A 2022 Rolls-Royce Cullinan was allegedly stolen on its way to a luxury dealership in Miami by a thief who had asked for a replacement on the SUV’s delivery card via text message. The driver transporting the Rolls-Royce from Michigan to Florida, posed as a luxury dealership worker and told the driver that the Cullinan “should be delivered to a new location,” according to NBC6. The random text message, as described by the dealership on Facebook, sent the delivery driver to a parking lot where the alleged thief fled with the $420,000 Rolls-Royce Cullinan on June 15.
Employees at Limited Spec Automotive, the Miami luxury brokerage firm, suspected something had occurred after the Rolls missed its delivery schedule, which had been set for 2 p. m. at the latest at the South Florida brokerage. Around 4:00 p. m. there was still no signal from the Cullinan. The racer then contacted the delivery driver, also via text message, to ask where the Rolls-Royce was and to what The driver responded by saying that the van had already been delivered to the new location requested by the unknown user posing as a worker from the brokership site, as reported by NBC6.
The dealership claims that the driver failed to verify the delivery replacement and received the cash payment at the delivery location. He also took to Facebook last Monday for help in locating the missing Cullinan. Limited Spec now provides significant praise and has doubled the payout from $20,000 to $40,000 to anyone who gets their hands on the stolen SUV.
Recovering the Rolls can prove tricky as the racer claims the thief got rid of the car’s GPS trackers and even sent photographic evidence of their removal. The brokerage was able to identify the text contact with the alleged thief after the incident, later calling him a “gentleman” and “professional” given his point of experience. The broker has reported the theft to the automaker’s insurance company, but it’s not yet clear who will be guilty of covering the charge for the stolen Cullinan.
An investigation is underway lately through Miami-Dade County Police, but Limited Spec Automobile General Manager Stephen Waisman believes it’s time for the FBI to get involved. He tells NBC6 that “usual safety measures have been taken to save those flights. “And yet, they don’t seem to make much of a difference. Waisman also claims that the dealership will create “larger delivery companies” in the future, even if they set higher prices, raising questions about who the dealership has entrusted with transporting its goods. highly coveted cars.
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Jose is an editor at The Drive. Se grew up in the bed of a 2000 Mazda B-Regular Cab and, later, in the booster seat of a Ford F-150 Extended Cab, which bore a LOBO badge. Jose’s parents were immigrants. staff who drove through the southern United States. So he spent his formative years on the road and now discovers the comfort of his home on the road. To him, cars are cathedrals where Americans can communicate with themselves. That’s why he likes small cars like his 1997 BMW 318ti: the smaller, the better. Jose is also an avid motorcyclist who likes to see motorcycle cameos in the works of Akira Toriyama and Studio Ghibli.
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