The Four Cars Voted “Most Likely To Be Stolen”
August 3rd, 10Turns out, thieves have good taste in cars. They aren’t after minivans or hybrids. They want flash, speed and chrome, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute, a research group associated with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Here are the top four most-stolen vehicles:
1. 2007-2009 Cadillac Escalade luxury SUV
2. Ford F-250 heavy-duty pickup
3. Infiniti G37 luxury car
4. Dodge Charger
Experts say these cars are targeted by thieves three to five times more than all other vehicles. “Sedate family cars and fuel sippers aren’t on the hot list,” Kim Hazelbaker, senior vice president of HLDI, told the Wall Street Journal. “Thieves are after chrome, horsepower, and Hemis.”
This is nothing new for the Escalade. The SUV has ranked at the top of the “most stolen” list on six of the past seven reports. The model at the top of that list is the Escalade EXT, a four-door, four-wheel-drive pickup. You might think the Escalade would be a difficult car for thieves to steal since it has extensive anti-theft protection, but Hazelbaker told the Wall Street Journal, ”even though Escalades have the latest immobilizer technology, thieves still can put them on flatbeds and haul them away.” In general pickup trucks have been targeted more and more. Trucks get stolen twice as much as cars and SUVs.
Tags: Pickup trucks, Infiniti G, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Escalade, Motor vehicle theft
