VIDEO: Arab Playboys Race Their Supercars Around London

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed)
Sep 29th 2010 at 8:01AM

It seems that Bloomberg News finally caught up with our report last month on the cabal of mega-rich Arab playboys who made London the world's supercar capital this summer, shipping an estimated $80 million worth of eye-popping vehicles to the city while waiting out the heat in the UAE. As we noted at the time, Bugatti Veyrons have been seen cruising in Knightsbridge and making Mayfair seem more like Le Mans, while both the Bugatti a Pagani Zonda Cinque, one of only five in the world, are often parked at the Dorchester Hotel where some of the super-rich studs are staying. Rolls-Royces, custom Mercedes-McLaren SLRs, Lamborghinis, Koenigseggs, Ferraris and more are commonplace in certain posh neighborhoods, where protest groups have been formed to combat the problem. Of course, all those powerful machines in a densely populated area sometimes leads to trouble. Check out some of the video footage assembled by Bloomberg on the subject.

Tags: Bugatti, London, Pagani, Rolls-Royce, supercar, UAE, UK, wealth

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Wealth, Video

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mike Sep 29th 2010 12:01PM

I was in the area a couple of time this summer, and it's a real PIA. i bet the locals could have a good time with a paintball gun and a few real (not game) marker balls.