WARNING: Car lovers with weak stomachs may want to look away from the following display of auto assassination.
An imported car that sells for more than $20,000 was turned into scrap at a New Jersey junkyard because it did not meet U.S. highway safety standards.
The Austin Mini that was scrapped Thursday at Price's Auto Recyclers in Plumsted Township was seized as part of an "Operation Atlantic" partnership between the U.S. and the United Kingdom to prevent such imports.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials are trying to prevent those Minis and Land Rover Defenders that don't meet U.S. safety and emissions standards from entering the country.
The vehicles are seized from owners who thought they had followed proper procedures.
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