Research firm CCC Information Services has compiled a list the fifteen vehicles with the highest theft rates in the United States. At the top of the list this year is the previous-generation BMW M roadster, which has a theft rate of one in every 200 on the road.
- 1. 2001 BMW Z3 M Roadster
- 2. 1998 Acura Integra
- 3. 2004 Mercury Marauder
- 4. 1999 Acura Integra
- 5. 1995 Acura Integra
- 6. 2002 Audi S4
- 7. 1996 Acura Integra
- 8. 1997 Acura Integra
- 9. 2001 Acura Integra
- 10. 2000 Jaguar XJR
- 11. 1994 Acura Integra
- 12. 2005 Suzuki Aerio
- 13. 2004 Suzuki Aerio
- 14. 1998 Land Rover Range Rover
- 15. 1998 Jaguar XJR
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08/02, 9:39 AM
posted by:
Mike
Very strange to see so many low volume, low selling vehicles on the list, namely: Aerio, S4, Marauder.
08/02, 9:46 AM
posted by:
Renton
At leat the theives have good taste. Those ///M Roadsters are teh coolness, especially the 2001 S54 engined models.
I agree with #1, it is strange to see the low volume jammies up there.
08/02, 9:48 AM
posted by:
snoboardguy21
That’s likely due to the fact that they base this on “theft rate.” If they sold 30 S4s and 2 got stolen, but 3000 Camrys and 20 got stolen, the S4 still has a higher theft rate.
08/02, 9:50 AM
posted by:
Nick
I wonder if it’s because all of these cars are easy to hotwire? It’s probably a lot easier to break into and get an Aerio going than a new Mercedes or BMW.
08/02, 9:56 AM
posted by:
Bart
You’d think there’d be an immobilizer on the BMW and Audi at least?
08/02, 9:59 AM
posted by:
Samir Sadikhov
oOooh.I wondered//
08/02, 10:22 AM
posted by:
1c3d0g
/me stays away from Acura…
08/02, 10:40 AM
posted by:
Jurrian
I guess there must be a lot of integra’s for sale on the american Ebay
08/02, 10:52 AM
posted by:
Tom
No one stole Infiniti because its so undesirably ugly and crappy!
08/02, 11:01 AM
posted by:
Jon
You see? GM really isn’t #1!
Jon.
08/02, 11:55 AM
posted by:
MGBYG
Doubt the Bangled Z4 will ever make that list…
08/02, 12:03 PM
posted by:
Steve S
Oh great…one of my cars is on the list..the S4…(the good thing is that I dont live in NJ where most of them are stolen)
08/02, 12:49 PM
posted by:
WeezyFBaby
This is so misleading. Who cares about “theft rates”, give me raw numbers. Box chevys, round body chevys(95-96 Impalas), cutlass, civics, 80 model MCs, etc…
08/02, 12:54 PM
posted by:
Anonymous
those thieves have good taste i mean for the roadster. not ghetoass integra
08/02, 1:04 PM
posted by:
GM number1-4ever
Why would anyone want to steal any of those dumpers on the list? Don’t they know everyone else would much rather have a superior GM offering?
Idiots
08/02, 2:20 PM
posted by:
Emmett
If you look at the M Roadster and all the Integras, the reason behind the thefts is that the thieves look to strip the cars of the engines and parts to put on the lesser cars (S54 motors in E36, Z3, etc).
08/02, 4:44 PM
posted by:
Darren
If they were to steal such cars…y cant they go 4 mercedes benz…but yet still,mercs r more difficult 2 steal cuz of its keyless go n laser keys wat so ever…
haha…
I guess d M roadster were mostly stolen cuz d top was down for easy access…haha….
but surely dey hv gud taste over d S4 n d XJR
08/02, 5:14 PM
posted by:
MKcom
It’s funny. With all those Integras on the list, they skipped the model year of my car — 2000. Maybe I’m safe, because people steer away from the turn of the millenium :p