Somebody tried to steal a Cadillac Escalade IQ from a GM storage unit in Detroit but it didn’t go how they expected

Somebody tried to steal a Cadillac Escalade IQ from a General Motors storage unit but things didn’t go to plan.

The Escalade hasn’t been officially released yet, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t people desperate to drive it.

The thieves who broke into GM’s Detroit unit were a prime example of this.

But their plot didn’t go to plan.

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How this Cadillac Escalade IQ went hilariously wrong

The gang managed to get a few of the Escalades off the lot, but the last one gave them some trouble.

No, it didn’t break down.

It got caught on a concrete barrier surrounding the property’s fence.

From the looks of things, the thief in the car tried to drive through the fence but the block slowed things down.

A video of the hilarious scene was shared by Metro Detroit News.

Whilst the front wheels were still spinning, it’s unclear whether or not the driver was still inside.

It is possible that the wheels are simply spinning due to a malfunction.

One would imagine that the driver promptly abandoned the attempt and left the vehicle.

The incident happened at 3am on December 11th, but no arrests have been made so far.

A lot of details are sparse around the incident, and it’s not clear how many Escalades were taken.

In theory, it could be possible for GM to track the car thanks to their OnStar systems.

And with these cars being relatively rare currently, they’ll stick out like a sore thumb.

So if you see one driving around the Detroit area, you may have an inkling where it came from.

A brief history of theft failures

There’s nothing worse for a car owner than a stolen vehicle.

But fortunately for them, thieves are constantly being caught and having their operations go up in smoke.

In November, 35 high-end cars taken from the UK were discovered in Thailand.

It was part of a sophisticated scheme run by criminals from both countries, but it was thwarted in the end by the police.

Over in England’s very own Essex, $1.3 million worth of stolen supercars were found in a chop shop.

This haul included Ferraris and Bentleys.

Across the Atlantic, Detroit cops recovered $450k worth of stolen cars from a junkyard.

It seems that the police arrived just in time, as the criminals were planning to sell them off to unsuspecting customers.