---
title: "Thieves Attempt Smash-and-Grab Burglary of Porsche Dealership, Damage $210,000 911 Turbo"
description: "The key word is \"attempt\" here."
date: "2017-12-11"
modified: "2017-12-12"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/16888/thieves-attempt-smash-and-grab-burglary-of-porsche-dealership-damage-210000-911-turbo"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Porsche News"
tags:
  - "911"
  - "Burglary"
  - "Coupe"
  - "Crime"
  - "Houston"
  - "luxury"
  - "porsche"
  - "smash and grab"
  - "sports car"
  - "Texas"
---

# Thieves Attempt Smash-and-Grab Burglary of Porsche Dealership, Damage $210,000 911 Turbo

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Authorities in Texas are on the hunt for three men who made a real mess of an attempted robbery of a Porsche dealership in Houston, smashing windows and damaging three pricey P-cars as they failed to drag a safe out of the building with a metal chain and a pickup truck.

If you haven't heard the term before, a ["smash-and-grab"](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/16426/watch-these-thieves-destroy-a-grocery-store-with-a-dodge-ram-during-an-atm-heist>) is a fun twist on a regular old burglary where the suspects use a vehicle, usually a stolen, full-size pickup, to literally crash through the front of a business and gain access. [According to *KHOU*,](<https://www.khou.com/news/crime/hpd-suspects-smash-into-momentum-porsche-showroom/498505438>) the men arrived at Momentum Porsche before dawn on Monday and rammed their Chevrolet Silverado through the dealership's giant glass windows.

https://twitter.com/_/status/940184254696378368

The would-be thieves then smashed their way through the glass wall of the office containing the safe and wrapped a fifty-foot chain around it to drag it out, [*Fast 5-*style.](<https://jerrygarrett.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/fast-five-how-the-bank-vault-stunt-was-filmed/>) Unfortunately, the heist hit an unexpected snag—or rather, a door frame. Police say the truck's rear bumper got caught on the edge of the wall as they tried to drive out, forcing them to abandon the whole plan and flee on foot with nothing to show for their efforts.

https://twitter.com/_/status/940223239871193088

Still, the men managed to inflict over $50,000 in damage to the [dealership](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/11020/shootout-between-fugitive-bounty-hunters-leaves-3-dead-at-texas-nissan-dealership>) building and three cars that were parked inside on display, including a $210,000 [Porsche 911 Turbo.](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/11224/watch-some-bonehead-total-a-porsche-911-turbo-during-a-purported-test-drive>) We reached out to the dealership to get more details on the other two cars, and we'll update if we hear back. The three suspects were reportedly wearing heavy hooded coats and gloves, meaning the surveillance video won't be much help in tracking them down.

"It’s unfortunate, there’s just nothing, we don’t leave anything around, maybe you could grab a couple of shirts, those have tags on them too," Momentum General Manager Michael Denney [told *KHOU*.](<https://www.khou.com/news/crime/hpd-suspects-smash-into-momentum-porsche-showroom/498505438>) "There’s nothing in here that’s sitting around, that’s worth tearing a whole dealership to get to."

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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