A bank robbery suspect in the Detroit area made the strategically questionable decision to use a rented Rolls-Royce Cullinan as the vehicle for the getaway phase of the crime, choosing a vehicle that is simultaneously one of the most expensive and most conspicuous automobiles on the road. A Rolls-Royce Cullinan is not exactly the kind of vehicle that blends into traffic or fails to attract the attention of surveillance cameras, law enforcement officers, or alert members of the public, making it an almost uniquely poor choice for someone attempting to avoid detection after committing a crime. The suspect was identified and apprehended in a relatively short time.
The choice of an ultra-luxury rental vehicle for criminal activity is not entirely unprecedented — it reflects the theory that rental vehicles are harder to trace back to a specific individual than a personally owned car — but the counterbalancing disadvantage of extreme visibility in a Cullinan apparently was not adequately weighted in the decision-making process. The case has generated considerable amusement and will likely join the canon of getaway vehicle decisions that serve as cautionary tales for criminal planning, alongside the more common but equally ineffective choice of getting away by bicycle or on foot.
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