Thieves in the UK love the BMW X5

2011 BMW X5
2011 BMW X5

The BMW X5 is one of the most popular SUVs for luxury car shoppers – it also happens to be the favorite car to steal for luxury car robbers.

A study done by a firm called Tracker shows that car thieves are more likely to steal a BMW X5 than any other premium car. The X5 is followed by the Range Rover, BMW M3, Audi RS4 and the Audi TT, helping round out the top 5.

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If you check out Tracker’s list, you’ll notice that UK thieves love premium vehicles – the only affordable car that made the list is the Volkswagen Golf.

Hit the jump for the full list.

The top 10 most stolen and recovered cars in the UK:

  1. BMW X5
  2. Range Rover
  3. BMW M3
  4. Audi RS4
  5. Audi TT
  6. Mercedes-Benz SL
  7. Mercedes-Benz CLK
  8. Porsche 911
  9. Volkswagen Golf
  10. Mercedes-Benz ML

– By: Omar Rana

Source: CarEnthusiast (via BMWBlog)