PHOTO | Customs' latest catch: a McLaren MP4-12C.

**Monseratto** · March 19th, 2013 04:07 PM

I wonder who it belongs to??? That makes it the 2nd one in the country...

PHOTO | Customs' latest catch: a McLaren sports car - InterAksyon.com

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What a catch.

On Tuesday, the Philippines' Bureau of Customs--considered as the national government's second-largest revenue source--was able to prevent the entry of a 2012 McLaren MP4-12C.

Worth P45 million, the sports car is fitted with Formula One technology such as the "brake steer," which allows it to turn corners more accurately while cruising at high speeds.

The sports car is the fourth illegally-imported vehicle intercepted by the bureau in March, the first, second, and third being a Range Rover, a Mini Cooper, and a Nissan Z sports car transported in a container as indicated in a tweet.

**crazy_boy** · March 19th, 2013 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by Monseratto

I wonder who it belongs to??? That makes it the 2nd one in the country...

PHOTO | Customs' latest catch: a McLaren sports car - InterAksyon.com

ipapa-bid ba ng BOC yan?

**lowslowbenz** · March 19th, 2013 04:19 PM

Here's the ratio: For every 4 cars that they intercept (kuno!)

40 pass thru ........

Bato-bato sa langit, tamaan wag magagalit ...

**vinj** · March 19th, 2013 05:00 PM

Pwede kaya lagyan ng bike rack yan? :D

Somewhere out there, may isang Congressman na masam loob at na-intercept ang bagong toy niya.

**crazy_boy** · March 19th, 2013 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by vinj

Pwede kaya lagyan ng bike rack yan? :D

im sure may hitch receiver na yan na kabitan ng bike rack. hindi lang kita sa picture

**vinj** · March 19th, 2013 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by crazy_boy

im sure may hitch receiver na yan na kabitan ng bike rack. hindi lang kita sa picture

Haha... natuto na sa isang order niya so ini-specify na sa indent order na dapat may hitch receiver na naka-abang na para sa bike rack.

Originally Posted by testament11

Naka-jackpot na naman sila... Kanino naman kaya mapupunta yan

:um:

Kahoy abot nyan.

**testament11** · March 19th, 2013 05:02 PM

Naka-jackpot na naman sila... Kanino naman kaya mapupunta yan

:um:

**lowslowbenz** · March 19th, 2013 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by testament11

Kanino naman kaya mapupunta yan

:um:

Obviously it ends up to the person who "actually" bought the car and had it shipped here. After paying the necessary "toll-fees" of course.

**niky** · March 19th, 2013 05:10 PM

The 45m is too much. Given the market value, calculating VAT, Customs and Ad Valorem, 10+40+100 percent, the MP412C should be worth about 22.9m, or possibly 25m retail.

**skybison** · March 20th, 2013 12:04 PM

Mods please transfer to appropriate thread if naligaw man dito.

source
Customs seizes P45-M smuggled sportscar | GMA News Online

A smuggled 2012 McLaren MP4-12C sportscar worth P45 million is inspected by Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon (left) and Deputy Commissioner Danny Lim after it was intercepted at the Port of Manila on Tuesday. The luxury sporscar is consigned to a certain Edgardo Reyes.

Danny Pata