Tuesday mornings saw latest chapter in the story of brand new cars stolen from the factories they were built in. Based on Fox 2 Detroitabout a dozen Ford Mustang and at least two new Jeep Wagoneers were stolen from outside the Michigan factories in which they were built.
Immediately, Police are not sure if the two crimes are related. Surname restored two Mustangs. The store said they were obtained from a parking lot across the street from the Flat Rock Assembly Plant. At this time, no one has been detained.
“It was not an isolated incident. I’m sure these teams are aligned, probably have a good leadership, they know where they’re going, they know where the easier targets are,” Woodhaven Deputy Sheriff Jeffrey Brust told Fox 2.
The police don’t suspect these incidents are an inside job, so that would be great.
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Fox 2 said Wagoneers were obtained from Stellantis’ Warren Truck Assembly Plant. It’s about 30 miles from the Mustang factory. Late Tuesday morning, two of the trucks were recovered, but Not sure if that’s all of them.
“We’re looking at at least five or six cars, and they’re high-priced Wagoneers,” Police Commissioner Warren Bill Dwyer told Fox 2. “As the guard came out, he started closing the gate. , they smashed the gate and luckily he was not seriously injured.”
As I said earlier, this is just the latest incident of cars being stolen from just outside the factory they were built in.
In the past year alone, we’ve reported on a number of such incidents, including:
I’m a big fan of Nick Cage’s Disappear in 60 seconds like anyone, but even I have to admit this is getting a bit silly. These cars almost always turn heads, even when they’re raw. For now, we’ll just have to assume that the architect of the theft did this right before they start operating.
