Top 10 Most Frequently Stolen Vehicles

Fox News ^ | December 10, 2008

[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. It’s 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, they’re 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? It’s 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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[Ken H]

I wonder if the Escalade's numbers include the ones "commandeered" by New Orleans PD during Katrina, LOL!

[smokingfrog]

I love it when they catch these guys. Had a 1978 Ford Bronco stolen from my driveway in the middle of the day - never found.

[mollynme]

Why would anyone steal a Dodge Magnum? That turkey looks like a hearse!!!

[Badeye]

‘#8 2005-2007 Hummer H2. 8.7 stolen per 1,000. Average claim: $18,791. ‘

I’ve got one. Don’t understand how the ‘average claim’ is 18,791, given the cost ‘off the lot’ is close to 70K.

[MooseMan]

This is the least stolen car.

[Stoat]

I wonder if the Escalade's numbers include the ones "commandeered" by New Orleans PD during Katrina, LOL!

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[Stoat]

Don’t understand how the ‘average claim’ is 18,791

I'm guessing that for these average claim figures they are factoring in not only the vehicles where the full replacement value was claimed but also those which were only damaged and / or recovered and required far less than full replacement value in the insurance claim.

[Badeye]

Hmmm. I guess thats what it is.

[RobRoy]

The Dodge Magnum is my favorite of the current Chrysler body styles, with the exception of the new Challenger.

[Spktyr]

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!

[Spktyr]

“Foreign” cars are actually more common... but since the demand for their parts is lower, seeing as how they break less, there’s less reason to steal them in general.

[Spktyr]

Because a large pecentage of Magnums are outfitted with wheels and stereo systems worth more than the rest of the car.

[AnAmericanMother]

Other than some tranny problems with one of the Fords, they just keep ticking along (Explorer with 170K, another Explorer with 180K, Expedition with 200K, and a brand new (to us) F-150 with 57K).

In contrast, both our Volvos blew their engines (one oil pump failure, another threw a rod) and we used to have a Triumph (nuf ced).

[Spktyr]

Um, if the Volvos came from the 90s or later, they’re Fords.

Ford trucks seem to do okay, but most of their cars are just miserable. By the way, have you had the fire recall done on your Ford trucks yet?

[AnAmericanMother]

Had a chat with my service rep about that one - - they're not sure it's true, but they've put in the replacement parts just the same.

One of the Volvos was an '84 the other was a '96 850 Turbo (which was the street sleeper of all time, it would blow the doors off almost anything. But - a FIVE-banger?).

I know tons of people with F-150s (it's the standard ride for hunting retriever people - fits three or four dog crates in the back depending on how you configure it) and EVERYBODY loves them, nobody's had any problems with them. Our neighbors on both sides have F-150s, one has almost 300K miles on it and no problems.

Our last Ford car was a '69 Torino, and that was a great car. We put over 250K miles on it and sold it for what we paid for it.

[AnAmericanMother]

The Windstar we had was a dog, though. Never buy the first model year of ANYthing. At least it was all fixed under warranty.

[Spktyr]

"Not sure it's true?????"

[Spktyr]

Almost all the Windstars were crap, even the “fixed” ones... which weren’t. They renamed it the FreeStar, but people still avoided it when they found out it was a Windstar with all the Windstar problems.

It was so bad, Ford no longer sells a minivan of any kind because it drove all the customers away.

[AnAmericanMother]

Yep. Not sure.

Used to be an arson investigator, let's say I'm a skeptic whenever anybody makes that sort of sweeping claim.

The little kid posed next to the vehicle is a dead giveaway that somebody is after money. I can hear the plaintiff's lawyer making the closing argument right now.

[Enchante]

Hey, at least the car thieves appreciate US auto companies!!