{"id":24619,"date":"2026-10-31T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/?p=24619"},"modified":"2026-10-31T06:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T10:13:30","slug":"mate-rimac-stolen-bugatti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/mate-rimac-stolen-bugatti\/","title":{"rendered":"We Got Mate Rimac Chasing Down Bugatti Chiron Thief In A Porsche 911 Before GTA 6!?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I used to leave my car unlocked back when I lived in Connecticut, figuring a town with more cows than people had very little chance of someone hot-wiring an unwashed Corolla. Now I can say I have at least one thing in common with Mate Rimac. And it&#8217;s not the dirty Corolla.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, October 28, someone stole Rimac&#8217;s Bugatti Chiron from the Rimac factory. How? He left his keys in the car. On social media, he admitted he leaves his keys in\u00a0<em>all<\/em> his cars.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, a stranger just walked into the factory and took the car. At first, Rimac believed someone at the factory had taken it for a joyride. Not quite. The police were called as Rimac tracked his Chiron via telemetry, watching it head toward the Slovenian border.<\/p>\n<p>To make this sound even more like a GTA server, Rimac took off in a Porsche 911 to chase down the thief.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DfFdMZ-uIQK\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DfFdMZ-uIQK\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A post shared by Mate Rimac (@materimac)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Rimac, the car thief had actually made it to Austria. That&#8217;s where authorities finally caught up.<\/p>\n<p>Once brought to the police station, the thief explained that he&#8217;d actually come to the factory looking for a job. But that Chiron with the keys inside was just too tempting. This coincides with Rimac&#8217;s own security footage, shared on Instagram, which shows the thief casually sauntering over to the Bugatti, looking around, taking a final drag of his cigarette, then getting into the car.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don\u2019t try your luck \u2014 it will not happen again,\u201d Rimac concluded, saying he would no longer leave his keys in his cars.<\/p>\n<h2>Rimac isn&#8217;t concerned about his Bugatti Chiron<\/h2>\n<p>Honestly, the whole situation was quite comical. Especially Rimac&#8217;s reactions.<\/p>\n<p>I guess I am not too surprised that Rimac, the young Bugatti CEO, felt a little silly about the situation. While the base price of a Chiron is $3.3 million (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/a-5-8-million-bugatti-gets-a-186-mile-test-drive-before-delivery-after-that-most-never-see-a-road-again\/\">and Bugatti makes way more expensive options<\/a>), Rimac&#8217;s net worth is said to be around $2.5 <em>billion<\/em>. It&#8217;s not like he was panicking.<\/p>\n<p>Rimac is considered to be a bit of a prodigy. At 19, he turned his 1984 BMW 3-Series into an electric car right in his garage, and it had record-breaking performance. He later founded Rimac Automobili and Greyp Bikes. Rimac is known for its extremely aggressive hypercars, including the $2 million Nevera, which has 2,000 horsepower.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Rimac became the CEO of Bugatti Rimac, a joint venture between Rimac Group, Bugatti, and Porsche AG. The Rimac Group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/bugatti-suv-porsche-stakes\/\">also has a 55% majority stake<\/a> in Bugatti Rimac.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\"><!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/span><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">&#8220;I am really happy that the deal with Porsche and HOF Capital has been completed. Porsche has been a valuable partner for years, helping us build a strong foundation for the brand&#8217;s future. I am really looking forward to our collaboration with HOF Capital, which will be a great asset in executing our long-term vision for the exciting future of Bugatti,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.bugatti.com\/en\/press-releases\/bugatti-rimac-ownership-transition-new-leadership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">he said earlier this year<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to leave my car unlocked back when I lived in Connecticut, figuring a town with more cows than &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"We Got Mate Rimac Chasing Down Bugatti Chiron Thief In A Porsche 911 Before GTA 6!?\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/mate-rimac-stolen-bugatti\/#more-24619\" aria-label=\"Read more about We Got Mate Rimac Chasing Down Bugatti Chiron Thief In A Porsche 911 Before GTA 6!?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":24656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-performance-and-luxury","resize-featured-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24619"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24624,"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24619\/revisions\/24624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autonocion.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}