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Your Ferrari could be gone in 60 seconds

Your Ferrari could be gone in 60 seconds

Gangs are taking advantage of weaknesses in vehicle security and insurers are increasingly wary of modern prestige marques. Here’s what you can do.

Chris Bryant

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Somewhere in west London there’s a bunker containing about 250 of the world’s most desirable cars. Boasting Fort Knox-like security and a police response team stationed close by, the secret Windrush Car Storage facility has been compared to the Bat Cave.

Following a spate of Ferrari thefts this year, requests to park high-end sports cars and priceless classic models “absolutely exploded”, Windrush founder and managing director Tim Earnshaw says. “It’s an odd feeling because as vehicle enthusiasts we take no satisfaction in car crime being up.”

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