warden for being illegally parked. It is not known what was the unclamping fee of each car.

The baby blue color has been attributed to Ana Al-Thani, an oil baron from the emirate. Al-Thani's collection also includes a one-off Pagani Zonda Uno in the color tone, amongst many others.

Source: Thomas Vervuurt Pictures via teamspeed.com via autoblog.gr

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Hellbound

No such thing as bad PR. I'm sure most of us would be on the side of the owners...although having said that, I'm sure the guy who did the clamping had a big grin on his face :)

July 27, 2010 4:10 pm

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B_M_Gearhead

If I lived in London, I'd always carry a cordless sawzall in the trunk of my vehicle. Also I wouldn't be so arrogant to believe that the rules did not apply to me, no matter how much money I had.

July 27, 2010 4:32 pm

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Mikeado

This is one reason why my home country sucks. Wait, sorry, I am sorely mistaken. That's two reasons why my home country sucks.

July 27, 2010 4:53 pm

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NarF

just because your country upholds the law doesn't mean it sucks !!!!!

July 28, 2010 4:30 am

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Aesthetics

dubai plates, how would they know?

July 27, 2010 5:09 pm

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Hero Sina

Because you can find`DUBAI`in plates

July 27, 2010 10:58 pm

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Bu3abood

btw it says Qatar in arabic not dubai :)

July 28, 2010 2:25 am

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moodyaaa

As u may know all, from now on, Harrods is owned by Qatar. So if i were him, I would park it next to ralph Lauren Third Floor :p

July 27, 2010 5:25 pm

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Fourie_00

HAHAHA this is pretty funny. maybe they thought the english would envy them? not fine them haha

July 27, 2010 5:29 pm

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fQation

LOL he is not from the United Arab Emirates he is from Qatar but apparently whoever wrote the article thinks all rich arab guys are from "the emirate"

July 27, 2010 10:07 pm

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BrianWCF

I kindly suggest you read the article again.

July 28, 2010 12:18 am

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jerry05cod4

I say u go ape shayt on this guy Brian! his version of reading an article is reading some other retard's comment that says dubai.

July 28, 2010 9:18 am

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911_Turbo

The word "emirate" in this article is a description of Qatar's form of government. There are three emirates in the Middle East: Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Educate yourselves people so you can avoid writing silly comments and embarrassing yourselves.

July 28, 2010 10:27 am

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BrianWCF

911_Turbo, I'll proudly embarrass myself then because I want to understand the mistake so it doesn't happen again. Is Qatar not an emirate? Because that is what Zack is referring to in the article. Perhaps not a great source but wikipedia states, "Qatar, is an Arab country, known officially as an emirate..." Is this incorrect?

July 28, 2010 2:21 pm

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Arto-7

Calling Qatar an Emirate is absolutely correct. However, because of heavy publicity of Dubai's emergence, it has become very common amongst Westerners when referring to the country it's in, the U.A.E, as the Emirates. This creates the common misconception of thinking that any country run by the Emirate system belongs to the U.A.E. A less misleading way would be to call it a state. That's what Kuwait calls itself in official documents and whatnot.

December 12, 2010 4:17 pm

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supercharged

I guess that ''special one'' is not that special after all. :)

July 28, 2010 1:57 am

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Bu3abood

Yeah al-thani are the qatar royal family why is even the Emirate mentioned ?! worldcarfans are making alot of mistakes in their article :( its like saying obama is the president of USA but he is from mexico

July 28, 2010 2:24 am

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Bristol411S3

I think it's £105 to get the clamp removed. Plus the parking fine which is about £50. Not a lot of money to those guys but an inconvenience.

July 28, 2010 3:13 am

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otakki

For them, those amount is worth nothing compared to their convenience. If should be done so it will be a certain percentage of the wealth, like that recent case in ?Switzerland. That will wake them up.

July 31, 2010 3:25 pm

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Rotaermel

Seriously, this is not BABY BLUE, it's called TURQUOISE. ever heard of it?

July 28, 2010 4:41 am

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Francois

Well done by the parking warden. If he or his family owns the building it doesn't mean they own the street or parking spaces.

July 28, 2010 4:48 am

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Siawa

Those cars don't look good in that color.

July 28, 2010 8:03 am

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moodyaaa

I agree

July 29, 2010 5:12 pm

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SPORTINGUISTA_29

good work by the police's

July 28, 2010 8:31 am

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Sultan91

i saw that turquoise CCXR in person in PARIS before about 2 weeks along with the same color on a 599. He used to have an LP670 but i guess he switched the LP670 to this 1018HP CCXR But i might say, that car was really amazing

July 28, 2010 10:43 am

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jerry05cod4

im thinking you didn't notice, but there is an lp670-SV parked behind the CCXR.

July 29, 2010 8:43 am

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911_Turbo

BrianWCF, yes, Qatar is an independent emirate with a ruling emir, and so is Kuwait. The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates with a ruling president.

July 29, 2010 1:39 am

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BrianWCF

Thanks for the explanation, but respectfully, that doesn't explain how Zack's usage of "emirate" in the article is incorrect. Can you be more specific how we made the mistake?

July 29, 2010 5:11 am

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911_Turbo

BrianWCF, I wasn't saying the author made a mistake. I was proving him right! You're killing me dude, lol

July 29, 2010 6:06 am

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schizo

You think the warden was a little bit nervous about scratching the paint job or the wheels while putting on those clamps?

July 29, 2010 3:17 am

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