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Police seize 120 sports cars during Eurorally 'race' through Germany
Source: The Guardian
Police seize 120 sports cars during Eurorally 'race' through Germany
Porsches and Lamborghinis spotted doing high speeds on unrestricted part of autobahn
Philip Oltermann in Berlin
Fri 3 May 2019 13.07 BST Last modified on Fri 3 May 2019 16.13 BST
German police have seized 120 sports cars that were taking part in a suspected road race across Europe.
Cars including Porsches, Lamborghinis and Audis were stopped on Thursday on the A20 east of Wismar, in north-east Germany, on a stretch of the autobahn without speed restrictions.
Concerned drivers had notified authorities after some of the cars were witnessed travelling at estimated speeds of up to 155mph.
Most of the cars carried Norwegian licence plates and bore windshield stickers with the name of the event, Eurorally.
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Porsches and Lamborghinis spotted doing high speeds on unrestricted part of autobahn
Philip Oltermann in Berlin
Fri 3 May 2019 13.07 BST Last modified on Fri 3 May 2019 16.13 BST
German police have seized 120 sports cars that were taking part in a suspected road race across Europe.
Cars including Porsches, Lamborghinis and Audis were stopped on Thursday on the A20 east of Wismar, in north-east Germany, on a stretch of the autobahn without speed restrictions.
Concerned drivers had notified authorities after some of the cars were witnessed travelling at estimated speeds of up to 155mph.
Most of the cars carried Norwegian licence plates and bore windshield stickers with the name of the event, Eurorally.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/03/police-seize-sports-cars-during-eurorally-race-through-germany
