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Top 10 Most Frequently Stolen Vehicles
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| December 10, 2008
Posted on 12/10/2008 12:38:19 PM PST by Stoat
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The Highway Data Loss Institute of the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety has released its report on the most frequently stolen vehicles in the United States from the 2005-2007 model years, based on the number of claims per thousand vehicles insured.
Unlike a list of the overall number of vehicles stolen, the HDLI tells you the odds that your car will be snatched based on how many others are on the road. Its like a bad lottery.
Car thieves must also steal their gasoline, because 9 of the top 10 vehicles are some of the largest cars and trucks on the market, including #1, the big daddy Cadillac Escalade ESV.
Except for the one, theyre all American, too. Go, USA!
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Rounding out the top five are the Ford F-250 pickup, standard Cadillac Escalade, Dodge Charger and the Ford F-350.
Least stolen? Its a three-way tie between the Mercedes-Benz E Class 4WD, Buick Ranier, and Subaru Forester. Only .6 of each were stolen per 1,000 insured.
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#10 (tie) 2005-2007 Honda S2000. 8.1 stolen per 1,000. Average claim: $13,624
#10 (tie) 2005-2007 Dodge Durango. 8.1 stolen per 1,000. Average Claim: $9,682
- #8 2005-2007 Hummer H2. 8.7 stolen per 1,000. Average claim: $18,791.
- #7 2005-2007 Dodge Magnum. 9.9 stolen per 1,000. Average claim: $8,926.
- #6 2005-2007 Hummer H2 SUT. 10 stolen per 1,000. Average claim: $23,771.
- #5 2005-2007 Ford F-350 Supercrew. 10.7 stolen per 1,000. Average Claim: $20,138.
- #4 2006-2007 Dodge Charger. 11 stolen per 1,000. Average Claim: $7.047.
- #3 2007 Cadillac Escalade. 11.3 stolen per 1,000. Average claim: $14,657.
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- #2 2005-2007 Ford F-250 Supercrew. 13.1 stolen per 1,000. Average Claim: $19,250.
#1 2007 Cadillac Escalade ESV. 15 stolen per 1,000. Average Claim: $13,060
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posted on
12/10/2008 12:38:20 PM PST
by
Stoat
To: Stoat
The only car on that list I’d actually want to steal would be the S2K. I drove one that belonged to a friend of mine; that thing was a BLAST!!!
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posted on
12/10/2008 12:43:20 PM PST
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(God helps those who help themselves. The government helps those who don't.)
To: Stoat
Who said General Motors vehicles weren’t popular?
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posted on
12/10/2008 12:44:08 PM PST
by
madison10
To: Stoat
Whew!
Glad my Ford 150 Lighting is safe!
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posted on
12/10/2008 12:44:44 PM PST
by
SweetCaroline
(I would rather suffer than fail to please GOD!)
To: Stoat
Could one surmise, since they’re almost all American models, that their entry and security systems are substandard in some way to the foreign cars, and therefore make them easier to steal?
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posted on
12/10/2008 12:46:58 PM PST
by
Dawn531
To: Dawn531
A more likely explanation is that the parts are easier to sell, since foreign cars are much rarer.
Almost all stolen cars are parted out, harder to trace that way.
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posted on
12/10/2008 12:50:20 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - recess appointment))
To: Dawn531
A more likely explanation is that the parts are easier to sell, since foreign cars are much rarer.
Almost all stolen cars are parted out, harder to trace that way.
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posted on
12/10/2008 12:50:29 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - recess appointment))
To: All
I doubt they even want the cars, they are probably stealing cheap parts to sell to mechanics, and autobody shops...Some could be shipped out of USA I suppose...
To: Stoat
The work trucks on the list surprise me.
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posted on
12/10/2008 12:54:07 PM PST
by
Travis T. OJustice
(Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
To: Stoat
Anyone notice all of these vehicles would hold a lot of illegals....I mean people.
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posted on
12/10/2008 12:55:45 PM PST
by
wolfcreek
(I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
To: Dawn531
Could one surmise, since theyre almost all American models, that their entry and security systems are substandard in some way to the foreign cars, and therefore make them easier to steal?As is to be expected with 'end of year list' articles like this, they leave out answers to essential questions such as what you pose, which makes the articles far less than fulfilling because they tend to create more questions than they answer.
Other factors involving frequency of theft could be related to demand for complete vehicles and parts domestically and overseas, considering that many stolen cars go to chop shops.
In past years I recall that certain car models were popular among thieves because things such as their seats were incredibly expensive to buy, and oftentimes the parts ultimately went back to other theft victims who bought replacement parts.
There's quite a lot to the dynamics of the stolen car markets and it's a shame that Fox didn't provide any context for this list.
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posted on
12/10/2008 12:55:46 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: Stoat
Hypothesis: they are gas guzzlers and people might have left the doors unlocked and keys in the ignition in order to collect the insurance and buy a better mpg vehicle.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:01:21 PM PST
by
In veno, veritas
(Please identify my Ad Hominem attacks. I should be debating ideas.)
To: uncle fenders
Friend of mine had LoJack on his car, by the time they found it it was already on the dock being loaded onto a freighter. Forget the destination, but somewhere in the Caribbean.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:07:29 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - recess appointment))
To: Stoat
Somebody stole the running board off my son's Explorer IN OUR DRIVEWAY in the middle of the night. Left the nuts sitting in a neat little pile.
Can only buy a pair to replace it, for $500. No WONDER they stole it.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:08:39 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - recess appointment))
To: Stoat
Car thieves don’t usually steal cars for resale or to drive. Cars are stolen so that they can be sent to chop shops and cut up for parts and scrap.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:22:13 PM PST
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: madison10
Maybe the thieves are just restealing the cars they have already stolen...doing so would cut down on overhead...
To: Travis T. OJustice
The work trucks on the list surprise me. They're worth big money in Mexico.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:24:45 PM PST
by
SIDENET
(Hubba Hubba...)
To: AnAmericanMother
My dad has had 2 driveshafts stolen from his chevy p/u. Try explaining that to your insurance company.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:27:56 PM PST
by
wordsofearnest
("The fundamental solution (w/b) that there is no longer any need to immigrate")
To: B-Chan
That doesn’t really seem to jive with the numbers...Caddillac Escallade -claim $13K-it’s a $60K vehicle. Doesn’t sound like parting out but joy riding.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:28:30 PM PST
by
Sudetenland
(Those diplomats serve best, who serve as cannon fodder to protect our troops!)
To: SweetCaroline; All
Whew! Glad my Ford 150 Lighting is safe!
Well, you can go to this page and plug in your vehicle model year, and you may be able to gauge more accurately 'how' safe, statistically speaking, your vehicle may be from theft
HLDI Insurance losses by make and model
We all need to remind ourselves that the vehicles featured in this minimal and rather uninformative Fox News article are only the top ten....a whole lot of other vehicles are also stolen every year.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:28:54 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
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