TAICHUNG, TAIWAN — Car enthusiasts around the world are weeping after watching this beautiful, expensive Lamborghini Murcielago get turned into a useless pile of scrap metal. <br /> <br />As reported by Focus Taiwan, a commercial pilot surnamed Lin illegally imported the the sports car and instead affixed a license plate from a different car to make it seem legit. <br /> <br />While out driving the car in the central city of Taichung back in 2013, the unfortunate man was stopped at a routine checkpoint. Cops discovered the license plate on the Lambo was for a Ford sedan and impounded the vehicle straightaway. <br /> <br />Lin has been filing appeal after appeal since 2014 to get the car released, to no avail. <br /> <br />Even on the day it was demolished, a friend of the owner’s tried to save the car, which was according to Focus Taiwan was valued at NT$10 million or around $315,000. <br /> <br />In Taiwan an import tariff of 60 percent to 70 percent of a car’s estimated value is imposed on imported luxury cars. <br /> <br />Sadly, Taiwanese authorities went ahead and destroyed the Murcielago anyway. <br /> <br />Unlike the fighting bull it was named after, which survived 24 sword strokes, it only took one stroke to permanently incapacitate this car. <br /> <br />The owner most likely did not obtain proper registration for the car, as a Lamborghini Murcielago would not pass inspection in Taiwan due to its emissions and noise. <br /> <br />The car was not sold by Lamborghini Taiwan, but rather was likely imported privately or by an unaffiliated dealer.
