Top 15 most stolen car models in 2020:-
1. Ford Fiesta - 3,392
2. Land Rover Range Rover - 2,881
3. Volkswagen Golf - 1,975
4. Ford Focus - 1,587
5. BMW 3 Series - 1,435
6. Vauxhall Astra - 1,126
7. Land Rover Discovery - 900
8. Mercedes-Benz E Class - 766
9. BMW 5 Series - 678
10. Nissan Qashqai - 655
11. Ford Kuga - 620
12. BMW X5 - 551
13. Fiat 500 - 358
14. Mercedes-Benz GLC - 342
15. Audi A6 - 268
Source: DVLA records for all vehicles notified by the police as stolen between 1 January 2020 and 21 December 2020 - result of an FOI request from Rivervale Leasing
www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-9187613/What-cars-stolen-2020-according-DVLA-data.html
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Do we really believe that 'Land Rover Range rover' was the second most stolen car? I reckon it was frustrated owners desperate to get rid of the unreliable and expensive pile of !&*@x£/!
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My pal wishes someone would steal his LR Discovery Sport. Unreliable piece of poop. Most of the mileage is done going backwards and forwards to the dealer for repairs.
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Be interesting to see those figures expressed as a percentage vs number sold.
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Fiests No. 1??
Because there are more on the roads?
Because they're easy to steal?
Because they're easy to sell?
Because surely a stolen Fiesta is worth f.all?
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>> Because surely a stolen Fiesta is worth f.all?
Very popular station car round here.
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>> Because surely a stolen Fiesta is worth f.all?
popular car broken for spares.
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Worse things than a new Fiesta ST in your garage
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>>Worse things than a new Fiesta ST in your garage
Yay! a Fiesta that I can't drive in case the police see me, unless I put false plates on it, in case the police seem me. Without insurance or other protections etc. etc. etc.
There are not many worse things to have in your garage than a stolen Fiesta in your garage. Criminal *and* publicly embarrassing.
Last edited by: No FM2R on Tue 16 Feb 21 at 19:16
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I was chatting with my mums neighbour only yesterday about the most stolen cars. He was thinking about replacing his wifes current car with a Fiesta ST, but she’s a petrol head herself and whilst tempted wasn’t so sure given their nickability.
And quite likes her TTRS.
Nuff said..
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Nuff said??
Because your mum's neighbour's wife likes them? I might need slightly more than that to end a process.
It's a Fiesta. It looks like you need one for each foot. And you need to be 18 with a baseball hat on backwards to drive one.
If someone gave me one free I'd own it long enough to sell it and then buy a real car.
Embarrassing to be caught nicking one on purpose.
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>> If someone gave me one free I'd own it long enough to sell it and
>> then buy a real car.
Think you need to try one. A fiesta driven fast is still fun, even a new one.
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Oh I don't doubt it's fun. Probably FaF. But who'd want to live with it or be seen in it?
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>> And quite likes her TTRS.
What is it with barbie hairdresser cars round you way, I though all you Yorkshire types were roughty toughty
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She is a girly, so I suppose it’s ok she drives a girly TTRS convertible.
Anyways I’m currently awaiting a ‘buy back ‘ price for my GTS before I buy myself a proper rufty tufty blokes car. The two ex Mrs LLs drive a Lexus IS and E Pace so I’ll ask their advice to avoid future humiliation in this pace, I mean place.
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>> I'm currently awaiting a 'buy back ' price for my GTS
How long have you owned it? And, depending on the offer I guess, are you still pleased you bought it?
I sometimes think about such a thing but I'm not sure I could bring myself to spend the money.
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September ‘17. Despite all the good natured ribbing, it’s a fantastic piece of machinery. Utterly superb. Surpassed my exceptionally high expectations and don’t regret it for a second. As you probably know I was left more in my late Aunts will than I ever expected, and it was a now or never moment. A sibling received the same and invested the lump sum for income. Yawn. Life’s for living.
Financially possibly not the smartest move, but I wouldn’t get any enjoyment looking at a bank balance, and I’ve been heavily influenced to live for the moment by the very premature death of my father.
Truth is I get bored by a car after 3 years. When I go to Spain for 10/12 weeks I like to change my hire car every few weeks and I like driving different cars. I won’t change.
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>>and don't regret it for a second
And in the end that is *all* that matters.
I'll be interested to see what it costs you in the end. I assume that it is fairly under used and therefore probably desirable?
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I’ll let you know.
It was a huge unexpected bonus and trying to quantify the pleasure it gave me, and continues to give me, in purely financial terms is impossible.
I’ve been darned fortunate.
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Neighbour bought a 64 plate one in metallic blue not long after I got my GTi, both of us make a lovely rumble at half six with our cold starts, I think the joy of a spirited drive is being forgotten by many, I can't wait for the chance to drive freely.
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>>I think the joy of a spirited drive is being forgotten by many
Here one can drive at anything from 'spirited' to 'raging nutter'. Sadly I rather seem to have lost the urge.
I was definitely at the 'nutter' end when much younger, but mostly can't be bothered these days. I don't dawdle, but much prefer wafting along. Not that b***** great SUVs are much good for exuberant driving anyway.
Unless you're up in the mountains and off road. Then they really, really are.
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Snap.
Spirited driving in Barbie would result in instant loss of driving licence if caught.
Fun driving is to be had in small cheap hire cars hooning around the Marina Alta or inland Tenerife away from the crowds. Ragging a C3, Pug 207 or Fiesta was an absolute hoot. Less so in a Renault Craptur or a brand new Zafira they insisted I have. After checking tyre pressures, wheel nuts and fluid levels which I did as a matter of course, cos you never know. And always having a spare wheel in my rental, even if it amounted to a surreptitious back hander to the rental agent
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My mate has just ordered one of these.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtXoZ6_YNTs&t=15s
Last edited by: smokie on Wed 17 Feb 21 at 11:43
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Significant skills on show there!
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Its a homologation special, even comes with a proper handbrake lever for doing that stuff.
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You can up it to 305 HP with a remap chip
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D6qAIh71aU
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>> My mate has just ordered one of these.
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>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtXoZ6_YNTs&t=15s
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What's the problem smokie?
Why has fullchat's post been edited and my response deleted?
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From what I can see, Fullchat's post has been edited to remove a link that wasn't supposed to be there, the car4play one that you were querying about, and just leaving reference to the Toyota GR Yaris.
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Yep, just keeping the place tidy, that's all
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Looks like one of those ice racer cars that race on figure 8 tracks in france, austria etc
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>> Yep, just keeping the place tidy, that's all
And someone (no names mentioned) made it untidy again
;)
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If you want a job doing properly ....... :))
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Many of these are obviously keyless entry thefts and it really is worrying how easy these cars are to steal. It’s been said before but only the owner loses out usually. The manufacturer may get a new sale under insurance payout and the insurance company gets to bump up everyone’s premiums due to the theft.
Interestingly, I saw a recent tweet by one of the English Police Forces where they had recovered a Tesla stolen from the dealer without keys. They noted that with the assistance of Tesla’s input, the police were able to drive it back to the dealer!
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>>Many of these are obviously keyless entry thefts
Yet the large majority were not. So does that mean they're even easier to steal? And how many of those cars offering keyless entry were still stolen without technology? Just nicking the keys, for example?
There seems to be a lot of emotional hype over keyless entry to me.
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I wonder how many were hire cars?
Recently I was told by one hire company to lock the car and leave the keys on top of the offside front tyre. It was keyless entry, so even if a potential thief didn't know the key was hidden, he/she could still have gained access to the car and driven off after breaking the steering lock.
A common practice used by quite a few of them I believe, to "hide" the keys on the vehicle somewhere so their collection agent has easy access for the keys.
Another location I was told to leave them once was at the base of the windscreen tucked under the wipers!
They must have a very good relationship with their insurance company, as generally insurers refuse to pay out if the keys are left with or inside the vehicle. e,g when paying for fuel.
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Hire companies only insure against third party risk.
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2020 top vehicle thefts - Duncan
