From:Internet Info Agency
2026-10-30 17:30:15On October 30, Bugatti Rimac CEO Mate Rimac posted a video on Instagram. On Wednesday afternoon of this week, one of his personal Bugatti Chiron hypercars was stolen outside the company campus near Zagreb, Croatia. The campus has no fence, entry requires an access card, and the surrounding area is open. For years, Rimac had been in the habit of leaving keys inside the cars, including the Chiron and the Rimac Nevera. An employee noticed the car being driven away, and after those involved confirmed in a group chat that no one recognized the person in the car, they called the police. Rimac then reported the theft to the police, tracked the vehicle's location through its telematics system, and gave chase in a Porsche 911. The location information was shared with the police via the group chat. The thief drove through Slovenia and entered Austria via the Spielfeld border crossing. Rimac said the thief filled the car with half a tank of fuel at a gas station in Austria and left without paying. The vehicle was eventually stopped on the A9 highway near Graz, with about 10 police cars and 20 officers at the scene. The car's front bumper was damaged. Rimac met the suspect at a police station in Austria; the individual was a 36-year-old Croatian man. The man said he had gone to the company's location to look for work, saw the keys left inside the Chiron, and drove the car away. Rimac said he would not press charges. The Graz prosecutor's office has opened a case into the matter. AFP said the car's starting price is 2.4 million euros (about 17.877 million yuan at current exchange rates), while Autonext said it is worth about 3 million euros (about 22.346 million yuan at current exchange rates). Rimac said he will not leave keys inside the cars again in the future.