Pink Ferrari worth £175,000 towed away in central London after ‘parking in bus lane’

Commuters stopped to film as the Ferrari 488 was taken onto a tow truck and driven away

This is the moment a pink Ferrari supercar worth more than £175,000 was towed away in central London on Wednesday night.

The car had apparently parked in a bus lane before being towed away outside Waterloo Tube station.

Amused commuters stopped to film as the Ferrari 488 was taken onto a tow truck and driven away.

Stunned onlookers in Waterloo watch on as a pink Ferrari worth £175,000 is lifted onto the back of a towing truck.
Elliot Wagland

Onlookers said there was no sign of the driver of the luxury car, with one saying the owner “would have got a real surprise” when they discovered what had happened to the supercar.

Noisy supercars have been targeted by authorities in central London in recent years.

Kensington and Chelsea council has previously reported receiving a flood of complaints from fed-up residents reporting loud Lamborghinis, McLarens and motorbikes tearing around the streets at night.

The Ferrari is loaded on to the truck and driven away
Elliot Wagland

It began targeting drivers who cause “excessive noise” with £100 fixed penalty notices in 2020.

The borough has also installed a number of special acoustic cameras to catch noisy offenders.

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