They’re popular, but perhaps for the wrong reasons. A trio of so-called “pony cars” leads the pack of sporty vehicles with the highest theft rates according to data compiled by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) in Des Plaines, Illinois.
The Chevrolet Camaro tops the list of most pilfered performance models with 1,509 units out of 3,780 sporty cars stolen over a four-year period. That means Chevy’s line of coupes and convertibles accounts for a full 40 percent of all such models stolen, beating its closest rival the Ford Mustang (at 980 units) handily, and outpacing its second closest marketplace contender, the Dodge Challenger (at 782 units), by an even wider margin. While domestic models account for the top three most frequently purloined performance cars, European entries comprise half of the 10 “hottest” entries with the Porsche Panamera and Audi A5/S5 being the most popular EU-branded vehicles among thieves.
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