The Dodge Challenger Hellcat is an awfully fascinating automotive. A lot so, that it has grow to be a preferred goal for thieves. A brand new video posted to Instagram, although, reveals the automotive being stolen in a way we’ve by no means seen earlier than.

The video (warning: it accommodates a number of cursing) reveals safety footage of a grey Challenger Hellcat parked in entrance of Frances Cocktail Lounge in Chicago. A white Dodge Durango might be seen stopping subsequent to the automotive, permitting a passenger to get out with a instrument.

The person makes use of the instrument to, apparently, pop the window out, giving him entry to the automobile. He then will get in, and the Durango backs up behind the automotive and pushes it down the road and out of the safety digicam’s body.

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Though it’s unclear precisely what’s occurring, if I needed to guess, I might say that the thieves seemingly used the Durango to bump begin the Challenger Hellcat, which is one among few automobiles on the street nonetheless offered as a guide. Lovers will not be the one ones saying “save the manuals.”

Liveabout.com writes {that a} steering wheel might be unlocked in a automobile with a push button begin by utilizing “your left hand to wiggle the steering wheel left and proper with vital power” whereas concurrently urgent the stop-start button. That could be how this thief managed to start out turning the wheel, as he might be seen doing within the video.

That’s only a guess, although, and there could also be extra occurring on this video moreover. Stealing these autos has confirmed to not be that difficult, although, with movies of Challengers and Chargers being stolen frequently cropping up on the web.

One Michigan police division, actually, reported that greater than 1,000 Charger thefts had been being investigated in Southeast Michigan in 2020 alone. That prompted Dodge to introduce a brand new Safety Mode final 12 months that limits the engine to 675 rpm if a four-digit safety code is just not inputed. Homeowners had been required to enter their dealerships to have the software program replace put in, although, which can restrict what number of truly determined to implement the safety measure.