Hyundai and Kia Dominate Last Year's Top 10 Most Stolen Vehicles List
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Feder al Bureau of Investigation (FBI) data says that vehicle theft in the US is a multi-billion dollar affair.
In 2022, thieves fraudulently got their hands on over $44 billion worth of automobiles.
The trend continued in 2023, and a recent National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) shows that thieves preferred sedans instead of pickup trucks.
More specifically, these nefarious actors chose Hyundais and Kias.
If you're familiar with the "Kia Boyz," then this statistic won't surprise you.
However, it reveals what rides could be hard to insure.
According to NICB, an association that is involved in preventing and prosecuting insurance crime and fraud, the top three most stolen vehicles in 2023 were the Hyundai Elantra, The Hyundai Sonata, and the Kia Optima.
The South Korean auto group has three other vehicles in this top 10.
The Kia Soul is in the fifth spot, the Kia Forte is in the eighth place, and the Kia Sportage closes the unfortunate ranking.
The good news is that over 85 percent of the cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs reported stolen were recovered by the Police or through other means by their rightful owners.
Over a third of all cars that were targeted by thieves in 2023 were found and recovered in under 24 hours.
Despite the apparent apathy reported on various forums online, the Police are doing their job.
Connected rides that can be located via an app make their lives easier, but it's the proactiveness of law enforcement that makes recovering stolen cars a feasible endeavor.
Ref: Hyundai and Kia Dominate Last Year's Top 10 Most Stolen Vehicles List (autoevolution, nicb)
