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LOL wow the ford F250 crewcab most be stolen so much I never knew ford made a 3/4 ton FWD truck before.
I also thought the honda civic was the most stolen car ever
plus a thief stealing a Corvette ZO6 or Escalade with on-star is stupid and the cops can track it.
this list seems super phony IMO
are you sure it is not a list of cars and SUVs that most people lose do to defaulting on ther car loans
heres a better link to what is really the most stolen cars and trucks Most Frequently Stolen Cars
The nicbcars has compiled a list of the 10 vehicles most frequently reported stolen in the U.S. in 2008.
To determine the vehicles with the highest theft rates in the country, the Highway Data Loss Institute looked at only insured passenger vehicles between one and three years old. Then they calculated which insurance claims were filed for each particular model of vehicle, and the size of the payment for each claim. By comparing the number of claims to the number of cars insured, the process indicates vehicles most likely to be targets of theft, because it takes into account a given model's total exposure to the road.
The average claim frequency for all passenger vehicles is 2.1 claims per 1,000 insured vehicle years, with an average loss payment of $6,883 per claim. Insured vehicle years are measured as one vehicle insured for one year or two of the same vehicle insured for six months each.
Sorry, but the calulated rates don't match ACTUAL theft rates. That's an easier one to come up with: how many cars were stolen? What kind were they? Done. Exposure to the road? Sorry, that's silly.
I'm convinced the survey is junk but I am still confused on their wording. By "claim" do they mean any claim or just theft claims?
Not sure, but this:
"the size of the payment for each claim"
seems to indicate simply how much they paid out per claim. So one new F350 payout, for example, woud be statistically more significant to them than a hundred '98 Integras. How that translates into the higher cost one being more likely to be stolen, I'm not sure.
Yeah I don't see how some of those vehicles could be high theft. A 2000 Caravan?? Why would someone want to steal mom's soccer van?
OTOH I don't see GM G bodies on there. Those cars are theft magnets for thieves. For those who are asking "what's a G body", that's the 1978-87 Malibu, Monte Carlo, Regal, Grand National, Grand Prix and El Camino.
I agree with the portion of the list. I used to work for a large insurance company and I believe Honda Civic (mid to late 90s) was really the hot pick of most auto thieves due to how easy it was to jack one up. For that reason even the wannabe teen criminals were going after those.
Add Chevy Trucks to the list as well as Toyota trucks. I was in Phoenix for couple of years and it seems Coyotes and other illegals seem to prefer full size trucks and SUVs for their design and loads capacity. Each part of the country the auto thieves preference could be different I presume.
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Originally Posted by Deez Nuttz
Yeah I don't see how some of those vehicles could be high theft. A 2000 Caravan?? Why would someone want to steal mom's soccer van?
OTOH I don't see GM G bodies on there. Those cars are theft magnets for thieves. For those who are asking "what's a G body", that's the 1978-87 Malibu, Monte Carlo, Regal, Grand National, Grand Prix and El Camino.
Hey, soccer mom's need rides too! Women have the right to turn to life of crime too!
Hehe......on a more serious note, I do agree with Deez, if I was a car thief, I would go after the classic muscle cars.
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...on a more serious note, I do agree with Deez, if I was a car thief, I would go after the classic muscle cars. 
