An undisclosed number of GM vehicles were stolen from a storage lot situated near the automaker’s Lansing Grand River Assembly plant in Michigan this week.
Lansing Police received a call around 3 a.m. on Tuesday morning concerning several GM vehicles that were allegedly stolen from a storage lot near the automaker’s Grand River plant. Security personnel working for the Detroit-based automaker told police “several,” vehicles had been stolen from the lot after an unknown number of suspects illegally entered the GM-owned grounds and drove away in them.
According to local Lansing news outlet WLNS 6, GM is currently taking inventory of the storage lot and is still trying to determine how many vehicles were stolen. Lansing Police also told the publication that neighbouring jurisdictions in other parts of south-central Michigan had located some of the stolen vehicles.
The storage lot is located on the corner of William St. and S. Martin L. King Blvd. in Lansing, which is a stone’s throw away from the Lansing Grand River Assembly plant. The 3.4 million square-foot facility, which employs approximately 1,401 hourly and salaried workers for assembly operations, currently produces the Cadillac CT4 and Cadillac CT5 luxury sedans, as well as the Chevy Camaro sports coupe. It seems likely the vehicles stolen were of these three nameplates, however GM could also have been storing other models on this lot given the fact that it operates several other vehicle assembly plants in its home state.
GM said it was working with local law enforcement to recover the stolen vehicles when asked for comment by WLNS 6, but stopped short of providing further details on the matter. GM Authority will provide more information when or if it becomes available.
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I sure hope they didn’t take my 2022 Camaro Vert. I’ve waited far too long to get it.
Honestly, I doubt as though YOU have a brand new Camaro and live in that area. Are you serious?
What difference does it make where he lives? There’s only one plant in the world that makes Camaros.
Pretty soon there will be ZERO plants in the world that make the Camaro.
I used to work there…
Where the f**k did this comment come from, seriously you got some really dumb sh*t comments on this forum! And J Lo, really earth shattering news, cars get stolen off a GM lot, BFD!
Sorry J LO, my bad! Many apologies, I thought it was you I had just read your piece on Russia, no comment section, smart move thou! Anyway I apologize and Sam is definitely upstaging you!
The only way they could have been driven off would be if GM left the fobs in the cars. Yes, that makes it easier for GM to move them around. But not smart, given that the lot was penetrable.
Not necessarily. Several scenarios:
One: got ahold of the keys via a break-in or inside job. Or somebody who had access to the cars programmed in additional keys.
Two: they used the lost-fob reprogramming method. This takes 30 minutes, but you potentially could get away with it in a huge lot.
Three: no system is completely hack proof, there are likely ways to bypass the system
I suppose if you’re “hard up” , have got to have a new vehicle, and will buy whatever is available, this is a “good” deal. If you can’t get what you “want”, what good is this discount offer? GM might as well offer a $10,000 discount if there’s nothing on the lot or in the pipeline that fills your desires/wants/preferences. Sounds like this offered discount is just to get rid of inventory that no one would normally buy. I went by the Ford dealer in town yesterday and it looked like he had a couple dozen white Rangers. Woopee!… I realize white is the “most popular” color sold. I’ve never bought a new white vehicle and I’m 75 years old.
I like white, doesn’t get so hot in summer!
I never liked white vehicles, put a number on it and it looks like a company vehicle. I have friends who prefer only white, yuk!
I have been waiting almost a year for my CT5. Knowing my luck, it’s probably the one that got stolen….
Not that Motor Vehicle theft isn’t risky in it’s own right…
But stealing a GM product! GM cars are uniquely able to Kill its drivers. This poor thief will be much more lucky if the engine just Self-destructs or the Wheels fall apart. Then again, the penalty for stealing a GM product just might be that it Kills the thief, like it’s Killed so many Americans.
You know, these thefts have convinced me not to purchase the Onstar subscription.
One would think with the number of vehicles stolen off of GM factory lots over the years that GM would use OnStar to disable them until they were scheduled to load or move. Also maybe vet the 3 rd party lot companies a bit better.
That’s one way to up sales via insurance loss. I really hate to hear stories of this nature. Another loss to Covid. Hope the thieves are caught.