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0Featured: Drive-it-like-you-stole-it screwdriver car key will entertain police 1367934300
If you sorely miss the childhood game of 'cops and robbers' and want to resurrect that butterfly-in-your-stomach feeling every time you jump in your car, Hahabird.com might have the dramatic solution you've been searching for. Thanks to their creative 'srewdriver key' you can now feel your ...
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Featured: All you ever wanted to know about '57 Chevy thefts 1366552800
The US-based National Insurance Crime Bureau has taken a closer look at just how often 1957 Chevrolet vehicles have been stolen since the car first rolled off the assembly line some 56 years ago. As you may recollect, someone pilfered TV personality Phil McGraw's example from a repair shop in ...
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Video: Camaro ZL1 stolen from showroom, dealership didn't notice 1362690900
The powerful Chevy Camaro ZL1 is arguably one of the hottest performance cars consumers can buy, unfortunately car thieves don't exactly like paying for them. According to reports, a 2013 Camaro ZL1 (pictured in the actual photo above) was stolen straight from the indoor showroom at Randy Marion ...
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Followup: Jessica Barton's Stolen Supra parts recovered from Florida thieves, arrest warrants issued 1358791020
As we first reported a few weeks ago, our good friend and swimsuit model Jessica Barton had her beloved 1,200 horsepower Toyota Supra race car stolen from her home, cut-up by crooks and stripped for parts by some sneaky scumbags. Her legendary street-legal Supra meant the world to her, as ...
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Video: Thief steals Chinese food delivery car and continues making deliveries 1352939400
Food delivery is big business in any city and our streets are often abuzz with delivery vehicles hurrying to and fro. Chinese food is always a popular choice and the drivers are often so busy that they park their vehicles in any spot they find, legal or not. Often with the engine running so they ...
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Report: How car thieves can steal your BMW by hacking it 1342546380
For us good tax paying citizens how thieves make off with our car is a huge mystery to us. We can't even get into a car with an open window and a coat hanger let alone hack into one and drive away. Today things are very different, and let's just say it ain't like the movies where you just reach ...
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Not News: Car stolen in Detroit. News: 1930 Model A in Henry Ford Museum's lot 1341838800
A man visiting the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit from California was introduced to the city's less pleasant side recently. The Detroit News reports thieves made off with his 2001 Ford F-250 pickup truck. That would be bad enough by itself, but the truck was hooked to an enclosed trailer, which ...
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Report: California "dominates" list of regions with most stolen cars 1340632800
The American city where your car is most likely to be stolen is in California. In fact, the top three cities are in California, and of the top 10, six are in that state. So says a report by Forbes that compares the number of stolen cars per 100,000 population. Using that ratio, Fresno, ...
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Judge gives car thief break, thief gives judge's car a break-in 1339677000
Stealing cars is (obviously) against the law, and getting caught usually translates into a significant prison term. We're guessing the crime is just a bit stiffer if you're caught attempting to swipe the ride of a judge, especially if you just left her court room. SF Gate reports that Judge ...
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Video: Exotic car rental company uses GPS to bust international auto theft ring 1335473820
Watching television news can be depressing. Between the political rants and the "if it bleeds, it leads" mentality of most news directors, positive stories are scarce. But here's one that should make any lover of fine automobiles pleased. The story, as reported by CBS This Morning, starts when ...
