Leaving your car unlocked with the keys inside is always a terrible idea. Doing it with a seven-figure hypercar is an even bigger gamble. Mate Rimac, CEO of Bugatti Rimac, learned that lesson the hard way after someone stole his Chiron from a company building in Croatia.

Apparently, Rimac had developed a habit of leaving the keys inside his cars, even when those cars were worth several million euros. He probably figured nobody would be foolish enough to steal something so expensive. Unfortunately, someone eventually called his bluff.

According to Rimac, an employee spotted the Chiron speeding away from the building and quickly alerted colleagues. A group chat was set up to establish whether anyone had authorized the car's departure. It didn't take long to realize this wasn't an employee taking the hypercar for an unscheduled drive.

Rimac immediately contacted the police, but he wasn't prepared to sit around waiting for updates. Fortunately, he had a Porsche 911 nearby with a full tank of gas. He jumped behind the wheel and went after the stolen Bugatti.

The thief already had roughly a one-hour head start and was heading toward Slovenia. Fortunately, the Chiron came equipped with something that would prove particularly useful: live telemetry.

The system let Rimac and his colleagues monitor the car's location, speed, fuel level, and other data in real time. They shared these updates with the police through the group chat, effectively turning the expensive hypercar into a very expensive tracking device.

That said, we're surprised Bugatti couldn’t remotely turn off the vehicle, especially given how much data the company could access through its live telemetry system.

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