Taiwan Shows Pulverizing Stance Against Illegally Imported Cars
If You Thought Importing Cars Into the U.S. Was a Headache, Wait Till You See Taiwan’s Treatment of This Lamborghini Murcielago.
In the States, we are pretty lucky when it comes to automotive imports. Rules are fairly simply laid out: make sure that it is 25-years-old or over. Other than that, the world is your oyster. Taiwan, however, has some incredibly strict (and expensive) rules when it comes to importing cars. Rather than applying to classics, those import rules are in regards to new cars. That’s likely the reasoning behind this bludgeoned, crinkled mass that was formerly a Lamborghini Murcielago.
The issue stems from import taxes, which hit you on four different counts, and one of those four taxes is nearly 30% of the car’s value. Essentially, you end up paying 160% of the car’s value in order to legally import it. For a Lamborghini Murcielago, that can eclipse $100,000 in taxes. You can see why some people might want to skirt this law.
But Taiwanese government doesn’t take kindly to such lawless action, and they will publicly destroy your car, piece by piece, to set an example. Murcielago masochists will be delighted to watch the half-hour long video below, but for the rest of us, it is really hard to watch. If anything, it does make for a fairly effective deterrent though.
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Via [Road & Track]
