Porsche owner jokes he’ll one day ‘see the funny side’ after yobs spray-painted ‘April Fool’ and slashed tyres of his £27,000 motor in London street
- Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid Tiptronic ruined by vandals who spray painted ‘April fool’ and slashed tyres
- Car was spotted today with streaks of paint all over it on Haverstock Hill in Belsize Park, North London
- Material resembling sawdust appeared to have been scattered over the top of the 2014 car
- Paint was also seen dripping out of the exhaust and all four tyres had been slashed, allegedly at 1.30am
- ** Do you know anything about the vandalised car on Haverstock Hill? Please email: [email protected] **
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The owner of a Porsche today admitted he would ‘see the funny side’ one day, after his supercar was ruined by vandals who spray painted the words ‘April fool’ across the vehicle and slashed the tyres on a London street.
The Panamera S E-Hybrid Tiptronic – worth £90,000 new – was spotted with streaks of paint all over it on Haverstock Hill in Belsize Park, North London, a road which has an average property value of £600,000.
A material resembling sawdust appeared to have been scattered over the top of the 2014 car, parked near exclusive Primrose Hill, while paint was seen dripping out of the exhaust and all four tyres had been slashed.
The owner, who did not want to be identified, told MailOnline this afternoon: ‘I found out when I came out this morning. A traffic warden came around the corner and saw someone else’s tyres were slashed too.
The Panamera S E-Hybrid Tiptronic was spotted with streaks of paint all over it today in Belsize Park, North London
The Porsche supercar worth £90,000 is parked on Haverstock Hill in North London today after being ruined by vandals
‘I’m afraid I don’t know why. What do you do? It is what it is. Police said CCTV showed a guy come and stop and then walk down the road.
‘He was on foot so it was probably someone local and if they did the guy’s tyres around the corner then people need to look out. Maybe I cut someone up on the road and they took it personally.
‘I don’t have any vendettas, no relationships, I’m not married. The car is in the garage now getting fixed. I don’t know how much it will cost – probably a lot.
‘I got the car second-hand, it was around £27,000. It’s not a nice thing, I wouldn’t wish it on anyone – not even the person who did it. I will see the funny side one day.’
The Panamera S E-Hybrid was first released in 2013 as Porsche’s first plug-in hybrid, with its rear wheels driven by the car’s combustion engine, its electric motor, or a combination of the two.
The vandals spray painted ‘April’ on one side and ‘fool’ on the other side of the car which was pictured in North London today
It has an acceleration of 0 to 60mph in less than 5.5 seconds and can reach a 167mph top speed or 80mph when using the electric power only. There is also a phone app to allow remote control of some of its features.
The incident is thought to have happened at about 1.30am this morning, but it is not yet clear why the car was targeted or who owns it. The vandals spray painted ‘April’ on one side and ‘fool’ on the other side of the car.
MailOnline has contacted the Metropolitan Police for comment.
It comes two years after another Porsche Panamera was also spray-painted in London, with someone scrawling the words ‘w**ker’, ‘s***’ and ‘die’ on it in Knightsbridge in April 2019.
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