Honda Accord tops list for the most stolen cars

Honda Motor Co.

Honda has the two on the most stolen models of the civic and the accord 94 98. Each year, the accord 94 has topped the list since 2008.

By Paul A. Eisenstein, the Detroit Bureau
This is on a list that you probably do not see your car better, but if you a 1994 Honda Accord most likely even it is that the car thieves are on target, according to a new study, published by the national insurance Crime Bureau land.

The good news is that car theft in General, decreased in recent years - but is there some excruciating hot spots, particularly along the West Coast. The NICB annual hot wheels study shows however that thieves are particular about what they go afterwards whether the strong demand for a particular model or they are simply easier to escape.

Honda, it turns out, has the two on the most stolen models of the civic and the accord 94 98. The full list follows. It shows that the Japanese producers half of the top 10 models, Detroit the other five built. The list is also pretty evenly between cars, such as accord and light trucks, including the 2006 Ford F-series pickup and 2000 Dodge Caravan minivan divided.

But the accord 94 annually has topped the list since 2008.

As everyone with access to a new model knows, gone are the days when a car with a simple metal key. Today's vehicles are based largely on intelligent technologies, at least in part, to help thwart potential thieves. But the new data suggests that it not as successful as expected.

"While overall thefts continue to fall, we have a trend towards the increase in the thefts late model vehicles, see", said NICB President Joe Wehrle, "those who theoretically harder to steal by demanding key code technology."

A problem is to view of the industry trade group, that this seems an inside job, thieves, the access to the encrypted key codes instead of use of muscles, to a vehicle to break and hot wiring, how she could have with older models.

The NICB proposes that drivers prevent theft, by protection, with calls it "layered" instead count only on smart key technology.

These include an alarm system, a vehicle immobilizer this makes it difficult, a vehicle and a stolen vehicle recovery system to start, or SVRS, the police, to keep track of a car and quickly restore it allows. Some advanced services such as General Motors OnStar, can be used, too slow, or even to shut down a vehicle from a distance.

Course is the first line of defence, the NICB stressed, lock a vehicle for a driver and the key to take away. A surprisingly high number of car thefts come each year because drivers simply make it easy for thieves.

The full list of the hot wheels:

1994 Honda Accord

1998 Honda Civic

2006 Ford F-Series

1991 Toyota Camry

2000 Dodge Caravan

1994 Acura Integra

1999 Chevrolet Silverado

2004 Dodge Ram

2002 Ford Explorer

1994 Nissan Skyline

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2010 was a great year for (stolen) American cars

U.S. automakers are again, beat their foreign competitors, even though she probably wish would not be in the way.

For the first time since 2002, car thieves American model of your preferred as foreign. That is the result of counting the national insurance Crime Bureau annual list of most stolen vehicles in 2010.

At the national level, the most stolen car model was 1994 Honda accord - the Champ from 2009 and 2008.

Broken by automaker Ford had three spots in the top 10, Dodge two and Chevrolet one. The remaining four spots were held by Toyota, Honda and Acura. The report mentions, however, that the first three items in the list are Japanese models continue. This trend has held since 2000.

The good news is car and truck robberies further decreased, the report said. If the preliminary FBI final tally match statistics from the study with the Bureau, the least vehicle thefts will 2010 have seen since 1967.

The NICB said that the decline in the total theft was largely due to the improvements in technology, pointing out that stolen to 52,000 agreement in 2010 more than 44,000 model years in the 1990s were near.

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Of course the national average was just that, on average. Was in Wyoming the vehicle most stolen Dodge Ram, and the agreement does not even make that country top 10. The RAM not in New York State top 10 place, but the Jeep Grand Cherokee cracked the list.

The list of most stolen vehicles at the national level for 2010:

1994 Honda Accord 1995 Honda Civic 1991 Toyota Camry 1999 Chevrolet pickup truck (full size) 1997 Ford F150 series/pickup 2004 Dodge Ram 2000 Dodge Caravan 1994 Acura Integra 2002 Ford Explorer 1999 Ford Taurus

A breakdown of the State-by-State study to read and to read the entire report, please visit the NICB hot wheels Web site.

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