If you’ve ever wondered how long it takes to steal nearly eight figures’ worth of dream cars, the answer—apparently—is less time than it takes to brew a decent cup of coffee.
Early Sunday morning, a Canadian car dealership was relieved of eight high-end vehicles in a theft that reportedly lasted between eight and ten minutes. No tow trucks, no elaborate Mission: Impossible choreography. Just a crowbar, a box of keys, and enough confidence to walk out with a Ferrari 812 GTS, a Porsche 911 GT3, two Mercedes-Benz S580s, and two BMW M4s.
According to footage released by Global News, the operation looked less like a smash-and-grab and more like a grimly efficient pit stop. Roughly a dozen thieves, all dressed in black and wearing masks, smashed through the dealership’s glass doors at around 3:35 a.m. Once inside, they went straight for a wall-mounted lockbox containing the keys to every vehicle on the lot. A crowbar made short work of it.
From there, the group calmly rearranged furniture to clear an exit path, fired up the engines, and drove off—one by one—in some of the most desirable performance cars money can buy.
It took another four hours before anyone noticed.
The list of stolen cars reads like the lineup at an enthusiast fantasy draft. The Ferrari 812 GTS alone packs a naturally aspirated V-12 producing 789 horsepower, while the Porsche 911 GT3—arguably the most track-focused road car Porsche sells—carries an estimated value of around $1.4 million. That GT3, notably, remains missing.
Four of the stolen vehicles have since been recovered, and one suspect has been arrested. Another thief reportedly left a trail of blood at the scene, suggesting that not everything went entirely according to plan. Still, as far as high-speed automotive crime goes, this one was alarmingly smooth.
What makes the story unsettling isn’t just the value of the cars, but how easily they were taken. No hacking of encrypted ECUs. No relay attacks on keyless entry systems. Just a physical lockbox full of keys, waiting behind glass doors. It’s a reminder that while modern cars are rolling fortresses of software and sensors, the weakest link is often still a piece of hardware bolted to a wall.
The Porsche’s disappearance is particularly painful. GT3s aren’t just expensive—they’re sacred objects in enthusiast culture, engineered with obsessive focus and often spec’d by owners who waited years for an allocation. Seeing one vanish into the criminal ether is the kind of thing that keeps collectors awake at night.
Dealerships, meanwhile, are left with an uncomfortable takeaway: it doesn’t matter how advanced the cars are if the keys are easier to steal than the vehicles themselves.
As for the missing GT3, there’s a good chance it’s already been shipped overseas, stripped for parts, or hidden away in a warehouse where its flat-six will never see a redline again. For enthusiasts, that may be the real tragedy—not the money, but the loss of a machine built to be driven, reduced to a line item in a police report.
Eight minutes. Eight cars. And one Porsche that, for now, has disappeared without a trace.
Source: Global News via YouTube
