(NEXSTAR) – Sports activities automobiles and SUVs made by Chevrolet, Acura and GMC are amongst among the most-stolen vehicles in America, in line with a brand new report.
The Freeway Loss Information Institute (HLDI), a supporting group of the Insurance coverage Institute for Freeway Security (IIHS), has launched the findings of its booming analysis into whole-vehicle theft claims amongst 2022-24 mannequin years, revealing which automobiles thieves have a tendency to focus on by means of 2024.
The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 was decided to be probably the most continuously stolen — by lots. The theft price of the ZL1 was 39 instances increased than that of the common automobile, according to the HDLI.
“Muscle automobiles have usually topped this checklist, as thieves are drawn to autos with excessive horsepower,” Matt Moore, the IILS-HLDI chief insurance coverage operations officer, defined in a launch issued Thursday. “That additionally helps clarify why the costlier, extra highly effective ZL1 is stolen a lot extra usually than the usual Camaro.”
Other than being a extra fascinating automobile normally, the HLDI says a “glitch” allowed thieves to electronically clone a Camaro’s key fob sign by accessing one of many automobile’s ports. However officers have beforehand warned that sure gadgets can clone a key fob sign just by being close by.
“These gadgets are in regards to the measurement of a cellphone and are a programming software that picks up the sign of a key fob close by which the gadget then clones,” the Los Angeles Police Division (LAPD) told Camaro owners in 2024, when asserting the arrest of an alleged automobile thief.
On the time, LAPD detectives suggested retaining key fobs in protected instances, and even wrapping them in foil. The HLDI says some Camaro homeowners are additionally eligible for a software program improve which may repair the difficulty.
Different automobiles from newer mannequin years that had been recognized because the most-stolen in America embody the Acura TLX 4WD, which is 21 instances extra prone to be reported as a whole-vehicle theft than the common automobile, and the common Chevrolet Camaro mannequin, which is 12 instances extra doubtless.
The 20 most-stolen automobiles within the U.S. (mannequin years 2022–24)
- Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
- Acura TLX 4WD
- Chevrolet Camaro
- GMC Sierra 2500 crew cab 4WD
- Acura TLX 2WD
- GMC Sierra 3500 crew cab 4WD
- Chevrolet Silverado 3500 crew cab 4WD
- Dodge Durango 4WD
- Land Rover Vary Rover 4WD
- Ram 1500 crew cab short-wheelbase 4WD
- Chevrolet Silverado 2500 crew cab 4WD
- Ram 3500 crew cab long-wheelbase 4WD
- Honda CR-V hybrid 4WD
- GMC Sierra 1500 crew cab 2WD
- Dodge Durango 2WD
- GMC Sierra 1500 crew cab 4WD
- BMW X7 4WD
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class long-wheelbase 4WD
- Jeep Gladiator crew cab convertible 4WD
- Cadillac Escalade ESV 4WD
To come back to its findings, analysts with the HLDI studied every mannequin’s frequency of whole-vehicle thefts, which the group determines by “evaluating the greenback quantities of theft claims with what insurers pay for a similar autos after they’re totaled in a crash.”
The group writes that insurance coverage claims concerning theft normally don’t point out whether or not the entire automobile or elements was stolen.
In the meantime, earlier this yr, the Nationwide Insurance coverage Crime Bureau (NICB) recognized its own list of the most-stolen vehicles in 2024, albeit amongst any mannequin yr. Their findings recognized the highest 5 because the Hyundai Elantra, Hyundai Sonata, Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Honda Accord, and Kia Optima. To find out its lists, the NICB has traditionally used info submitted by regulation enforcement companies to the NICB.
Extra info from the HLDI’s report, together with among the least-stolen automobile fashions, might be discovered on the group’s web site.