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Dubious pioneer: Russia's first stolen Maybach
Picture this, you're stuffing your face full of gourmet food, giving your gullet a real workout, and you look up from your plate just in time to see your Maybach speed by. That last bite sticks in your throat, refusing to budge. Whoever absconded with your über-uglified super S-Class boots your driver out the door while rounding a corner. Now would not be a good time to recall that your €530,000 car is insured for a mere €300,000. Whoops. Vikotor Markov was enjoying a meal at the De Marco café when thieves swiped his Maybach 57. While introducing Mr. Chauffeur to Mr. Chlorfoorm is itself a dicey undertaking, Markov's 'Bach is the first to be swiped in Russia. The band of thugs that ambushed the driver and made off with the car is believed to be responsible for multiple luxury car thefts, including a passel of Bentleys. Perhaps it would have been wiser to just take the Metro.
[Source: Luxist]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
John R 9:20AM (11/21/2007)
[...channels his inner-Nelson Muntz...] Haw-Haw!
Not that I laugh at someone's misfortune often, but I'm sure this guy can buy another one...or two.
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testa di cazzo 10:03AM (11/21/2007)
this bitterness towards the wealthy is unbelievable! maybe to this guy, having your maybach stolen is the equivalent of a normal person having his xbox or playstation stolen. SO WHAT?! does that mean that he deserves to have his Maybach stolen? would you like it if someone stole your xbox and others just justified it by saying "well you can just buy another one, i mean what's the big deal"...
John R 10:19AM (11/21/2007)
oh, lighten up...
why not the LS2/LS7? 11:08AM (11/21/2007)
We can't engage in a little schadenfreude now? What is the internet coming to?
Zane 9:24AM (11/21/2007)
He should be happy someone took that hideous POS away. If I were him, I'd buy a Roller, preferably the new Drophead.
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k.w.a 9:26AM (11/21/2007)
and the police couldn't spot a stolen maybach speeding away? where did they hide it? I'd be pissed!
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why not the LS2/LS7? 9:26AM (11/21/2007)
57? He deserves what he got for buying the stripped-down model.
And I kinda of would expect any Russian who has a Maybach can not only afford to replace it, but can have the thief killed, possibly in front of his (or her) family.
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Corey L 12:06PM (11/21/2007)
I concur. If you can afford a Maybach in Russia, you're not someone to mess with.
rndmnme 9:31AM (11/21/2007)
Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
They're always complainin'
Always complainin'
If money is such a problem
Well they got mansions
Think we should rob them
Somebody took Good (Bad?) Charlotte's advice to heart apparently
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drewp 9:40AM (11/21/2007)
a terrible misfortune that affects us all. the good charlotte reference i mean.
rndmnme 9:41AM (11/21/2007)
Note the "(Bad)"
mark_welby 11:17AM (11/21/2007)
Adding "bad" doesn't exempt you from any abuse, especially since you posted lyrics. I vote that you're to be beaten about the face and neck area with a peanut butter laden celery stick. Heh heh....
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CMDR 11:37AM (11/21/2007)
Ah damn, why wasn't his daughter in there. Then we'd HAVE to send Chuck Norris / Steven Segal / Jean Claude... or perhaps even the governator. And I'd get another decent flick out of the deal.
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k.w.a 2:30PM (11/21/2007)
hahaha the theives actually wanted the car though... they weren't trying to take over the world with nuclear weapons
graviton 11:45AM (11/21/2007)
Well since almost all of the rich people in russia achieved their status through ill gotten gains (usually through organized crime) I don't give a flying f@#k about this guy. Russia is in dire poverty right now. This is the equivalent of driving a porsche through downtown Detroit. When you mix the filthy rich with people that can hardly afford to feed themselves then there is trouble.
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Hooper 1:11PM (11/21/2007)
I doubt the thieves are the Robin Hood-types. Even if they come from poor backgrounds, I don't picture them spreading their ill-gotten wealth.
Billy 3:50PM (11/21/2007)
If you're trying to see Russian thieves as the noble undertrodden masses, buddy, you may want to spend a little time in Russia, or Brighton Beach, to open your eyes.
graviton 8:32PM (11/21/2007)
Nowhere did I say they are robin hood, I am just saying that these car thieves probably stole from an even bigger and more successful thief. So who gives a sh#t?
Ilya 11:46AM (11/21/2007)
I don't get it...
What are the thieves gonna do with the car now? Selling it to somebody else is not a possibility as it would be easily found. How you ask? Well, I'm sure that there aren't that many Maybachs in Russia so finding it can't be very hard.
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Vincenzo 12:23PM (11/21/2007)
It has been found already.