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?
Almost all stolen cars are parted out, harder to trace that way.
Almost all stolen cars are parted out, harder to trace that way.
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...
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.
Yeah, you could. Most of them have computer chip keys that are supposed to make them harder to steal... but their chip readers break so often that bypass information is freely available on the net and many owners do it as a precautionary measure!