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24-11-2004, 09:36 AM
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CEO of DaimlerChrysler Jurgen Schrempp drives one of the largest, most expensive models in his company's line-up: a S600 saloon kitted out with bomb-proof steel plating, a landmine-resistant petrol tank, bullet-proof windows and special wheels which would enable him to keep driving even if his tyres had been shot or shredded. His limo is estimated to have cost around £500,000 - and was supposed to have been fitted with the latest state-of-the-art security technology.
However, Schrempp left his car for 20 minutes whilst he attended an evening meeting in Stuttgart, and travelling for once without a chauffeur or bodyguard, returned to find the car gone. It is thought to have been loaded onto a transporter, and to have had its satellite tracking devices disabled.
Stuttgart police say that the car has almost certainly been stolen to order for use by a Russian mafia boss or shady newly rich entrepeneur. This theft follows the disappearance of a similar Mercedes S600 from the garage of Frankfurt mayor Petra Roth, though her Merc was traced and recovered. Interpol estimates that over a million stolen cars from Western Europe have been trafficked to Russia, and says that highly expensive armoured cars are particularly in demand. (The Times)
CEO of DaimlerChrysler Jurgen Schrempp drives one of the largest, most expensive models in his company's line-up: a S600 saloon kitted out with bomb-proof steel plating, a landmine-resistant petrol tank, bullet-proof windows and special wheels which would enable him to keep driving even if his tyres had been shot or shredded. His limo is estimated to have cost around £500,000 - and was supposed to have been fitted with the latest state-of-the-art security technology.
However, Schrempp left his car for 20 minutes whilst he attended an evening meeting in Stuttgart, and travelling for once without a chauffeur or bodyguard, returned to find the car gone. It is thought to have been loaded onto a transporter, and to have had its satellite tracking devices disabled.
Stuttgart police say that the car has almost certainly been stolen to order for use by a Russian mafia boss or shady newly rich entrepeneur. This theft follows the disappearance of a similar Mercedes S600 from the garage of Frankfurt mayor Petra Roth, though her Merc was traced and recovered. Interpol estimates that over a million stolen cars from Western Europe have been trafficked to Russia, and says that highly expensive armoured cars are particularly in demand. (The Times)