Filed under: SUV, Etc., Government/Legal, Cadillac
If you own a
Cadillac Escalade, you better keep one eye on it at all times. According to the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), the Escalade is still the apple of a car thief's eye. The large luxury SUV is six times more likely to be plucked away by thieves than average. If you happen to have the truck-like EXT Escalade, you're in even worse shape since 14 out of every 1,000 vehicles insured wind up with a theft claim.
On the flipside, if you're the proud owner of an
Audi A6 then you can rest easy. Car thieves aren't hunting for your particular mid-size luxury sedan. Want to know what vehicles round out the top and bottom ten from the perspective of a car thief? Well, at least according to the HLDI.
Click past the jump for the full press release.
Interestingly, General Motors decided to respond to the HLDI's findings, and you can find the press release from Cadillac after the break as well.
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Cadillac Escalade still thieves' favorite target originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It is easy to mistake this 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu for a nicely restored stock car. Unless you happen to notice the unique "white wall tires" mounted on the stock 15x7 wheels, there is nothing to suggest this car is any different from the average cruise night Chevelle. That is of course until you get a look under the hood and realize this unassuming Chevelle is actually a well disguised twin turbo beast.
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David Beckham and oldest son Brooklyn had a scare Friday morning after
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The five worst cars Ben Collins has ever driven - Click above for high-res image gallery
Over the course of his years donning the white suit and helmet for
Top Gear, pro driver Ben Collins has had the chance to drive an enviably wide array of cars. Their track times all went up on the power lap board, but there are better ways of evaluating how a car handles under pressure - like asking the guy who drove them. That's what Australian car site Drive did, and got the former Stig to jot down some notes. They weren't in Morse Code, but while his list of the worst five cars he'd ever driven includes some obvious choices, a couple may surprise.
First up on Ben's hit list: the
Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione. When we drove it, we found its dynamics were lightyears behind its looks, and His (deposed) Stiginess apparently agrees. At the end of Collins' list is another supercar - the
TVR Sagaris - which he feels was horribly emblematic of the company that produced it, while pointing to the fact that Jeremy Clarkson loved it as evidence enough of its dubious distinction.
In between these two European supercars on Collins' list comes the
Fiat Multipla, whose horrid styling was surpassed only by its dismal performance, and the
Cadillac Escalade, which the Englishman found to be all show and no go - particularly off road. Finally, the previous-generation
Dodge Charger drew the Stig's ire for its gross weight and lamentable slushbox. If for America's sake alone, we can only hope that, heavier still though it is, Collins might take a crack at the new model.
Ben "The Stig" Collins names the five worst cars he's ever driven originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 02 May 2011 14:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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John Hennessey's got this great shtick going where he takes his Frankenstein monsters and
pits them against stock versions of cars we associate with performance. It's total nonsense, but how the hell do you not watch a twin-turbo Cadillac Escalade race a Nissan GT-R?
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The concept cars we see are just a sliver of the creative ideas auto designers bring to life. Here's an exclusive glimpse at the discards of their creative genius — General Motors concept cars that never happened. And never will.
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