LaFerrari Seized In South Africa, Having Already Spent Three Years In Customs Warehouse

You’d think if you had the kind of money to buy a LaFerrari, you’d be cool with spending the extra to sort out all the local tax requirements. And yet, one example of Ferrari’s hybrid hypercar has sat in a bonded warehouse for three years because its owner didn’t go through the proper import procedures and associated VAT in South Africa.

The owner - who has not been named - finally decided to do something about in last month, by exporting it to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The next day, there was an attempt to sneak it back across the same Beitbridge border post it left via. Unsurprisingly, it was promptly seized.

Having already ‘wasted’ three years of its life in a warehouse, this LaFerrari now faces an uncertain future. It’s not even legal to drive left-hand drive cars registered after 2004 in South Africa, so some outlets are speculating it might even be crushed. It could also end up being sold outside the country, but either way, it’s not going to be used any time soon.

Source: African News Agency via Independent Online