“What’s to stop the owner simply padlocking the steering wheel”
Good point, whatever happened to those steering wheel lock thingys that were advertised on tv all the time years ago?
Criminals started taking a hacksaw to the steering wheels, rendering the club useless. Especially with battery powered tools. Same reason catalytic converter thefts became more common.
The problem isn’t Kia. The old style key technology has been in use for over 100 years. The problem is liberals not locking up criminals as they know they won’t be punished.