the most stolen car in the usa in 2009 was

[Dave]

truth be told, the cars probably weren't stolen.  they were probably flat-bedded away from the owner by either a disgruntled spouse, or an equally disgruntled finance company.... ;-)

dave
'08 rs6 avant
'04 allroad

On 6/11/2011, at 4:09 PM, cobram at juno.com wrote:

> A while back the 1995 V8Q (stuff of legends) was listed at the #1 spot as
> most stolen car in the VW/Audi group.  Goes to figure, as there was
> supposedly only one, and it got stolen, so 100% of them were stolen.  I
> remember posting something about it to the list when I saw that on the
> sheet my insurance company sent out at the time with policy renewals.
> 
> BCNU,
> Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
> 
> Dave <dave.eaton at clear.net.nz> writes:
>> the s8. according to the national highway traffic safety 
>> administration. so there you go.
>> 
>> but just to prove the old adage about lies, damn lies and 
>> statistics,
>> there were in fact only two s8's stolen. out of a total of 227 cars 
>> sold
>> in 2009.  but the statistics are based on stolen cars per thousand.  
>> which
>> meant that there were 8.something s8's stolen per thousand. which 
>> put the
>> s8 ahead of the camry of which there were a squilion sold, and 781 
>> stolen.