[s-cars] News Flash: S-car chosen for robbery get-away car

[Bjørn Eirik Ødegård]

Jup, the S-cars are almost always chosen by norwegian bankrobbers and other lo-life scum because of their excellent handling and power. I guess they stay clear of the ones with built-in anti-start measures, so they're usually '95 s or older.

'The Scream' must be the ugliest painting around, and the other, 'Madonna' is supposed to be of a woman in labour or climaxing or something.. Pretty dark and ugly that one too.. Good riddence, if you ask me, and they usually shows up after a short time anywayz.. (difficult to trade.)

The car in this robbery was not a 'truck', because then it would have green license plates. (like mine.) This was probably imported 1-2 years ago, just after the new, harder rules, or have been sold as new in Norway.
Previously, the rules have been altered some from time to time, but in 2002 they made a new, larger, 'box' who should fit, removing most of the great luxury passenger cars from the list. 
The Porsche that once was sold as a 'pickup', was a 928 with a big GRP 'tub' instead of the rear hatch, with a bit stronger rear springs to allow the 2200kg total weight limit. (as the S4 has here.) Pretty ugly, but half the price of an 'ordinary' 2+2. I've never seen a 911, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was one around..

A little mistake done by Tüv around 1995 also made the RS2 able to pass the 2200kg limit, making most of the norwegian RS2's 2-seaters. 

Pretty stupid rules.. 

Bjorn  :o)
'92 S4 MTM 'truck' Panther metallic dark bankrobber! (sorry for stealing your singature, Jan! ;o))
Sorry for not snipping the following text more ;o)


>From: LHuillier Frederic <lhuillierfrederic at yahoo.fr>
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] News Flash: S-car chosen for robbery get-away
>	car
>To: Dave Forgie <forgied at direct.ca>, s-cars <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Hi,
>
>Unfortunately S-Cars are know in France for excellent
>get-away cars. High number of A4/S4 or RS4 have been
>car jacked for that purpose.
>
>Thanks to Porsche and BMW for producing since
>Powerfull SUV which seems to have higher popularity
>for such use.
>
>At the same time, I know from reliable sources that
>colorfull S-Cars are not targetted. Something like a
>Nogaro Blue S6 Plus or a Imola Yellow RS4 have pretty
>much no chance to be carjakced.
>
>Cheers,
>Frederic
>
> --- Dave Forgie <forgied at direct.ca> a écrit : 
>> We'll have to wait for more details from our
>> Scandanavian listers but
>> from what I saw on the late news Sunday night, an
>> S-car avant was chosen
>> by thieves who staged an armed robbery of Edvard
>> Munch's famous painting
>> "The Scream" in Oslo on Sunday.
>> 
>> http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3392405
>> 
>> The black avant was debadged (it could just be a 100
>> or A6) but had 17"
>> Bolero's and a Kamei-type grill.  I assume it was
>> stolen because of its
>> potential for speed as well as the convenience of
>> the large loading room
>> in the back.
>> 
>> On sort of a  side note, when I lived in Norway for
>> 3 months in 1986, I
>> learned that many luxury cars in Norway were
>> imported as "trucks" to get
>> around punishing import taxes.  As long as these
>> vehicles had a loading
>> space of something like 1.5 m and no back seat,  the
>> qualified as
>> "trucks" and paid much less duty.  As a result,
>> there were lots of
>> Mercedes wagons, big Citroen wagons, etc. in Oslo
>> when I was there - all
>> with their back seats bolted down flat.  There was
>> even one story about
>> a 911 Porsche "truck" (I never saw the car). 
>> Perhaps this still goes on
>> and the S-car avant getaway car was really a Norske
>> "truck".  ;>)
>> 
>> Shades of  Ronin.
>> 
>> Dave F.
>


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