MSNBC / AP: The 2005 Top 25 most-stolen vehicles list

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8620904/

DETROIT - The 1999 Acura Integra coupe was the most-stolen vehicle last year and Integras from other model years weren't far behind, likely the targets of street racers who want their fast engines, according to a report released Tuesday.

One out of every 200 registered 1999 Acura Integras was stolen last year, said Chicago-based CCC Information Services Inc., an insurance industry tracker of theft and vehicle damage. The list compares loss claims to the total number of registered vehicles.

The 2002 BMW M Roadster was No. 2 on the list and the 1998 Acura Integra was third. Other vehicles in the top 10 include the 1991 GMC V2500, the 2002 Audi S4 and the 2004 Mercury Marauder.

Jeanene O'Brien, CCC's director of marketing services, said an upsurge in street racing may be responsible for the appearance of the Integra and other fast cars on the list. "We can never say for sure why a car's stolen, but we can look at the data and make some interesting assumptions," O'Brien said.

1. 1999 Acura Integra
2. 2002 BMW M Roadster
3. 1998 Acura Integra
4. 1991 GMC V2500
5. 2002 Audi S4
6. 1996 Acura Integra
7. 1995 Acura Integra
8. 2004 Mercury Marauder
9. 1997 Acura Integra
10. 1992 Mercedes-Benz 600
11. 2001 Acura Integra
12. 1989 Chevrolet R25
13. 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood
14. 1994 Acura Integra
15. 1996 Lexus GS
16. 2000 Acura Integra
17. 1999 Mercedes-Benz CL
18. 1996 Lexus SC
19. 2004 Cadillac Escalade
20. 1996 BMW 750
21. 1998 Land Rover Range Rover
22. 1994 Audi Cabriolet
23. 2001 BMW M Roadster
24. 2003 Cadillac Escalade
25. 2000 Honda Civic

[WCGreen]

1. Thank god my 92 Aclaim

nor my 99 buick century are prime targets....

Hey, what's wrong with my aclaim....

who does those car thiefs think they are....

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

2. Sort of a mixture of relief and feeling snubbed, huh?

I'm not on the list either. That's OK...I'll get over it.

:evilgrin:

:toast:

[WCGreen]

4. I wonder if they calculate this in the insurance

or if the all of us who drive cars not o that list are subsidizing.....

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

8. The type of car and where you live are factored in...

...but I couldn't tell you the degree to which your rate is being on or off this list.

[Blue Gardener]

5. And they don't want my '92 Saturn?

What's up with that?

[pinniped]

7. Master keys for Saturns are floating around everywhere.

.

[punpirate]

3. Integras occupy eight of the top twenty-five slots...

... sounds like a rice-boy conspiracy to me. :P

[pinniped]

6. I just caught three young punks hovering around a Honda outside...

about an hour ago. I said something to them and they booked. Them young punks like Honda Civics of all years from 1994/5 up.