Stolen, Stolen, Gone!

Despite Honda vehicles ranking in the top-10 again for the National Insurance Crime Bureau's annual list of most stolen vehicles of 2010, more domestic vehicles are on the list. The most stolen vehicle remains the 1994 Honda Accord. Car and truck thefts however in general, continue to decline due in part to technological improvements. 52 000 Accords were stolen in 2010, the majority (around 44 000) were 1990s Accords. The 1995 Honda Civic took second place with the other Honda, the Acura Integra taking 8th spot.

Canada's Most Stolen Car: Honda Civic

Canadian car thieves seem to have a peculiar taste for 10-year-old Honda Civics. For the fourth year in a row, the Civic leads the list of most stolen cars in Canada.

The 2000 and 1999 Honda Civic are the top two stolen cars in Canada for 2010. (Wes Allison/Associated Press)The 2000 and 1999 Civic SiR two-door are the number 1 and number 2 most stolen cars in Canada, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada.

Three models of the Acura and the Audi Quattro round out the IBC's list of the top-10 stolen vehicles.

While figures for the total number of vehicles stolen in 2010 aren't in yet, there is some encouraging news from 2009.

Close to $1 billion lost to vehicle theft in 2009

Last year 108,172 vehicles were stolen in Canada, a drop of 15 per cent from 2008. Still, the overall cost of auto theft is close to $1 billion.

The top-10 list of stolen vehicles:

2000 Honda Civic SiR two-door.
1999 Honda Civic SiR two-door.
2002 Cadillac Escalade four-door 4WD.
2004 Cadillac Escalade four-door 4WD.
2005 Acura RSX Type S two-door.
1997 Acura Integra two-door.
2000 Audi Quattro four-door AWD.
2003 Hummer H2 four-door AWD.
2006 Acura RSX Type S two-door.
2004 Hummer H2 four-door AWD.