Thieves still love older Hondas and pickups most, says NICB [w/video] Are you an aspiring New or Used Car Buyer looking for your dream car? Visit Cars4sa.co.za Filed under: Sedan, Truck, Government/Legal, Safety, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Honda, Jeep, Nissan, Toyota No one wants to have their car stolen, but a new study by the National Insurance Crime Bureau has some bad news for older Honda owners and pickup drivers. Fortunately, it has better news for drivers overall. The group is reporting that according to preliminary data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, thefts were down 3.2 percent in 2013 (versus 2012) to fewer than 700,000 cars. Thats the lowest figure since 1967. Thats also less than half of the peak of over 1.66 million thefts in 1991. The drop in thefts is good news for all of us, says NICB President and CEO Joe Wehrle. But it still amounts to a vehicle being stolen every 45 seconds and losses of over $4 billion a year. Honda drivers might not find it such good news with older Accord and Civic models topping this years theft study. Toyota and Dodge cant really celebrate, either, with two models each on the list, as well. Overall, this years list was split evenly between foreign and domestic models, which were mostly pickups. The 10 most likely vehicles to be stolen in 2013 were: Honda Accord - 53,995 Honda Civic - 45,001 Chevrolet Pickup (Full Size) - 27,809 Ford Pickup (Full Size) - 26,494 Toyota Camry - 14,420 Dodge Pickup (Full Size) - 11,347 Dodge Caravan - 10,911 Jeep Cherokee/Grand Cherokee - 9,272 Toyota Corolla - 9,010 Nissan Altima - 8,892 Those numbers dont exactly tell the whole story, though. First, the full-size pickup figures incorporate half-ton and larger models. Also, most of the cars stolen arent exactly the newest vehicles on the road. For example, with the Accord, the most popular one among thieves was the 1996 model year (pictured above) with 8,166 taken, versus 276 from the 2013 model year. If you want to dig a little deeper or see which 2013 model year cars were pilfered most in 2013, scroll down to check out the NICBs release about the study, along with a video telling more about the data. Continue reading Thieves still love older Hondas and pickups most, says NICB [w/video] Thieves still love older Hondas and pickups most, says NICB [w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 20 Aug 2014 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
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