Vehicle Graveyard With Only 3 Years of Use: 4,000 Abandoned Vehicles So Far

Written by Bruno Teles

Published on 21/04/2025 at 12:12

Foto Maurício Nievas

Be the first to react!

Cemetery Of Vehicles In La Plata Accumulates Police Vehicles With Just Three Years Of Use, While Allegations Of Overpricing And Mismanagement Get Highlighted.

More than 4,000 vehicles from the Bonaerense Police are piled up in a vehicle cemetery in Tolosa, La Plata. Purchased for questionable amounts and with an average lifespan of three years, the vehicles become scrap after collisions, mechanical failures, or bureaucracy. Allegations point to expenses above market value and a lack of maintenance.

Vehicle Cemetery

Located 15 minutes from downtown La Plata, the vehicle cemetery occupies 10 hectares next to the Ferrocarril Roca tracks. Piles of up to 25 meters high gather cars, pickups, and utility vehicles emblazoned with the Bonaerense logo. According to journalist Fabián Debesa, from Clarín, the vehicles arrive at the site after being declared unusable.

3-Year Lifespan

More than 4,000 vehicles from the Bonaerense Police are piled up in a deposit in Tolosa, La Plata. Purchased for questionable amounts and with an average lifespan of three years, the vehicles become scrap after collisions, mechanical failures, or bureaucracy. Allegations point to expenses above market value and a lack of maintenance. — Photo Mauricio Nievas

The vehicles have an average lifespan of 36 months. In Greater Buenos Aires, they last only 12. Each vehicle travels between 10,000 and 14,000 km per month – equivalent to the annual use of a common car. “Wear and tear is inevitable,” explained a security ministry employee to the reporter. A lack of parts and delays in repairs exacerbate the problem: in 2024, a section in Florencio Varela waited three months for batteries.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW

Cars Purchased At More Than Twice The Price

Between 2019 and 2023, the Kicillof administration purchased 5,030 vehicles. In 2023, 12 Fiat Cronos were acquired for US$ 56.4 million each – more than double the market value, according to allegations from deputy Luciano Bugallo (CC). The case is under investigation but is progressing slowly.

The vehicles do not undergo Technical Vehicle Inspection (VTV) nor do they have marked auto parts, a theft prevention measure required in the province. “90% would not pass inspection,” said a former employee. Bureaucracy also delays the definitive withdrawal: 2,200 vehicles are parked awaiting legal processes or inspections.

Source: Fabián Debesa, Clarín (https://www.clarin.com/).

0 Comments

most recent

older Most voted

Vehicle Graveyard With Only 3 Years of Use: 4,000 Abandoned Vehicles So Far

Cemetery Of Vehicles In La Plata Accumulates Police Vehicles With Just Three Years Of Use, While Allegations Of Overpricing And Mismanagement Get Highlighted.

Vehicle Cemetery

3-Year Lifespan

Cars Purchased At More Than Twice The Price

Engineers want to carve through Africa with a giant canal to bring water from the world’s second-largest river to a dying lake on the edge of the Sahara Desert that has already lost 90% of its water.

A giant brown band visible from space, approximately 8,850 kilometers long, connected Africa to America in the Atlantic Ocean, and satellites revealed that it is neither land nor pollution, but the largest accumulation of seaweed in the world, which broke records in 2025.

Brazil filled the Northeast with wind turbines but now faces the side effect of 705 giant blades reaching the end of their lifespan by 2032 just in Rio Grande do Norte, while the world projects 43 million tons of waste by 2050.

India approved the country’s first submerged road-rail tunnel, 15.8 kilometers dug under the bed of the Brahmaputra River.

Instead of burning or burying old tires, an American city is transforming about 2,000 of them into the street itself, paving its first sections with a quieter and more durable rubber asphalt.

In just one cast, fishermen are surprised to capture 14,096 mullets in Bombinhas and close a historic season with 58,000 fish; scene recorded in the Santa Catarina paradise marks the last day of the 2026 season.

10 giant tortoises are reintroduced and, in just 6 months, trigger changes that lead scientists to investigate a phenomenon absent for 180 years; the numbers recorded on the island impress researchers from around the world.

China did not like the decision by the U.S. to place BYD, Alibaba, and Baidu on a list linked to the Chinese military sector.

Rare case in Minas Gerais draws attention after a sow gives birth to 46 live piglets in a delivery that surprised even those knowledgeable in pig farming.

While lunar missions are deploying increasingly larger robots, Japan has bet on a small SORA-Q the size of a palm, which transformed on the Moon and photographed the SLIM landing.

While giant ships still burn heavy fuel and the maritime sector races against climate targets, Maersk and Vale are starting to bet on ethanol as a new route to reduce emissions at sea.

Unprecedented achievement in India: a colossal 650-ton, nearly 3,000 hp excavator is transformed into 100% electric, marking a new phase in heavy mining.

Vehicle Graveyard With Only 3 Years of Use: 4,000 Abandoned Vehicles So Far

Cemetery Of Vehicles In La Plata Accumulates Police Vehicles With Just Three Years Of Use, While Allegations Of Overpricing And Mismanagement Get Highlighted.

Vehicle Cemetery

3-Year Lifespan

Cars Purchased At More Than Twice The Price

Engineers want to carve through Africa with a giant canal to bring water from the world’s second-largest river to a dying lake on the edge of the Sahara Desert that has already lost 90% of its water.

A giant brown band visible from space, approximately 8,850 kilometers long, connected Africa to America in the Atlantic Ocean, and satellites revealed that it is neither land nor pollution, but the largest accumulation of seaweed in the world, which broke records in 2025.

Brazil filled the Northeast with wind turbines but now faces the side effect of 705 giant blades reaching the end of their lifespan by 2032 just in Rio Grande do Norte, while the world projects 43 million tons of waste by 2050.

India approved the country’s first submerged road-rail tunnel, 15.8 kilometers dug under the bed of the Brahmaputra River.

Instead of burning or burying old tires, an American city is transforming about 2,000 of them into the street itself, paving its first sections with a quieter and more durable rubber asphalt.

In just one cast, fishermen are surprised to capture 14,096 mullets in Bombinhas and close a historic season with 58,000 fish; scene recorded in the Santa Catarina paradise marks the last day of the 2026 season.

10 giant tortoises are reintroduced and, in just 6 months, trigger changes that lead scientists to investigate a phenomenon absent for 180 years; the numbers recorded on the island impress researchers from around the world.

Cheaper than Fiat Pulse, Renault Kardian, and Volkswagen Tera: with a 2.0 turbo engine of 190 hp, 30.6 kgfm torque, automatic transmission, and Swedish safety package, this premium hatch delivers sports car performance at the price of a new compact: meet the Volvo V40 T4 Momentum 2017.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.

With the look of a compact SUV and the price of a rational used car: 1.5 flex engine with 115 hp, automatic transmission, 420-liter trunk, and multimedia make the Caoa Chery Tiggo 2 Look 1.5 AT 2020 an unconventional alternative.

Honda has a hybrid “premium van” with 7 or 8 seats cheaper than the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid when converted: Step WGN and costs around R$ 125,000 without taxes, features sliding doors, seats with leg support, and a boxy family look in Japan.

China did not like the decision by the U.S. to place BYD, Alibaba, and Baidu on a list linked to the Chinese military sector.

Rare case in Minas Gerais draws attention after a sow gives birth to 46 live piglets in a delivery that surprised even those knowledgeable in pig farming.

While lunar missions are deploying increasingly larger robots, Japan has bet on a small SORA-Q the size of a palm, which transformed on the Moon and photographed the SLIM landing.

While giant ships still burn heavy fuel and the maritime sector races against climate targets, Maersk and Vale are starting to bet on ethanol as a new route to reduce emissions at sea.

Unprecedented achievement in India: a colossal 650-ton, nearly 3,000 hp excavator is transformed into 100% electric, marking a new phase in heavy mining.