The Ford F-250 has replaced General Motors Co.’s Cadillac Escalade as the favorite target of thieves, a report released today says.GM’s luxury SUV has led the Highway Loss Data Institute’s ranking of vehicles with the highest rates of insurance claims for theft since 2003, but fell to sixth in this year’s survey of 2010-2012 data. The insurance group’s data doesn’t distinguish theft of vehicle contents or components from theft of a whole vehicle.
Topping this year’s list, the four-wheel-drive F-250 crew cab, has a claim frequency of seven per 1,000 insured vehicle years, or nearly six times the average for all vehicles. An insured vehicle year is one vehicle insured for one year.
The F-250 was ranked second in the survey of 2008-2010 claims.
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