Lurjizean car theft scandal

Chienrú 345 DL, the five-door version, 1982 model

The Lurjizean car theft scandal was a political scandal involving Chienrú, a major automobile manufacturing company and the government of Lurjize in 1986. It resulted in one of the largest international car thefts in the world, in which 1,000 Chienrú cars and trucks were ordered and delivered to Lurjize but never paid for.

Background

Chienrú , officially Chienkun Rúlla PLC, is a family of a joint Monsilvan-Reykani multinational manufacturer of trucks, buses, luxury vehicles, military vehicles, appliances and sporting goods, created in 1967. It evolved in to the one of the automobile giants. During the 1980s, Chienrú leadership engaged in meetings about expanding to new markets and saw the lucrative market of Lurjize a promising investment. As the company wanted to held a industrial exhibition in Paluri, it created a package of various cars and trucks to be sold in the country, with the necessary parts to repair them.

Name	Photo	Number
Chienrú 140 series		500
Chienrú 300 series		300