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0Video: Car thief lands Saturn on Fresno roof 1325871120
Residents of a Fresno, California apartment building recently awoke to debris falling from their ceiling after a car thief managed to execute a perfect parking job on the structure's roof. Police say 26-year-old Benjamin Tucker stole the Saturn sedan from a nearby house before striking either a ...
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Report: New car seat concept uses your butt print as identification 1325273340
If Fido can distinguish people and other pooches by their backsides, why not a seat? When students at the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo, Japan asked that question, they came up with a car seat fitted with 360 sensors that makes a map of the pressure applied by your ...
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Report: NHTSA report reveals most stolen vehicles, theft rate declining 1320706800
According to Automotive News, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a new report on vehicle theft rates in 2009, and as it turns out, the Audi S8, Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 and BMW M5 had the highest theft rates of the year. The report specifically focuses on passenger ...
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Report: Corvette with dead battery traps would-be thief 1319556660
Here's a useful tip for all you would-be Chevrolet Corvette thieves out there: If you happen to find yourself in a Vette with the windows up and the doors locked when the battery goes dead, there's an actual mechanical release for the door mechanism squirreled away inside. We won't tell you ...
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Video: Resourceful thief lifts Jeep from dealer using crane 1319137080
A car thief in La Porte, Indiana recently put his own spin on the old smash-and-grab routine. The enterprising individual drove a flatbed truck that would typically be used for logging onto a car lot after hours on Sunday, October 16. Our man hopped out and used a giant crane to hook a 2008 Jeep ...
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Opinion: Grand Theft Auto goes high-tech in the digital age 1317335400
Modern Car Thieves Outsmart The Law By Cloning
Car thieves are adopting depressingly creative ways to clone cars.When it comes to car theft, the good news is that law enforcement has become so good that theft rates have dropped for a decade. The bad news is that this is forcing car thieves to ... -
Study: Cadillac Escalade still thieves' favorite target 1314307680
If you own a Cadillac Escalade, you better keep one eye on it at all times. According to the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), the Escalade is still the apple of a car thief's eye. The large luxury SUV is six times more likely to be plucked away by thieves than average. If you happen to have ...
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Study: Domestics make gains on unfortunate list... 10 Most Stolen Cars 1312313340
Domestic automakers have outpaced their import counterparts on the top ten list of most stolen vehicles for the first time since 2002. According to a new report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau, Ford vehicles took three places on the Most Stolen Vehicles of 2010 list, while two Chevrolet ...
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Report: Auto theft drops to lowest level since 1967 1308749400
Vehicle theft in the U.S. fell by 7.2 percent in 2010. Around 737,404 vehicles were stolen last year, compared to the 794,616 autos pilfered in 2009. That marks the lowest number of stolen vehicles in the U.S. of A. since 1967, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Why the decline? ...
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Car thieves still love Honda according to LoJack annual report 1302908700
LoJack says the Honda Accord was the most stolen vehicle of 2010 – Click above for high-res image galleryTheft prevention and recovery company LoJack knows a lot about stolen vehicles. It also knows a lot about getting those vehicles back. In 2010, the company says that fully 90 percent ...

