There has been a 10-fold increase in thefts of certain Hyundai and Kia models in the US in the past three years, a wildly dramatic spike that comes after a series of social media posts showing people how to steal them.Theft insurance claims for vulnerable Hyundais and Kias increased more than 1000 per cent between the first half of 2020 and the first half of 2023, according to data from the Highway Loss Data Institute, an industry group that tracks insurance statistics.In the first half of 2020, about 1.6 out of every 1000 insured Hyundais and Kias were reported stolen. That was about the same for all other makes of cars. By the first half of 2023, though, that figure had risen to 11.2 per 1000. Meanwhile, the theft rate for all other makes of cars stayed about the same.
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