invincible569

Motorex & Hiro has been shutdown and placed in jail. Some people were paying, but not getting their skyline. I feel sorry for those who own a stolen Skyline and they will take it from you as quoted from the detective especially if you never knew. Read the entire situation here:

http://forums.freshalloy.com/ubbthre...b=5&o=&fpart=1

Here is a quote from a detective working on this case:

First, let me introduce myself. I am a detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. I work a multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency vehicle theft task force in Los Angeles County called TRAP. I picked up the criminal investigation against Motorex and Hiroaki Nanahoshi a little over two weeks ago. The case started in 2005 when someone from Motorex reported the theft of (5) Skylines from their shop. That investigation was originally handled out of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Compton Station.

Since then, Hiro and an accomplice had been arrested on some other charges. That criminal case is being handled by detectives from Compton Sheriff’s Station. The case I am handling centers on fraud committed by Motorex as a corporation, and by Hiro, it’s president.

Motorex was a Registered Importer of Nissan Skylines, authorized by NHTSA/DOT to do so after certain testing and other requirements were met. Motorex imported these cars for many servicemen, and also for sale to customers in the United States. One of the requirements was that Motorex had to perform modifications and upgrades to these vehicles before NHTSA would allow them to be released to the general public.

I served a search warrant approximately two weeks ago at Motorex’s now abandoned shop. The only Skyline left there was one that had been crashed, and stripped. I seized numerous items of paperwork, many identifying vehicles and owners.

In these two weeks, I have learned many things. I have examined several Skylines, and I have talked to many people. There are several key points which I wish to make with the Skyline community here.

First, I have been in contact with NHTSA. They are aware of numerous issues with Motorex and the vehicles which Motorex had released or sold. After identifying a problem, they investigated, and when they had enough evidence to support their case, they revoked Motorex’s importation status. There appears to be evidence of fraud on the part of Motorex, but NHTSA is aware that the owners of these vehicles (third party purchasers and owners who had contracted with Motorex to have work performed) are victims. NHTSA has stated that they have every desire to work with Skyline owners to bring their vehicles up to standards, and ultimately, release the bonds on the vehicles. NHTSA is sympathetic to everyone’s plight, and I do not believe that they are the enemy here. Although I do not work for, or can speak on NHTSA’s behalf, I can say that I do not believe that they are going to crash through people’s doors to seize their Skylines. In fact, NHTSA is a regulatory agency, and not an enforcement agency.

Second, Detective Salmon and I are investigating a criminal case against Motorex. We are not out to seize anyone’s Skylines unless they are stolen. We are interested in pursuing this case because we believe that a lot of people have been defrauded, and we want to secure prosecution of any guilty parties involved. If anyone is in possession or know of the whereabouts of the Skylines with the following chassis numbers, then you need to contact me. These vehicles have been reported stolen.

1. BNR34-403075
2. BNR34-400755
3. BNR34-005468
4. BNR32-312046
5. BNR32-214507

Additionally, all of the Skylines that belong to customers that were at Motorex, but are no longer there since the business is now empty, may also be stolen. Contact me if your vehicle has disappeared, or you think you may have one of those vehicles.

You may be a victim of fraud if:

1. You contracted with Motorex or Hiro to import a Skyline from Motorex, but the vehicle was not delivered or has since disappeared.

2. You bought a Skyline from Motorex, but the vehicle was not delivered.

3. You bought a Skyline from Motorex, but the vehicle does not meet U.S. standards.

4. You contracted with Motorex to modify your Skyline to U.S. standards, but the Skyline still does not conform to U.S. standards.

I can be contacted at my office number, which is (562) 345-4262. I have prepared a complaint form which I urge you to complete and send back to me if you feel that you are a victim. If you want a copy of this form, please contact me.

Thank you.

invincible569

In case you need info on importation:

http://nhtsa.com/cars/rules/import/

Water-S

the thing was the amount Motorex was expecting for a R34 or R33 was B.S. yes the GT-R is a beast but there's no way in hell I'd pay 100 grand for a GT-R34. I'll go out and buy a brand new M5 and put dubs and a sweet stereo system in it before i do that.

CL Platano

I heard about that one of the guys in the 1st Gen CL forum was about to order a skyline from Motorex , right about the time all this went down. Lucky for him

Pure Adrenaline

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Hennessey, part two.

Water-S

is Hennessey still in business or did he getput in jail?
because I thought i heard someone say recently say they heard someone was ordering a SRT Magnum from him. I Didn't say anything because i didn't want them to know I overhead them.

G

Hennessey is still very much in business.

Oh, and Motorex has been out of business for a while now . . .

Pure Adrenaline

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He's still in business. He just cranked out a 1000-hp Viper Coupe recently.

Cool cars, shady business practice, I guess.

mclarenf3387

You guess? Dude has a long list of lawsuits against him from a lot of people he has dealt with. He was even sued by UPS and FedEx.

NSXNEXT

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When I read that, the first thing that came to mind was Sounds like the line from

invincible569

I thought that too until I read the entire thread.

merkin110

Dont mean to sound like a but who's hennessy?

MisterLinus

This should answer most questions, www.HennesseyPerformance.com

stangg172004

viper tuner http://www.hennesseyperformance.com

Edr0e

Too bad for all the people getting the shaft.

I had the chance to stop by motorex when they were still in business, they had a garage full of Skylines, mostly r32's but I did see two R34's one in black and the other in blue. Clean and comfortable car to sit in. Took me a while to get out of that R34.

DownUnder

Go on here and ask: http://www4.forum.viperclub.org/ubbthreads.php

They'll give you nice stories about him.

G

Ha, you can't even type in his name-when you do, it automatically changes to [******]

CLpower

this is pretty old news

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

that's what I was thinking.

DownUnder

Didn't know that.

invincible569

ask yourself how you helped this thread.

CLpower

ask yourself, who are you, and why should I care about your opinion



btw, this thread is a

Water-S

how does a dude like Hennessey keep going if every day he's getting served with court papers. He has to have a full time lawyer to who just represents him if he's in this much shit.

invincible569

I did a search on Motorex and nothing came up. I think everyone knew Motorex was goimg down, but having detectives on the case shows more proof which is why i was sharing.

CLpower

which is a repost

BustedJack

finally a PIG doing what a PIG was hired to do, to investigate and putting our tax dollars to good use instead of out there harrassing innocent people.

G

Damn, your hostile.