12-Hour Storm Floods Car Lot, Damages $17 Million Worth of Audis
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A rare 12-hour storm that assailed China’s northeastern city of Changchun flooded a parking lot and damaged 283 brand-new Audis awaiting delivery.
The Audi A6L sedans, a special stretched model favored by bureaucrats and businessmen in China, were waterlogged from the storm, which started in the afternoon of May 17 and lasted until dawn, according to a statement on the website of the automaker’s Chinese joint venture.