The boom in the popularity of big pickups is taking place among thieves as well as ordinary buyers.
Full-size trucks have the highest insurance claim frequency of any group of vehicles, the insurance industry Highway Loss Data Institute reports. The HLDI data cover claims for 2010 through 2012 models.
On a scale where the average for all vehicles is 1.2 claims per 1,000 insured vehicle years, the F-250 has a claim frequency of 7, HLDI says. That' index is used to account for the fact that there are lots more of some vehicles on the road than others. An insured vehicle year is one vehicle insured for a year, or two vehicles each for six months, or any similar combination.Thieves' favorite: Ford F-250 Super Duty crew-cab with four-wheel drive (4x4). It's a heavy-duty model used more often by tradespeople and owners doing serious towing or hauling than the gentrified truckers who buy many of the standard-duty pickups.
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3 comments:
The 150 is the best selling pickup ever,or at least it was until a couple of years ago.
Who steals an F-250? They're dumping them due to high payments and gas prices then claiming that they were stolen. It's the easiest way to get out from under one.
Dumping them may be one possibilty. many are ,like the ATV's mowers and tractor's stolen from John Deere dealerships, headed for a big shipping container to parts unknown. Few of these are actually imported into the African and Middle East countries, but there are a lot there in the hands of the few with he money and the "militaries". Except for Saudi Arabia and Syria, of course, our president gives them whatever they want.
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