What cars are most often stolen in the US

Older models Honda and later models Toyota became theft leaders in the US in 2016 year.

Interestingly, almost half of the thefts of Japanese cars occurred in California.

The US National Insurance Crime Bureau reported that Honda Civic и Agreement most often stolen last year. They were followed by pickups. Ford and Chevrolet , and then Toyota Camry and Nissan Altima. Pickup Dodge, Chevy Impala, Toyota Corolla and Jeep Cherokee hit the top 10.

A bureau report says that burglars are popular models Hondareleased at the end of 1990's, and in particular - Agreement 1997 years and Civic 1998 of the year. All because these models were sold in very large quantities. They are designed well enough to still be on the go, and they do not have the technology of "smart key", because of which new models Honda much harder to steal.

In total, thieves stole 50 427 model cars Agreement and 49 547 auto models Civiccompared to 32 721 peak-ups Ford, 31 238 cars Chevy and 16,732 Camry.

26 theft 792 registered in California Civic and 25 065 Agreement.

This does not mean that thieves in California are more active, said Scafidi, but there are more cars here than in other places.

“Only California accounts for 48% of all thefts Agreement and 54% of all thefts Civicwho were kidnapped in the United States last year,” Scafidi said.

The insurance bureau said in a report earlier this year that the total number of stolen cars increased by about 6,6% from 2015 to 2016 a year.

What do car owners do to protect themselves from car thefts?

First, stop leaving the keys in the ignition. This makes useless vehicle anti-theft technology.

“Thousands of cars are still being stolen every year because the owners leave their keys in vehicles and this provokes theft,” the report says.

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