Friday, April 1, 2011

Gold-plated car

The owners of a Nanjing jewellers thought they had come up with a pretty good publicity stunt with this gold-plated sports car. Until they tried to park it in the street, that is. The specially adapted sports car was towed away from a street in China after its owners forgot to get it taxed and registered.

Towed away: A Chinese policeman impounds the gold-plated Infiniti luxury sports car parked outside a jewellery store in Nanjing after it was discovered that the car has no registration
A policeman impounds the gold-plated car after it was discovered that the car has no registration.
Gold standard: Crowds of onlookers watch as the car is taken away
Gold standard: Crowds of onlookers watch as the car is taken away.
Head turner: Two models take the car for a test drive around the streets of Nanjing as onlookers stop and stare
Two models take the car for a test drive.
Conspicuous consumption: The gold plated car is symbolic of the new-found wealth many Chinese are beginning to enjoy
The gold plated car is symbolic of the new-found wealth many Chinese are beginning to enjoy.





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