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Most Stolen Cars in 2009 Revealed

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The strangest think about the recently released NHTSA list of most stolen cars in the us is that the Audi S8 is at the top of it from a percentage point of view, with almost 1 percent of the cars that were on US roads having been commandeered against their will. However, this information is only half right, as there were only 2 stolen out of the 227, you could call it a statistical accident and be done with it.
This same ruse applies to the ford Shelby GT, of which five were stolen from a total of 581 in 2009. You could more likely call this a joy ride, because there’s no chance of passing them off to a customer.

The real king of stolen charts is the Toyota Camry with 781 thefts to its name.

The good news was that the rate of thefts was down in 2009 over the previous year, as 1.33 percent less cars were stolen.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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