Thieves make off with ‘unstealable’ £183,000 Range Rover parked in owner’s drive
Thieves make off with ‘unstealable’ £183,000 Range Rover parked in owner’s drive
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Car thieves stole a £183,000 Range Rover that the car dealership it was bought from apparently described as ‘unstealable’. John, 45, collected the Range Rover 2024 SV Edition One from the dealership in Coventry on December 14 last year and drove it back to his home in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
![[Thieves drive off in 'unstealable' ?183,000 limited edition Range Rover parked outside owner's house]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_237576814-ad0e.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=634)
The limited edition vehicle (only 550 were released in the UK) boasted£10,000 graphite wheels and seats that can massage you or pulse in time with music among other high-tech features. Less than 60 hours later the car was stolen in the middle of the night by a group of thieves, reports the MailOnline.
![[A car theft gang stole a ?183,000 luxury Range Rover from the owner's driveway only two days after he drove it off the lot - despite him allegedly being told by the dealership that it was 'unstealable'. It is the latest in a spate of such luxury vehicle thefts, with cars stolen to order by criminal networks in the UK and then swiftly put on to shipping containers bound for destinations including Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. John, 45, from Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, visited the dealership in Coventry on Friday December 13 to complete the paperwork on his limited edition Range Rover 2024 SV Edition One - one of only 550 released in the UK. Grabs: ?180k Land Rover theft]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235533512-2cf3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
CCTV footage shows a car drop off three men at the top of John’s street shortly before 1am. Two men then walk towards the Range Rover, while another stands as a watch-out on the other side of the road. It’s not clear how the men get in to the vehicle but they soon gain access, and begin working on the car to get it started.
![[A car theft gang stole a ?183,000 luxury Range Rover from the owner's driveway only two days after he drove it off the lot - despite him allegedly being told by the dealership that it was 'unstealable'. It is the latest in a spate of such luxury vehicle thefts, with cars stolen to order by criminal networks in the UK and then swiftly put on to shipping containers bound for destinations including Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. John, 45, from Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, visited the dealership in Coventry on Friday December 13 to complete the paperwork on his limited edition Range Rover 2024 SV Edition One - one of only 550 released in the UK. Grabs: ?180k Land Rover theft]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235533523-31df.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Before long the engine starts and the trio drive off. The whole thing takes about 15 minutes. John woke up at 3am to several missed calls from the car’s tracking company, and looked out of the window to see his vehicle had gone. He called the tracking company, but by then the tracker had been turned off, before reporting the crime to police.
John said the theft was particularly surprising because the salesperson at the dealership had told him the car was effectively ‘unstealable’ because of a new Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) security upgrade. John told the MailOnline he asked about having a Ghost Immobiliser fitted, which requires the driver to enter a unique code before the car becomes driveable, but was told it wasn’t needed because the upgrade meant’no one’s taking this car’.
