Canadian Automotive Thieves Stole 1 In Each 16 Lexus RX SUVs In 2021

It’s truthful to say that Canadians fairly just like the Honda CR-V, however not as a lot as they just like the GMC Sierra, Chevrolet Silverado, Toyota RAV4, Ram pickup or Ford F-Sequence pickups, all of which rank forward of the Honda within the new automobile gross sales charts for the primary half of 2022.

Canadian automobile thieves, although, these guys completely adore the CR-V, and in contrast to some potential consumers, weren’t affected person sufficient to attend for the all-new mannequin to reach this winter earlier than getting their arms on one.

The 2016-21 CR-V simply topped an inventory of Canada’s most stolen automobiles in 2021, leaving the 2016-21 Lexus RX and 2015-20 Ford F-150 trailing in second and third spots. A complete of 4,117 CR-Vs have been requisitioned from their rightful house owners, in contrast with solely 2,202 RXs and 1,182 Ford vehicles, in response to information from the Insurance coverage Bureau of Canada collated by Équité Affiliation.

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However dig deeper into the figures and it’s the Lexus’s efficiency that actually shocks. There have been 236,550 CR-Vs insured when the examine was revealed, which suggests the mannequin has a 1.7 p.c that price based mostly on the 4,117 vehicles that went lacking. However the Insurance coverage Bureau of Canada solely had 34,560 2016-21 mannequin yr RXs logged on its database, giving a stunning 6.4 p.c theft price. That’s one in each 16 vehicles!

Lexus may take some solace in the truth that the RX is the agency’s solely mannequin on the checklist, whereas Honda’s identify seems thrice. The thieves a lot most popular the CR-V to each its Civic brother, solely 768 of which have been spirited away by light-fingered Honda followers, incomes it fourth spot, and the Honda Accord (eighth place and 372 stolen).

Appears the low-lives didn’t care a lot for the Honda’s arch rival, the Toyota RAV4, both. The Toyota ranked third on this yr’s checklist of best-selling automobiles in Canada, however limped dwelling in tenth place within the checklist of stolen automobiles. Not that Toyota shall be nervous – it’ll be too busy panicking over the RX’s numbers and interested by handing out free parking boots to house owners.