Toyota Not On Canada's Most Stolen List. How Great Is That?

by Robert Farago

Published: January 15th, 2009

“Like most people, we here at Toyota love good news.” And God knows there’s not a lot of that going around these days. Even for the royal we here at Toyota, where we’re used to making more profit per year than GM’s market capitalization. No really. “So the following piece of business from the Insurance Institute of Canada (IIoC) interests us a great deal.” Well, the intern in charge of finding non-controversial Toyota-oriented material for Open Road, anyway. “The thing that’s caught our attention is a list from IIoC that purports to detail the 10 vehicles that were the most frequently stolen in 2008, and also the 10 cars least frequently stolen.” Sorry about that “purports” thing. You try and post blogs every day with Legal breathing down your neck. “So the good news is that the IIoC listed no Toyota products on the most-stolen list. None. Zilch. Nada. There are lots of other brands represented there, some of them repeatedly. Some luxury brands, some aging economy brands. But not us.” I swear, if TTAC says one thing about how this proves that we’re somehow undesirable, they will not get one press car. Do they get press cars? Oh, OK. Never mind. [List of most and least stolen vehicles after the jump.]

Most Stolen

1. 2000 Honda Civic SiR 2-door

2. 1999 Honda Civic SiR 2-door

3. 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX/WRX STi 4-door AWD

4. 1995 Dodge/Plymouth Grand Caravan/Voyager

5. 1995 Dodge/Plymouth Caravan/Voyager

6. 2002 Acura RSX Type S 2-door

7. 2001 Audi TT Quattro Roadster

8. 1995 Acura Integra 2-door

9. 1996 Dodge/Plymouth Neon 2-door

10. 1996 Dodge/Plymouth Neon 4-door

Least Stolen

The Least Stolen Vehicles are:

1. (tie 1st) 2003 Cadillac Deville 4-door

2. (tie 1st) 2002 Lincoln Continental 4-door

3. (tie 1st) 2001 Lincoln Town Car 4-door

4. 2007 Chevrolet Impala 4-door

5. (tie 3rd) 2001 Toyota Avalon 4-door

6. (tie 3rd) 1999 Toyota Tacoma 2WD

7. (tie 4th) 2005 Buick Terraza EXT

8. (tie 4th) 2003 Buick Regal 4-door

9. (tie 4th) 2002 Toyota Highlander 4-door 2WD

10. (tie 4th) 2000 Ford/Mercury Taurus/Sable Wagon

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Lprocter1982 on Jan 15, 2009

beken is right. Minivans are stolen to be used during break and enters. Of course, it helps that they're also easy to steal anyway. But joyriding in a minivan? Wouldn't that be more accurately described as "depressed-riding?"

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Kman on Jan 15, 2009

The Chrysler "Magic Wagons" were, for many, many years, our Ford F-150: i.e. the best-selling vehicle in Canada, all categories put together. Hence their most-stolen status: big market for parts!

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