Quoting Aaron Gordon, U.S. Cities Have a Staggering Problem of Kia and Hyundai Thefts. This Data Shows It., Vice, 2023

The scale of the Kia and Hyundai theft problem is astounding. In Chicago, during the “old normal” days prior to the summer of 2022, six to eight percent of all stolen cars were Kias or Hyundais, according to data obtained by Motherboard. This was in line with how many Kias and Hyundais were on Chicago’s roads, according to the lawsuit Chicago filed against Kia and Hyundai. Then, in June 2022, the percentage of stolen cars that were Kias and Hyundais edged up to 11 percent. In July, it more than doubled to 25 percent. By November, it had almost doubled again, to 48 percent. Through August 2023, the most recent month for which Motherboard has data, 35 percent of the 19,448 stolen cars in Chicago have been Kias or Hyundais.

— Aaron Gordon, U.S. Cities Have a Staggering Problem of Kia and Hyundai Thefts. This Data Shows It., Vice, 2023 (via)

6:46pm on September 23, 2024 from Plovdiv, Bulgaria.


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