£160,000 yellow Lamborghini spotted speeding around Manchester City Centre is seized by police who stopped the driver and found he was only a named driver on his parents’ VW Golf
- Yellow Lamborghini Urus caught speeding on Stevenson Square, Manchester
- The driver was stopped after the man was only insured on his parents’ VW Golf
- The £160,000 car was seized and owners have to collect it from police pound
- Driver of the car told officers he had ‘borrowed it from a family member’
A Lamborghini caught speeding around Manchester has been seized after the driver was only insured on his parents’ Volkswagen Golf.
Greater Manchester Police say an armed unit on patrol in the Northern Quarter spotted the yellow Lamborghini Urus using Stevenson Square ‘as a race track.’
Officers stopped the car on Thursday afternoon where checks revealed the man was merely a named driver on his parents’ Volkswagen Golf, and was therefore not insured to drive the super car.
The yellow Lamborghini Urus worth around £160,000 was seized by police after the driver had no insurance and was caught speeding on Stevenson Square, Manchester
The SUV, believed to be worth around £160,000, has been seized as is customary for uninsured vehicles.
GMP’s traffic unit posted on Twitter earlier saying: ‘The driver of this Lamborghini felt the need to use Stevenson Square @GMPCityCentre as a racetrack, in full view of a liveried firearms patrol.
‘Turns out him being a named driver on his parents Golf didn’t cover him to drive the vehicle so it has been seized for no insurance.’
The driver used Stevenson Square as a ‘racetrack’ while an armed unit was on patrol in the Northern Quarter
They later added that he had ‘borrowed it from a family member, apparently.’
The vehicle’s owners will now have to attend the police pound with proof of ownership and insurance in order to have it released.
There was very little sympathy for the driver in response to the tweet.
One commenter said: ‘What a numpty.’
Another said: ‘I imagine everybody offered to drive it back to the pound.’