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A 2019 Corvette C7 ZR1 parked on a neighborhood street was stolen in the early hours Tuesday morning in Redwood City, California, in what appears to be a fast, coordinated theft carried out by three suspects using a white Alfa Romeo sedan as the getaway vehicle.
The owner says the theft occurred around 2 a.m., and surveillance footage confirms just how quickly the operation unfolded. According to timestamps:
2:21:21 – Three suspects exit the Alfa Romeo
2:22:45 – The Corvette’s alarm sounds
2:22:56 – Alarm stops
2:23:12 – The Corvette starts
2:23:25 – Both vehicles leave camera view
In just over two minutes, the thieves broke a window, accessed the car’s electronics, started the engine, and disappeared.
The owner, who had the ZR1 for seven years and drove it almost daily, believes the thieves used an OBD II–based electronic exploit to start the car. Video shows them manipulating a device inside the cabin before the engine fires.
“If they’d used the key antenna extension trick, they wouldn’t have needed to break the window,” the owner noted.
Police later told him that automated license plate cameras picked up the stolen Corvette on the other side of the bay about 30 minutes later. By 4 a.m., the thieves had even triggered his toll tag crossing the Bay Bridge.
The theft sparked strong reactions from fellow enthusiasts online, many of whom expressed frustration with the rise of organized auto theft in the Bay Area.
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One commenter urged local owners to take the threat seriously: “Your cars are being cased and these thieves are quick and efficient… Don’t be so unwise to think it won’t happen to you.”
Another voiced anger at the broader trend: “This makes me so irrationally angry. I hate that theft rings exist… even if we arrest a good chunk, I don’t believe the judges would even give a slap on the wrist.”
Others shared their own anti-theft strategies. One C3 owner said he installed a hidden kill switch even on a car worth under $20,000: “You don’t find the switch, the car will have no spark. On a newer vehicle there are probably 15 different systems you could cut power from.”
The Bay Area has seen an uptick in targeted thefts of high value performance vehicles, especially those with vulnerable electronic access points. Thieves often work in teams, scout neighborhoods in advance, and use specialized tools to bypass factory security in minutes.
The stolen ZR1 — a 755 horsepower flagship Corvette — is exactly the kind of high demand vehicle that organized groups seek out.
As of now, the car has not been recovered.
Source:
Reddit
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I own a 2025 ZR1 and it is in my garage at all times when not driving with alarm on and theft deterrent garage access. It never leaves my sight when going out. This is the weirdest video of car thieves anyone can see. That’s why I would venture to say that this “theft” looks like orchestrated by its owner. My 2 cents.
Who would park there zr1 in the street with an empty driveway right there and should have spent the money to protect it with and ignition kill kit or fuel bypass kit.This to me with the alarm going off may have been an owner arranged theft😣
I’ve lived and learned the hard way too. Since then a aftermarket alarm and kill system by Ravelco and no more taken vehicles.
I,too smell a rat. Nobody in their right mind would leave a car like that parked on the street.
If the owner wasn’t in on it he was just plumb stupid to leave that bad boy parked outside especially on the street. If he can afford the car surely he owns a house with a garage. What may I ask is the key antenna extension trick?
If truly an organized theft ring, the market for such a high profile car is out of the US.
Sad story, any theft but especially a ZR1.
It’s already in a container on the way to another country. Who leaves an expensive car on the street in the third world country of California.
WHAT A DUMB ASS. YOU DO NOT DESERVE A ZR1
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