Mercedes tops the list of stolen luxury vehicles
AUTOCOM CDP Pro You can not be the only Mercedes eyeing your neighbor, as a new report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau says car thieves prefer Mercedes-Benz with other luxury brands. NICB said that the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, E-Class and S-Class are all among the 10 stolen luxury vehicles. The report found that 4384 luxury cars for years 2010-12 models were stolen between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2012.
Among the models tested, the Mercedes C-Class was the most thefts, followed by the BMW 3 Series, Infiniti G, E-Class and Cadillac CTS. The BMW 5 Series, Lincoln MKZ, Acura TSX, Lexus IS and S-Class rounded out the list of the top 10 most stolen luxury cars. The Detroit News points out that Mercedes-Benz sells more coupes and sedans Class C than any other model. The automaker sold 7639 C-Class models in June. By comparison, BMW sold 10,957 3 Series models, while Infiniti G37 and Cadillac sold 4730 and 2416 CTS models, respectively. "Mercedes has always been there," says Frank Scafidi, NICB spokesman, in a telephone interview with The Detroit News. "It's really the car. They sell a lot of them."
VAG-Com SI-Reset BMW Parts of the country are also more prone to thefts of luxury vehicles. NICB reports that the New York area (including northern New Jersey and Long Island) had more flights with 806 reported incidents. Los Angeles and Miami came in second and third with 491 and 452 flights respectively. Detroit, Washington, DC, San Francisco, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Chicago and San Diego as the following where rates of vehicle theft luxury highest metropolitan areas.
Of the 4,384 stolen vehicles, NICB reports that nearly 84 percent were recovered, leaving 713 cars that were never found. Kicking Tires writes, "the least of them was recovered Infiniti G series (83 unrecovered), followed by the E-Class Mercedes-Benz (80) and C-Class (78)."
V-checker V301 While NICB said that the status and high prices make luxury cars susceptible to theft, a recent report from the Institute of data loss from the loss of the highway indicates that other vehicles have a higher incidence claims of theft insurance. HLDI notes that the Ford F-250 over theft claims than any other vehicle, with six times the average for all vehicles. Vehicles with the lowest claims are the Dodge Journey, Volkswagen Tiguan, Audi A4 and Acura RDX.