Man Has $227,000 “Unstealable” Car Stolen Less Than 60 Hours After Buying It

A British man who believed his £183,000 ($227,000) luxury SUV was impenetrable is now questioning everything after it was stolen from his driveway less than 60 hours after he brought it home.

John, a 45-year-old from Warwickshire, UK, purchased a limited-edition Range Rover 2024 SV Edition One from a dealership in Coventry on December 14, assured that the vehicle’s cutting-edge security made it “unstealable.”

Boasting only 550 units in the UK, the high-end SUV featured £10,000 graphite wheels, a tech-packed interior, and even seats that vibrate in sync with the music. Given the rising number of luxury car thefts in the country, John had concerns—but according to him, dealership staff dismissed any need for extra security. When he inquired about installing a Ghost Immobiliser, a system requiring a password to start the car, he was told it was unnecessary. “No one’s taking this car,” they assured him.

Reality proved otherwise. Less than three days later, John woke up to an empty driveway and multiple missed calls from the vehicle’s tracking company. CCTV footage from around 1 a.m. shows a car dropping off three individuals. While one acts as a lookout, two others approach the SUV. Without ever coming close enough to use a key scanner or breaking a window, they gain access to the vehicle and drive off in just 15 minutes.

“They did not come near to the house with a scanning device to get a key signal, whatever they did was more sophisticated than this, they didn’t need one,” John said, still baffled by how the thieves managed to bypass what was supposedly state-of-the-art security. He believes the fact that the getaway car simply dropped them off and drove away indicates their confidence in the heist.

Frustrated, John complained to Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), citing a “catastrophic failure of the security system advertised as state-of-the-art.” However, the automaker remains unmoved. A JLR spokesperson stated that the company will not consider any claims of responsibility, asserting that car theft is a risk all owners face.

For John, the ordeal is a costly lesson that even the most advanced security features can still fall short against determined thieves.