Earlier this week, car thieves in Pennsylvania used a Chevy Camaro as a battering ram in an attempt to steal a Dodge Challenger Hellcat. The attempt was unsuccessful, although the thieves did manage to steal a different Dodge Challenger off the lot. The thieves and missing Dodge Challenger are currently at large.
According to a report from local NBC affiliate WGAL 8, the incident occurred early Monday morning around 4 a.m. local time at Thornton Automotive on Carlisle Road in Dover, Pennsylvania. According to the report, the thieves accessed the dealership lot and smashed a window on a Chevy Camaro Convertible before starting it. However, the thieves weren’t after the Camaro – rather, they used the Chevy to smash through a glass showroom door and gain access to the Dodge Challenger Hellcat parked inside.
However, as video captured at the scene shows, the execution did not go as planned. The Camaro became lodged in the entrance, complicating the heist. In the chaos, a golf cart within the showroom was also struck, which subsequently collided with and pinned the Hellcat, thwarting any chance of its theft. With their primary target unreachable, the thieves quickly shifted their focus, managing to abscond with a separate Dodge Challenger that was parked on the lot. This vehicle, unlike the Hellcat, was not secured within the showroom, allowing for a quicker and less obstructed getaway. The spec for the second Challenger is currently not known.
The aftermath of the theft left the dealership with significant damage. The showroom door was shattered, and the Camaro suffered considerable damage as well. Local authorities, aided by surveillance footage and witness statements, are continuing their search for the stolen Challenger and the perpetrators. Meanwhile, Thornton Automotive is reportedly planning to enhance their security measures to prevent any further incidents.
Check out the full report, as well as footage of the incident, by hitting play on the video below:
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I don’t know about anybody else but the end of that video really subverted my expectations.
Hey Mary, you’re doing something wrong when kids will sacrifice a Camaro in order to get a Dodge. Fortunately Dodge has solved this problem for you by killing the Hellcats and replacing them with EVs. More good news; thefts like this are bout to end because even criminals don’t want EVs…well, the ones outside of politics don’t. Problem solved!
EVs in general are harder to steal, so they are less likely targets.
People want EVs beyond politicians, as they are the best form of passenger transportation we have available to us today.
Dodge’s EV program could very well turn the brand around, but we have to see the cars after they hit the public streets.
The only real problem here is your attitude against electrified vehicles.
Nobody wants EVs beyond a small subgroup of car buyers. The overwhelming majority of the planet needs transportation that works, not an expensive golf cart to use as a virtue signal.
“The only real problem here is your attitude against electrified vehicles.” I don’t think I care for the communistic ‘invasion of the body snatchers’ tone of that comment.
You are wrong. The sales are proving otherwise. When a marketable car is provided that the masses want, it is purchased.
EVs overwhelmingly provide transportation that is above the grade of a golf cart.
Your dialogue alone shows your political bias against EVs, and only willing to eat what you are fed regarding the topic.
Spare me your drama. I’m not a liberal, either.
EVs just make sense when you stop being scared of them.
The response to this is weird. The like/dislike ratio and speed seems extremely disproportionate to the rest of the site and the worded responses are oddly dense. It reads like those creepy robot lady voice things on bot generated Youtube videos. I’m not saying Tyler is bot but there are definitely some shenanigans going on here.
Also Tyler, everything you said is a regurgitated talking point and completely wrong. Maybe you should turn off the TV for a while or ask your programmer to alter your code to sound more human?
You need to look deeper than the surface, if you want to know the truth.
Beauty isn’t just skin deep. So don’t let your understanding of the entire world remain solely at the surface.
Guess you aren’t used to an open dialog where someone is willing to tell you the truth.
Fire their Security guy, if they have one that is.
EV sales are falling below expectations in America AND Europe.
That’s a fact .
Not really a fact. Demand for overpriced EVs is declining. But EVs in general are up YoY. GM has so much demand that they can’t make them fast enough, so they had to roll back their strategy. Much like other manufacturers who aren’t Tesla.