According to the list of the most stolen cars in Spain in 2021, thieves do not like new models

Although not much is said about it, in Spain cars are stolen every day, as happens outside our borders. Now we have the list of the most stolen cars of 2021 and it is proven that it is the compact ones that suffer the most from this situation.

According to data from the Ministry of the Interior, In Spain, 35,000 vehicles are stolen each year., which represents a rate of 100 cars per day. Not bad for one of the safest countries in the world.

For this reason there are many companies that have specialized in car security, studying the cases and discovering the methods by which thieves gain access to cars.

According to statistics, the newer a car is, the less it is stolen, since these are more complicated to steal, they have an internal GPS that allows them to be located in real time, and they are more difficult to sell on the black market. Cars less than five years old only account for 18% of thefts.

However, the older they are, the more thieves like them. They are easy to steal, they do not have real-time location, their pieces are easy to place on the black market and, above all, they have a much larger market.

Due to these conditions, thieves often prefer a 10-year-old car to one fresh from the dealership, explained in Autobild.

In addition, the cities where vehicles are most stolen are: Madrid, Barcelona and Seville. This is also explained because they are the three most populated cities in Spain. Statistical stuff.

once seen this, Let’s go with the list of most stolen cars in 2021:

1. Seat Ibiza
2. Seat Leon
3. Volkswagen Golf
4. Ford Focus
5. Citroen Xsara
6. Peugeot 206
7. Ford Fiesta
8. Renault Megane

If we look closely, the report he has developed LoJack Iberia stands out because all the cars we see on the list are compact. That is, they all belong to segment B and segment C, especially the latter.

This surely it is because they are the best-selling cars in our country, so that in addition to outnumbering the rest of the models, they are also the ones that most need spare parts in workshops.

Even one of the cars that appears on the list, the Citroën Xsara, has been out of production for more than 15 years. So we can get an idea of ​​how old the most stolen cars are (this model has been one of the most unlucky for years).

Once you have seen this, it is best to bear in mind that, if our car sleeps on the street and is already a few years old, the possibility of it being stolen is there. It is not the most common, but it is a possibility to take into account.