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Top 10 Stolen Cars

The top 10 stolen cars in 2007 were

1) 1995 Honda Civic

2) 1991 Honda Accord

3) 1989 Toyota Camry (yes, 1 9 8 9 )

4) 1997 Ford F-150

5) 1994 Chevrolet C/K 1500 pickup

6) 1994 Acura Integra

7) 2004 Dodge Ram pickup

8) 1994 Nissan Sentra

9) 1998 Tonyota pickup

10) 2007 Toyota Corolla

Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau

In the top 10, the Camry is the only car from the Decade of the Eighties. Actually from the Eighties! Almost all the others are from the '90's.

But even a 19-year-old Camry from the Eighties is still valued highly and wanted {chuckle} . I guess that attests to the overall quality of the vehicle.

I think most stolen cars are taken because there is high public demand for their parts, so the thieves can easily sell those cars to shady middlemen and for a respectable amount. That's what I heard on an old TV news report, anyway.

That's why you don't ever see many expensive luxury cars in the Top 10 Stolen lists (like Lexus, Mercedes, Jaguar) because there isn't high public demand for them.

Why the 2004 Ram and 2007 Corolla are in the top 10, I'm not sure. But if anyone has any ideas...

Maybe those two are joy-ride targets?? Or maybe the '07 Corolla is wanted by a different kind of thief, one who plans on keeping the car for his own personal use over a decade?

Reply to
Built_Well
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Not really, what it says is parts are hard to find, and they are very expensive when one does find the parts ;)

Reply to
Mike hunt

some cars have immobilizers so the thief would have load up the car to take it away, at least in a case where the immobilizer worked..

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Top Ten for 2007 on this site is as follows: no trucks?

1999 Honda Civic SiR 2-door 2000 Honda Civic SiR 2-door 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX/WRX STi 4-door AWD 1999 Acura Integra 2-door 1994 Dodge/Plymouth Grand Caravan/Voyager 1994 Dodge/Plymouth Grand Caravan/Voyager AWD 1994 Dodge/Plymouth Caravan/Voyager 1998 Acura Integra 2-door 2000 Audi TT Quattro 2-door Coupe 1994 Dodge/Plymouth Shadow/Sundance 2-door Hatchback
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boxing

The top 10 states ranked by number of auto thefts in 2006

  1. California 2. Texas 3. Florida 4. Arizona 5. Michigan 6. Washington 7. Georgia 8. Illinois 9. Ohio 10. New York

The top 10 metro areas with highest auto theft rates in 2007:

  1. Modesto, CA 2. Las Vegas/Paradise, NV 3. San Diego/Carlsbad/San Marcos, CA 4. Stockton, CA 5. San Francisco/Oakland/Fremont, CA 6. Laredo, TX 7. Albuquerque, NM 8. Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, AZ 9. Yakima, WA 10. Tucson, AZ

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Reply to
CrowFoot

I'd like to see this expressed as a rate based on the number of each model on the road. It might flip things around a bit.

Cheers, M

Reply to
ycleptor

This is the 1997 - 99 list of the top ten most stolen cars:

  1. 1989 Toyota Camry (1)
  2. 1990 Toyota Camry (3)
  3. 1991 Toyota Camry (9)
  4. 1988 Toyota Camry (2)
  5. 1997 Ford F-150 4X2 P/U (14
  6. 1994 Honda Accord EX (4)
  7. 1995 Honda Accord EX (8)
  8. 1996 Honda Accord LX (13)
  9. 1990 Honda Accord EX (5)
  10. 1994 Honda Accord LX (25)
Reply to
erness.wild

I believe those are put into cargo containers and shipped overseas. The cars are then sold there. It's an entirely different sort of operation.

Not to mention the top ten list is raw numbers not percentage of those built. Because of this more common vehicles will always push the less common ones down the list even if the same percentage of them are stolen each year.

Reply to
Brent P

It would flip things around a LOT. None of the cars on that list are stolen because they're particularly desirable, they're stolen because they're plentiful- meaning they're available to steal AND there's a big market for their parts.

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Steve

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