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CARMAKERS NEWS * USA
* Illinois - Chrysler muscles up with SRT8 Dodge Challenger, Chrysler 300
Chicago,ILL,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -February 8, 2013: -- Automakers put the pedal to the floor Thursday as they unveiled high-performance models at the Chicago Auto Show, a venue that traditionally has been truck-centric... Chrysler Group LLC's performance SRT brand showed off its Dodge Challenger SRT8 and Chrysler 300 SRT8. Both are powered by Chrysler's 392-cubic inch Hemi V-8, which delivers 470 horsepower, mated to either a standard manual or optional automatic transmission. The company says the cars accelerate from 0-60 miles per hour in the high four-second range...
* DC- 5 Crossovers and SUVs That Car Thieves Love
Washington,DC,USA -The Car Connection, by Richard Read -Feb 6, 2013: -- Crossovers and sport-utility vehicles are big business in the U.S. -- not just among shoppers, but also with car thieves. Could your ride be targeted next? The National Insurance Crime Bureau has sifted through nearly five years of data to identify the most-stolen models and the areas of the country that criminals prefer... NICB reviewed car theft stats from January 1, 2008, to June 30, 2012. The organization wanted to focus primarily on thefts of new vehicles, so its study only included crossovers and SUVs from the 2009, 2010, and 2011 model years. That left the NICB with 19,961 incidents of theft to examine...
Four of the five most-stolen SUVs and crossovers came from Detroit automakers:
-- Ford Escape: 1,014 thefts
-- Chevrolet Tahoe: 856 thefts
-- Toyota RAV4: 801 thefts
-- Ford Edge: 739 thefts
-- Dodge Journey: 721 thefts
The more populous states tended to report more thefts of SUVs and crossovers:
* California: 3,003 thefts
* Texas: 1,826 thefts
* Florida: 1,784 thefts
* New York: 1,754 thefts
* Michigan: 1,367 thefts
And here's a list of the five most active metro areas:
- New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (NY, NJ, PA): 2,438 thefts
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana (CA): 1,229 thefts
- Detroit-Warren-Livonia (MI): 1,215 thefts
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach (FL): 910 thefts
- Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL): 762 thefts
Here's a list of the five SUVs and crossovers most likely to remain on the lam:
. Toyota Highlander: 29.9% unrecovered
. Jeep Wrangler: 28.6% unrecovered
. Cadillac Escalade: 23.5% unrecovered
. Nissan Murano: 19.2% unrecovered
. Lexus RX: 18.7% unrecovered
Labels: carmakers news USA and Canada, thieves
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