Various media outlets provide inconsistent statistical data on the distribution of the number of cars stolen in Russia by model and manufacturer. This is due to the fact that data is taken from different sources - from police statistics, reports from insurance companies, companies that install and maintain burglar alarms, etc.
Most often, the brand of the most stolen car is determined by the data of the insurer companies, however, setting the insurance conditions, they themselves choose the clients of a certain income level. Therefore, their statistics are not absolute, but refer to a specific price segment of the automotive market and are tied to a given region of the country.
So in "Rosgosstrakh" the most stolen car in Russia is called Toyota Land Cruiser. And in the RESO-Garantia company, the VAZ 2170 is considered the most popular among hijackers outside of Moscow. In the capital, according to this insurer, Mitsubishi Lancer is most often kidnapped, which is only the fifth line in the similar rating of the Moscow Insurance Group. And in the first place among the cars stolen in the capital from this insurance group is Mazda 3, in the regions, in their opinion, Chevrolet Lacetti is in the lead. Another well-known auto insurer in the country, Renaissance Insurance, calls the Ford Focus the most hijacked in the country.
The Prime Insurance web portal tried to summarize all this data into a common table. You can familiarize yourself with it in detail by clicking on the link provided under this article. The general conclusion is as follows: according to the published reports of insurance companies for the year ended 2011, the most stolen car brand in Russia is VAZ 2170. The second line in this rating is occupied by a product of the same domestic plant - this is VAZ 2172. Although the Russian auto industry is considered far behind the market leaders, but the most popular "foreigner" among the hijackers has only risen to the third position in the rating - this is Toyota RAV 4. Mitsubishi Lancer is in the lead for Moscow in a similar list, while the traffic police in Moscow and the Moscow region calls the Honda CRV model the most stolen car of the first half of this year …
