Bugatti CEO Mate Rimac’s personal Chiron was taken from outside his company’s campus in Croatia, because he left it with the key still inside! Thank you Doug!

 He jumped into his Porsche 911 and chased it across Slovenia until police finally stopped it in Austria.

Odd choice of actions to take when your Bugatti is stolen

Someone local came in looking for a job and decided that he would take the Chiron instead. People noticed, they contacted Mate, and he got the police involved. But like nearly every modern car, there's plenty of telemetry that can, among other things, share the car's location. Being the owner of the company, Mate was able to see where the car was (and how much gas was in it) and let Croatian police know.

Instead of letting the police handle things, he saw the car heading to Slovenia, so he jumped into his own Porsche 911 to give chase. He hoped to get the border closed in time, but Slovenia is only about 10 miles from Rimac's campus in Zagreb. From there, it's only about 100 miles to Austria and, since the thief had a one-hour head start (and a Chiron), they were in that third country before police could coordinate.

Mate wasn't able to catch up to the thief, at least until Austrian authorities got the car stopped. The Chiron was recovered, and Mate had to spend the night doing paperwork. Surprisingly, Rimac said he didn't want to press charges.

https://carbuzz.com/mate-rimac-chases-stolen-chiron-in-porsche-october-2026

https://www.hotcars.com/mate-rimac-stolen-bugatti-chiron