1.3m yuan sports car found abandoned, stripped on roadside

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An Italian sports car worth over a million yuan was discovered abandoned, wrecked and stripped on the side of a road in Yulin, Northwest China's Shaanxi province.

The yellow Maserati Coupe valued at 1.3 million yuan ($213,330) was found abandoned without license plates on Xinjian Road. The car's emblems, tires, headlights and rearview mirrors had been stripped, while the windows and seats were left broken.

A nearby resident surnamed Li said that the car has been there for at least four months. "A hailstone in August damaged the car and no one claimed or repaired it. Some people thought no one owned it and started taking things from it,," said Li.

An auto industry insider said the car might have been smuggled, as most luxury vehicles are equipped with GPS tracking systems to help owners recover it in case of theft.