A 33-year-old man faked a catastrophic brake failure in his electric Jaguar to ditch his car finance — but police chased him for 38 miles, hitting his car 31 times as he sped at 86 mph, never touching the brakes. The car stopped only when the battery died — and the car was perfectly fine. Texts revealed he’d been planning to write it off before the stunt. He pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and fraud, got 51 months in prison and a 5-year ban, while Jaguar spent $50 million on PR to undo the damage. Pure desperation turned into chaos.

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