Mercedes-Benz GL is the least recovered luxury SUV after being stolen in the U.S.
Photo Credit: MIKI Yoshihito
A new study has come out citing Mercedes-Benz SUVs as the least recovered vehicles once stolen, in the United States.
According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, (NICB), thirty-seven percent of stolen Mercedes-Benz GL class SUVs are unrecovered. This data was reported from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2013, for model year 2011, 2012 and 2013 vehicles.
Since the Mercedes-Benz name has high status and high value, thieves target these luxury SUV vehicles (and others) to export and/or dismantle them in exchange for a pretty penny.
Just recently, within the last few months, a huge theft ring was taken down in New York and New Jersey of which thieves and middlemen were dismantling luxury vehicles to ship them to West Africa.
New Jersey had the highest number of unrecovered stolen SUVs, followed by the state of New York. Combined, these two states equal a quarter of luxury vehicle thefts in the U.S.
- Read the full NICB report with pdfs
- Related: Back in October 2013 we blogged about how three Mercedes-Benz models ranked in the Top 10 for Most Stolen Luxury Car in the U.S.
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