Thieves steal five luxury cars worth £700,000 from Essex unit

GONE IN 60 seconds: Moment thieves steal £700,000 worth of luxury cars – including £89,800 Porsche 911 and £150,000 Mercedes Maybach – during 4.45am raid on industrial unit

  • A group of thieves stole five luxury cars worth more than £700,000
  • They targeted an industrial unit on Brentwood Road in Bulphan, Essex
  • The cars stolen included an Ariel Atom and a Porsche 911 Carrera 
  • Essex police are appealing for more information after only one car was found

Police are appealing for help after five luxury cars, worth more than £700,000 are stolen in a raid lasting less than 60 seconds. 

The footage shows five flashy cars being driven out a lot in the middle of the night in Essex. 

On November, 11, 2022, around 4.45am the thieves made their way into an industrial unit on Brentwood Road in Bulphan. 

One car was recovered by Essex police but the other four vehicles are missing. 

Two people can be seen on the video propping open the gates to let his accomplices make their getaway. 

The gate is propped open with an orange traffic cone and one accomplice jumps into the first stolen car and drives away. 

The thieves first drive away with a rare Ariel Atom- this has a starting price of around £60,000. 

A Mercedes G-Wagon worth £120,275 then gets through the gate. It initally has its’ door open until the accomplice closes it as they drive past.

Two people can be seen on the video propping open the gates to let his accomplices make their getaway

 A Mercedes G-Wagon worth £120,275 then gets through the gate

A Porsche 911 Carrera worth around £90,000 tails behind

A Porsche 911 Carrera worth around £90,000 tails behind before the final car, a Mercedes Maybach worth £150,000. 

When all the cars race away the last person throws away the traffic cone and chases after the G-Wagon while trying to close the gate behind him. 

Officers said the thieves cut the bolts on the front gate before entering the unit. 

Essex Police confirmed the Maybach has now been recovered but the four remaining cars are still missing. 

The Mercedes Maybach, worth £150,000, was recovered by the police

When all the cars race away the last person throws away the traffic cone and chases after the G-Wagon while trying to close the gate behind him

Essex Police said: ‘Officers were called to an industrial unit on Brentwood Road in Bulphan shortly after midnight on 11 November following reports of five luxury cars being stolen.

‘The suspects entered the yard, cutting the bolts on the front gate before stealing five vehicles, worth an estimated value of over £700,000. The cars stolen included two Porsches, a Mercedes and a rare Ariel Atom car.

‘We are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed anything or could have CCTV or dashcam footage including the stolen cars to contact us.’

Anyone with information can call police on 101 quoting incident incident 42/277273/22.

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