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Trouble is thieves are not going to know if you're Kia or Hyundai is a base 2022 and newer for key cars since many years are the same looking. I doubt they will look for registration 22 and under.
Barring a debadging, figuring out the year part's easy, since the current Kia logo was rolled out for model year 2022.
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Barring a debadging, figuring out the year part's easy, since the current Kia logo was rolled out for model year 2022.
That is a risk I am not willing to take right now, I doubt thieves will have knowledge that Kia changed its logo for model 22 year. After a thief has gone thru a new car that has years of unpaid payments left I rather the insurance total it and give me a check to buy something else.
Finally, Honda (in the form of Acura) seems to have a reasonable EV coming soon. So, we'll see if it can compete with the Korean entries. I still have many, many miles left on my Toyota, so I'm in no rush to convert to electric. It's an interesting time in the auto industry!
Finally, Honda (in the form of Acura) seems to have a reasonable EV coming soon. So, we'll see if it can compete with the Korean entries. I still have many, many miles left on my Toyota, so I'm in no rush to convert to electric. It's an interesting time in the auto industry!
all it has to do to compete with the koreans is not explode. korean seat belts explode.
Finally, Honda (in the form of Acura) seems to have a reasonable EV coming soon. So, we'll see if it can compete with the Korean entries. I still have many, many miles left on my Toyota, so I'm in no rush to convert to electric. It's an interesting time in the auto industry!
korean cars have gotten better in the last decade, but they had such a long way to go. a soft touch dash can't make up for engines that blow up and all of the other failures.
Car owners in Wisconsin filed suit in June 2021. Court filings reveal what the automakers are saying for themselves in court. Kia and Hyundai note their cars did not make the National Insurance Crime Bureau's list of the top 10 most stolen cars in 2021, and say vehicle theft is a consumer risk – not one they are required to warn owners about after a vehicle’s sale.
It's an interesting defense. Kia's and Hyundais make the top 7 positions in Wisconsin, but the automakers defense is that they are not on the top 10 nationwide.
There are no Subarus on the top 10 national list either, but they are on the top 10 lists of eight states: Alaska, New Hampshire, Vermont, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. I guess thieves steal popular vehicles. Who would have guessed it?
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