Stolen

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Thanks to advancements in technology, automobile thefts are generally trending downward. Still, hundreds of thousands of vehicles are stolen every year.

A rare 1970 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda in avocado green with a floral-pattern vinyl roof and valued at $1.4 million has been stolen, and Hagerty is offering a $50,000 reward to help get it back.

A woman in Virginia experienced a mother's worst nightmare when her car was stolen with her young son inside.

The Pinkteron detective agency is offering a $100,000 reward for information that leads to the recovery of a 2015 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Roadster stolen in New York.

Last year there was an eight-way tie for "least-stolen."

"Why wouldn't the cops get our car? It's very mind boggling." – Jackie White.

As teenagers, we all entertain the idea of replacing our high school beater with a real car. Alas, for many of us, we are left waiting a few years until we have the disposable income to replace the rusty Pontiac Sunfire we learned to drive on with something more impressive. Maybe a hot hatchback or perhaps a gently used, entry level luxury sedan. A pair of 19 year olds in Santa Rosa, CA, though, just couldn't wait to pick up their very own "cool" car, so they did what any idiotic teenager would

Tesla owners are some of the most satisfied car owners in America, and now they have even more reason to love their Model S.

The owner of a 1993 Honda Accord that was accidentally stolen by a young Brooklyn woman's mother has the car back in her possession, after amusing posters popped up all over town.

Stories like this are too rare. Skip Wilson, 65, took delivery of his fully restored, 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air last Monday. That's not the cool part - he hadn't seen the car in over 30 years.

A reporter in Florida investigating a rental property scam lost some property of his own when a woman took off with his news vehicle.

A Washington couple were surprised to find their stolen SUV returned filled with stolen merchandise and personal papers.

A Nebraska man couldn't believe his luck when police told him his motorcycle –- 46 years after it had been stolen.

A Chicago man used a stolen SUV to play full-sized bumper cars this week, and a concerned citizen caught it all on camera.

A stolen-vehicle case opened back in March was recently solved with the help of a property owner using Google Earth, a virtual globe and mapping service similar to Google Maps, ABC News reports. The man, who remains anonymous, found the stolen GMC Yukon while he was surveying his property in George County, Mississippi, using the map service and, judging by the top-down satellite image, thought he found a "shooting house" on his hunting grounds.

A woman in Fayetteville, N.C., slipped from the grasp of a police officer and stole his cruiser on Labor Day. Police responded to calls of a suspicious person with a weapon.

Ralph Wright received his 1930 Ford Model A as a Father's Day present from his son 15 years ago. It was stolen along with trailer it was stored in from a self-storage facility.

Want further proof that car thieves are the scum of the Earth? Some crooks in Sweden made off with a prized Volvo - the very first production P1800. The P1800, a two-door coupe, is a classic that's been growing in popularity over the years, thanks in no small part to its gorgeous sheetmetal.

A Colorado woman had just finished reporting her car stolen when it literally crossed her path.

A thief who broke into at least five cars in a suburban Oregon neighborhood made off with an unusual cache of items, over $500 worth of sex toys, novelties and clothing.

If you're going to drive a stolen car in a town of roughly 77,000 people – about the same size as Scranton, Pennsylvania or Ogden, Utah – you want to be very careful about where you drive that stolen car to eat. That's the lesson Katherine York of Kennewick, Washington learned when she was arrested for being in possession of a stolen Toyota 4Runner that also happened to have a bunch of stolen clothes from JC Penney and Sears in it.

A man visiting the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn from California was introduced to the city's less pleasant side recently. The Detroit News reports thieves made off with his 2001 Ford F-250 pickup truck. That would be bad enough by itself, but the truck was hooked to an enclosed trailer, which housed his classic 1930 Ford Model A at the time. As of right now, there are no leads in the investigation, and there is a $2,000 reward for information leading to vehicles' recovery. Police say the truck