Stolen Lamborghini Huracán in Memphis turned up days later hidden in the most unexpected place
- A 2016 Lamborghini Huracán was stolen from a parking spot
- It had been tailed – leading to beliefs it was part of a wider plot
- It turned up just days later in an unexpected location
Published on Nov 19, 2024 at 7:17 PM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Last updated on Nov 20, 2024 at 11:04 AM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
In a supercar heist story straight out of an Ocean’s movie, a 2016 Lamborghini Huracán was stolen from its parking spot in a fancy neighborhood of Memphis, US.
The Italian supercar vanished without a trace.
It wasn’t gone for long, however.
It turned up just days later in an unexpected location that raised more than a few eyebrows.
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The stolen Lamborghini Huracán vanished
The theft, which happened last November, seemed like a calculated operation.
Grainy surveillance footage captured a second car shadowing the Huracán ahead of it being snatched.
It had been parked at the corner of South Cooper Street and Young Avenue of the city.
Surveillance footage captured blurred images of a white vehicle, likely a Nissan, parked adjacent to the supercar.
Both vehicles departed the scene, heading north on South Cooper Street shortly after.
Not all lawbreakers are so lucky, however, the driver of a speeding Lamborghini Huracán Evo Spyder in the UK had an unusual excuse but the supercar was still fined and the car seized.
Back in the US and, despite a public appeal for information, the Memphis police had no charges filed at the time of writing.
However, if the thieves thought the eye-catching supercar could blend into the surroundings of a middle-class neighborhood – they were in for a rude awakening.
Having a getaway vehicle with a V10 and stunning looks that roar ‘luxury’ even louder is anything but inconspicuous.
It was just days later that the stolen supercar was discovered.
The supercar was found in an unexpected neighborhood
Authorities recovered the Huracán that was parked somewhat nonchalantly on Railton Road.
The neighborhood was a far cry from the Lamborghini showroom where it once stood as well as the boujie neighborhood it was taken from that boasts an Asian bistro, a modern art gallery, and a soap shop.
Not unlike this Lamborghini Huracán Performante mysteriously discovered in a Canadian parking lot.
Questions have been raised about why the car was abandoned in a residential area and whether, like Clooney and the gang’s antics, this was part of a larger criminal plot.
Meanwhile, check out Supercar Blondie’s modified Lamborghini Huracán that left her ‘lost for words’.
All Supercar Blondie contributors undergo editorial review and fact-checking to ensure accuracy and authority in automotive journalism. After gaining her BA Hons in French and English at the University of Nottingham, Amelia embarked on a vocational diploma from the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). This led to numerous opportunities, from interning at Vogue to being on the small team that launched Women’s Health magazine in the UK, which was named the PPA Consumer magazine of the year for three years running. As Health, Beauty and Fitness editor, Amelia personally received a Johnson & Johnson Award and was shortlisted for both PPA and BSME titles. Since then, Amelia has created content for numerous titles and brands, including the Telegraph, 111 Skin, Waitrose, Red magazine, Stylist, and Elle, as well as being Head of Content at Vitality and Editor in Chief at INLondon magazine. “My superpower is translating technical jargon about the mechanical workings of a supercar into a relatable story you’ll want to share with your friends after you’ve read it.” After joining the SB Media family as a senior journalist in September of 2023, Amelia’s role has evolved to see her heading up the SEO output of the editorial team. From researching the most ‘Google-able’ key terms to producing evergreen content - it’s been a time of hard work, growth, and success for the editorial team and the Supercar Blondie website. “I like to think of myself as a ‘method journalist’. In other words: I live and breathe whatever I am writing about. When writing about fitness, I trained as a personal trainer, and as a beauty editor, I completed an ‘expert’ in scent diploma with the Fragrance Foundation. “During my tenure at Supercar Blondie, however, I did something I never thought possible: I passed my driving test at the age of 36. One day I’d love to train as a mechanic to better understand what happens under the hood, too. “My sweet spot is providing readers with a ‘takeaway’ (read: something new they didn’t know before) after reading every one of my stories. While I don’t claim to be an expert in the automotive world, I know the experts and bodies in the field to rely on to provide our readers with an informative and thought-provoking story every time they visit the site.”
