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What Happens When You Try to Steal a Rolls Royce’s Spirit of Ecstasy

Have you ever wondered why all Rolls Royce’s hood ornaments don’t sell in the market? It’s because the Spirit of Ecstasy, as the hood ornament is called, is protected by a brilliantly over-engineered mechanism that causes it to retract and disappear if tampered with.

As explained by this salesman – It’s apparently a standard feature included on all of Rolls Royce’s vehicles since 2004, and presumably the hood ornament can be raised again from inside the vehicle once its rightful owner returns.

Via Sploid