Lamborghini Gallardo Owner Destroys His Car After Bad Service [w/ video]
Source:
Chinacartimes.com | Published:
Tue Mar 15, 2011
A Chinese owner hired a "sledgehammer team" to beat up his 6-month old Gallardo in
front of a large crowd after being dissatisfied with Lamborghini's services.
According to the owner's announcement that he posted on the internet, he
decided to smash the sports car on the World Consumer Rights Day to vent his
strong dissatisfaction with Lamborghini's services in China and Europe, and its
downgraded standard for service providers.
It all started when the engine
of his newly-bought sports car failed to start on November 29, 2010. After he
had contacted Lamborghini's dealer in Qingdao, Shandong province, the car was
taken to the designated maintenance shop with a trailer of a maintenance service
provider entrusted by the dealer. The engine problem was not
fixed, and the bumper and chassis were found damaged after the car was towed to
the maintenance shop. As the owner pointed out the problem, the maintenance
service provider apparently ignored his requests to pay for the damages. After
that, the owner contacted Lamborghini's CEO Mr. Stephan Winkelmann, the brand's
China headquarters, its after-sales service manager for Asia-Pacific region, and
the brand's owner Volkswagen Group, but the problem was still not solved.
So, he came to the conclusion that there is no suitable means to protect his
consumer rights, and felt that the best way to gain attention would be to
destroy the expensive Italian car.
According to this now former Lambo
owner, Chinese consumers are becoming more capable of consuming global luxury
products, however, the global luxury brands focus on exploiting the Chinese
market on one hand, and ignore the interests and rights of Chinese consumers on
the other hand. The former owner feels that Lamborghini did not bring their
world famous high quality service to China, so he felt that the only way to show
his ultimate dissatisfaction was to destroy the car.
Because of high
Chinese taxes, a Lamborghini Gallardo such as the one above retails for between
$529,000 and $757,000, depending on specification.
