A man's "unstolen" car was stolen 60 hours after buying it (4 photos + 1 video)

A $227,000 car was stolen from his driveway by three thieves.





An Englishman bought a Range Rover 2024 SV Edition One for £183,000 ($227,000), which was advertised as "unstolen." However, before he could enjoy his purchase, the luxury limited-edition SUV was stolen from under his home 60 hours later.

John, a 45-year-old man from Warwickshire, UK, claims he was told the dealership was "unstealable".



He bought the limited edition Range Rover 2024 SV Edition One from a dealer. Only 550 were ever made in the UK. It featured £10,000 graphite wheels, a luxury high-tech interior and all sorts of cool features, such as seats that vibrate to the music playing in the car. John knew it would attract unwanted attention in a country where luxury car thefts have been on the rise in recent years, but he claims the dealership told him the car had a new Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) security update that made it unstoppable. Less than 60 hours later, John's car was stolen from his driveway.

"I felt safe knowing that. I had just paid £183,000 for a car made by JLR and they were confident that they had now made these cars safe and unbreakable," John told reporters, adding that he had asked the dealership about installing a Ghost immobiliser, which requires a password to start the car, but was told it was not necessary as "nobody would steal this car".

John woke up to several missed calls from the car tracking company and looked out of his window to see an empty driveway. CCTV footage shows three people getting out of a car around 1am. One stays on guard while two head towards the SUV. None of them get close enough to the owner's house to use the key scanner, but they somehow gain access to the car, then start it within 15 minutes and drive away.





The owner still doesn't understand how the thieves managed to steal his luxury Range Rover without even breaking the window, but he believes that the fact that they were simply dropped off at the "loot" and then the car drove away means they were confident they could get what they came for.



"They didn't go to the house with a scanning device to get a key signal. Whatever they did, it was something more sophisticated," the 45-year-old said.

John has already complained to Jaguar Range Rover (JGR), claiming "a catastrophic failure of a security system advertised as advanced," but the company is not taking it into account. A spokesman has already told members of the press that JGR will not consider any liability claims because car theft is a risk all owners face.