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Six cars gone in 45 seconds

After four Hellcats were stolen last September, the Don Franklin Somerset Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership was robbed again. Last week, from the same salon located in Somerset, Kentucky, robbers stole six cars worth $ 600,000 in a short time. Everything happened very quickly, in just 45 seconds.

First they activated the alarm, which takes one minute to activate. However, everything happened so quickly that the alarm did not even sound, and the police arrived at the scene three minutes later.

The police report states that seven people entered the salon through a window, after which they found the keys, took the cars and left in different directions.

During the night, the police managed to find five cars, one of which was destroyed during the police chase, and the driver was arrested. Four cars were found at various locations in Tennessee and Alabama, and one of them had run out of gas. The sixth car has not yet been found, but is believed to be in Alabama.

Source: WHAS11 via YouTube

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1994 Porsche 911 Turbo for sale

In 1990, Porsche unveiled a turbocharged version of the 964, the Porsche 911 Turbo. Until 1993, it was offered with a 3.3L engine, and after that with a 3.6L engine. Between 1993 and 1994, approximately 1,500 examples of this model were produced, and one of them, the 1994 Porsche 911 Turbo, is for sale.

Porsche 911 Turbo is powered by a turbocharged 3.6-liter M64/50 flat-six engine with 355 hp (265 kW) and 384 lb-ft (520 Nm) of torque. Power is sent to the rear wheels via a Type G50/52 five-speed manual transaxle and a limited-slip differential. It is mounted on multi-piece 18″ Speedline wheels wrapped in 225/40 front and 255/35 rear Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tires.

This car is finished in Midnight Blue Metallic (L39C), has been well maintained and is in good condition. It is equipped with headlight washers, fog lights, a power sunroof, a rear window wiper, dual exhaust outlets, and European-spec side marker lamps, improved brakes, larger calipers and cross-drilled rotors at each corner, and height-adjustable Bilstein B6 dampers. with H&R springs.

Inside, the power-adjustable seats are upholstered in Marina Blue (VF) leather that also covers the door panels, dashboard along with a color-coordinated carpets. There is also a leather and wood-trimmed steering wheel and a six-digit odometer showing 143,843 kilometers (~89k miles). Additional equipment includes dark root wood dash trim, air conditioning, cruise control, power windows, and a Blaupunkt stereo.

The car has a clean Carfax report that shows no accidents or other damage. It comes with a tool kit, partial service records, import documents, and a clean Montana title.

The auction ends March 9 and the current highest bid is $212,000 USD.

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1994 Porsche 911 Turbo for sale

Source: Bring a Trailer

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Destroyed a Lamborghini Urus to promote an energy drink

Many will say that good marketing is the key to success, but the question is what will someone do to stand out from the crowd. Obviously the craziest things. Thus, Mikhail Litvin recently published a video on his YouTube channel of destroying a Lamborghini Urus, worth more than 250,000 euros, to pieces. The reason is promotion of his energy drinks.

Soon after its release, the video went viral, garnering more than 7 million views and over 700,000 likes on YouTube. The video shows a huge can of his drink being held up in the air by a crane. Placed right under the large can is a white Lamborghini Urus, and a few seconds later, the can falls on top of the car, completely destroying it.

The video garnered a lot of comments. Many of them criticized this type of promotion: “It’s sad to live in a time when people are enthusiastic about such things. People are trying to save others from under the ruins, the whole world is helping, and everything seems to be stable in Russia. I imagine what people will do in front of the review cameras 5 years from now.” “I wish you had donated the money to a charity or environmental cause. Good human beings don’t behave like you. The amount of money you spent on this car could have saved 3, 4 or more lives.”

There were also those who supported him: “In general, handsome, you create for everyone, work, but do not forget to live for yourself! don’t give in to anyone, never destroy your fucking dreams.”; “For me, this was the top content, in which you moved to a new level, keep it up.”

Source: Mikhail Litvin via YouTube