A McLaren 750S Spider that was stolen from the owner’s driveway has been recovered after the thief was tracked down via social media after the crook did burnouts in it in the middle of an intersection while spectators recorded him.

The supercar, which sells for around $650,000 in Australia, was taken from businessman Ali Sobh’s house in Detroit’s Boston-Edison neighbourhood in early November. 

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Shortly afterwards, Sobh sent out a request for help locating the lime-green McLaren – which he says is the only version of the model in America finished in that colour – and his 1.1 million followers on Instagram came through for him after he offered a reward. 

He was soon tipped off to the McLaren’s location after the thief took it to a “street takeover” – an illegal event where motorists and spectators block a stretch of road so they can perform stunts. 

Video footage of the McLaren doing burnouts and doughnuts at an intersection (pictured, top) was found by his followers and police eventually tracked the car and recovered near the intersection of Six Mile Road and Telegraph Road in the city’s north-west, according to Click On Detroit.

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Sobh was angered by the fact the fact the thief “paraded” the McLaren after stealing it, saying it gave the impression “nobody can do nothing” about the crime. “You come into my property and take it, that’s one thing, but I’ve got insurance … you can’t even do the doughnuts properly,” he said in a social media video.

The businessman also accused the thief of asking him for money to return the car, and said he is going to increase security at his property to avoid a repeat of the drama. No arrests have been made at the time of writing.