Despite the massive advances in security equipment for cars, SUVs, and trucks, the rate they are stolen at is still staggering. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a vehicle was stolen every 42.2 seconds in 2018. It's not just old cars that get taken, although the most stolen vehicles in America are still the 2000 Honda Civic and 1997 Accord, just before immobilizers became standard.
That information comes from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) "Hot Wheels" list of most stolen cars. NICB also releases a list each year of the previous year's most stolen cars while new, and we now have the list for 2018 and its dominated, as usual, by GMC and Ford pickups, and the Toyota Camry.
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