The £3.1m parking bay: Supercar parade outside the Dorchester Hotel continues - but could you reverse park a Rolls Royce?
With temperatures in the Gulf still baking hot, wealthy Arabs
are seeing out the end of the summer in London's rather milder climes...
and they've brought their supercars with them. Residents in
Knightsbridge and Mayfair complain their drivers don't respect parking
rules and rev their engines til the small hours, but fans of the unusual
cars - dubbed the carparazzi - make special trips to photograph the
vehicles, including Rolls Royces, Ferraris, Forgiatos and Lamborghinis,
The £3.1m parking bay: Supercar parade outside the Dorchester Hotel continues - but could you reverse park a Rolls Royce?
- Wealthy Arabs escape the stifling summer in the Gulf by coming to London - and they bring their supercars with them
- Expensive marques lining the streets of Knightsbridge and Kensington include Ferrari, Forgiato, and Lamborghini
- Locals complain their drivers have no respect for parking rules and treat the smart London streets like race tracks
- But car enthusiasts - dubbed the 'carparazzi' - love what is now an annual spectacle and descend with their cameras
With
temperatures in the Gulf still baking hot, wealthy Arabs are seeing out
the end of the summer in London's rather milder climes. And, in what is
becoming an annual tradition, they have brought their supercars with
them.
As
these astonishing pictures show, the streets of Knightsbridge and
Mayfair are still currently lined with expensive motors which have been
shipped over to Britain while their owners seek shelter from the sun
(not to mention some retail therapy) in the capital.
With
their Arabic number plates they're a traffic warden's nightmare but a
car spotter's dream, with marques including Rolls Royce, Ferrari,
Forgiato, and Lamborghini. And they've all had the requisite custom
paint jobs.
Fans of the ostentatious cars, known as the 'carparazzi', are descending upon London to photograph the often extremely rare vehicles.
But
local residents are not fans of the supercar spectacle, complaining the
drivers take the parking spaces without respecting parking rules. Others complain of drivers revving their cars' engines and treating the well-heeled streets as a racetrack til the early hours of the morning.
However,
as this top picture taken outside the Dorchester shows, either the
cars' owners - or perhaps more accurately, their chauffeurs, are rather
good at reverse parking - no mean feat when the car involved is worth
north of £1million.
Flashy: This line-up of two
Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupés, two gold-plated Land Rovers, a Lambourghini,
a Ferrari and a Bugatti Veyron, is worth at least £3.1 million
They can afford a parking ticket or
two: This exclusive Ferrari is one of many ultra-expensive cars to have
hit the streets of the capital within the past few months
Summer: Wealthy residents of Arab
countries frequently transport their cars to London during the summer
months to escape the stifling heat in the Gulf
Glamorous: The cars - including a
Forgiato C7 Corvette Widebody - have been zooming around pricey parts of
the city such as Mayfair, Knightsbridge and Kensington
A Kuwaiti car covered in Arabic
writing as well as photos and social media tags is one of the more
unusual sights for the 'carparazzi' who come with cameras
Sleek: The vehicles, such as this Ford
GT, have been attracting admiring looks from passers-by throughout the
summer as their owners shelter from the heat
Colourful: The cars are often in
eye-catching shades and have been customised with scant regard to price
or, some might say, taste
You wouldn't call it understated: This
gold-plated Ferrari is parked outside Harrods, where it has received a
traditional British summer soaking
High roller: A Lamborghini with an
Arabic licence plate parked on double yellow lines outside five-star
hotel 45 Park Lane, which overlooks Hyde Park
Shopping trip: An enormous SUV parked
outside Harrods, the landmark department store in Knightsbridge, a
favourite for supercar owners
This matte blue Ferrari, one of
several on the city's streets with a Kuwaiti numberplate, has had a
soaking in a London rain shower
End of the season: Many of the
supercars will soon return to the Middle East - but some, like this Audi
R8, appear to be based in Britain full-time
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