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Elephant Elephant.co.uk says German cars top choice for car thieves
Elephant.co.uk have released research which suggests that the nationality of your car may affect the likelihood of it being stolen or broken into.
Elephant.co.uk researched a database of 300,000 cars in the UK to see what percentage manufactured by different countries are stolen or broken into by car thieves. It found that overall owners of German cars such as Mercedes, Volkswagens and BMWs were the most likely to be the victim of car crime. Owners of Czech Skodas were the least likely to have their cars stolen.
Head elephant at elephant.co.uk, Tanzie Oliver, said, "Most people associate cars from different countries with different qualities - for example that German cars tend to be well engineered, Italian cars stylish and British cars classic. We wanted to see if there were any trends when it came down to the nationality of cars being targeted by thieves."
Elephant.co.uk research found there were also differences between the nationality of cars most likely to be broken into and ones stolen outright. Italian cars such as Alfa Romeos and Fiats were the most likely to be broken into, while American cars such as Chevrolets and Chryslers were the most likely to be driven away by car thieves. However, overall German cars were the main target of car thieves.
Tanzie Oliver, said, "Elephant believe there are many reasons why certain cars are more popular with car thieves than others. It could be they are more desirable for professional thieves, or maybe their security systems are not so good and of course in many cases it is just that they are in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Source - elephant.co.uk