An exclusive London car dealer is being sued by a super-rich propertytycoon in a wrangle over a £3.4million hypercar.
Turkish multi-millionaire Tufan Kalman says in February 2017 he paid £3.4m to own a Pagani Zonda 760 Coupe, a custom built bespoke Italian sportscar, only 13 of which were ever made.
The cars, which have an eye-watering top speed of 218 mph, are extremely sought after by wealthy supercar fans.
Turkish multi-millionaire Tufan Kalman says in February 2017 he paid this London garage (pictured) £3.4m to own a Pagani Zonda 760 Coupe, a custom built bespoke Italian sportscar
Formula One star Lewis Hamilton was snapped in 2016 posing with a similar model that he owns.
Mr Kalman, however, has now launched a High Court claim in a bid to force dealership, Pagani UK Ltd, of Park Royal, north west London, to give him his money back.
In a writ issued at the court in London, Mr Kalman, who lives in Dornach, Switzerland, where he runs a property company, says that he paid £3.85m euros – about £3.4m – to the dealership for the car on February 6 last year, and took delivery six months later.
But he now claims that his expensive boy toy ‘cannot be used’ because the dealership have not given him the UK registration documents for the vehicle.
A Pagani Zonda 760 similar to that at the centre of a £3.4m High Court row between tycoon Tufan Kalman and exclusive London auto dealers Pagani Uk Ltd
‘Without the original registration documents from the UK, Mr Kalman is unable to get the car registered in Switzerland. Hence the car cannot be used,’ the writ states.
‘To date Pagani UK Ltd has neither delivered the registration documents, nor repaid the purchase price,’ the document goes on.
Because he cannot use the car, Mr Kalman is entitled to rescind the contract and claim his money back, his lawyers argue.
The writ also claims that the dealers ‘offered to refund the purchase price if they did not deliver the original UK documents by the end of September 2017.’
And the writ alleges, ‘there is no legal basis allowing the defendant to keep the purchase price.’
A Pagani Zonda 760 similar to that at the centre of the row. Mr Kalman claims that his expensive boy toy ‘cannot be used’ because the dealership have not given him the UK registration documents for the vehicle
Mr Kalman is also demanding interest at 8 per cent, dating from November last year, and wants his money paid in Euros due to the dropping value of the pound.
The writ states that, when it was bought, the car had not been registered ‘and no registration documents existed’.
‘After waiting for about six months, Mr Kalman had the car delivered to Switzerland regardless’, adds his solicitor, Gunter Zimmer.
‘To date, the defendant has neither delivered the registration documents nor repaid the purchase price’, the writ claims.
The defence of Pagani UK Ltd to the action was not available from the court and the allegations made in the writ have yet to be tested before a judge.