BMW M6 Owner Smashes Car, in Frankfurt Auto Show, over 4 Years of Defects Frustration

[Marshall Placid]

Lord knows there's few frustrations quite as powerful as a car that doesn't work as advertised. Even in our quality-promoting epoch, there's still a hefty business for lemon law attorneys around the United States; in other countries where consumer laws have not advanced so far, those frustrations can fester. At least that's the story told by a man who hauled his 2008 BMW M6 coupe to the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany last week and started taking batting practice with a sledgehammer.

According to an account in Frankfurt's edition of Bild as tracked down by Carscoops, Italian marble dealer Hadi Pourmohseni staged the demonstration while claiming BMW and his Italian dealer had been unable to fix numerous defects after four years of rigmarole and finger-pointing with the 507-hp car that cost 120,000 euros — $160,000 — new. Hadi said along with a letter to BMW, he brought the car to Frankfurt during the largest European auto show of the year so that he and co-batter Thomas Brunner could publicly unleash some pent-up frustration, noting that a lawsuit over the car would have taken up to seven years. (That's Pourmohseni in the suit and axe below.)


Much like the Chinese men who made similar consumer-protest modifications to a Lamborghini and Maserati, how inflicting thousands of dollars in damage to one's own property is supposed to convince a corporation to take responsibility isn't clear. Pourmohseni has vowed to move the Super Smash Bros. car show to the gates of BMW's headquarters in Munich if he can't find satisfaction — but after that, what's left for BMW to fix?

BMW M6 owner goes Hulk over defects, smashes own car | Motoramic - Yahoo Autos

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part out?

[LP700-4]

I'd still take it off his hands. Couple new body panels, new glass, couple lights and you're good to go. Even if it only works sometimes.

[knight604]

What a piece of shit.

[jpark]

Originally Posted by LP700-4

I'd still take it off his hands. Couple new body panels, new glass, couple lights and you're good to go. Even if it only works sometimes.

^yeah.. and that'll probably cost more than the m6 itself. the pre-lci's are like 30-35g used now LOL

[knight604]

I would just part out everything and still make at least 20gs!

[J.C]

take the v10!

[StylinRed]

the body took those hits better than i imagined...

[v_tec]

Because China.

It's proven to attract attention, so why not?

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[Phil@rise]

first world problems

[westopher]

He sure showed bmw......

[dared3vil0]

Fucking retard.

[kwy]

This has been done so many times by rich assholes, if you want some attention by wrecking your car, at least be original.

[yray]

[BBMme]

I wonder if any one of those people who destroyed their car made a difference.
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[dared3vil0]

^ Nope.

[E-SPEC]

LMAO those Asians were hitting the Lambo like little SISSY bitches.

[hk20000]

We have had threads about broken as hell BMWs on RS too....

[E-SPEC]

The Rioters did in the M5 DT Vancouver better than that.

[Rainei]

You all think that this act accomplishes absolutely nothing, which for the owner's case is true, but if some other rich people who can afford these things sees this, perhaps they would be swayed to some other brand.

And that is something we cannot measure. So perhaps this act isn't completely futile. (and is probably the owner's intention.) Think of the total exposure across the internetz.

[westopher]

You ever hear the term "there's no such thing as bad publicity?" It's truer than you may believe. Look at beiber.
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[Rainei]

Are you suggesting we go smash Beiber with sledgehammers? I'm up for it hehe.

But in the automotive industry, there is indeed bad publicity, exemplified by the Audi 5000 and Toyota's infamous floor mats...

Actual effect of said BMW smashing is up for debate though.

[westopher]

However, how many people have forgotten already about the toyota floormats. And that was a serious news story that spread throughout the world, and was portrayed as something that will inevitably kill you. This spreads through the car community and portrays a whiny, rich spazz case that can't fix his problems without a hissy fit.

[Phil@rise]

yup a richy rich temper tantrum

[kwy]

Man Who Sledgehammered His BMW M6 Has To Return It In Good Condition

Thing didn't even completely belong to him, it was a lease..