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5 Luxury Cars to Buy ... if You Don't Mind Having Them Immediately Get Stolen

Ford’s Lincoln MKZ luxury sedan didn’t quite make the cut as a top-5 swipeable car, but ... Fingers crossed for 2014. Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Mercedes-Benz C-ClassThe most desirable luxury car (to car

thieves) was – drumroll, please –

Mercedes C-Class.

From 2009-2012, Mercedes sold

262,223 of them. 485 were too hot to

hold onto.

Source: Wikimedia Commons

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BMW 3-SeriesThe “ultimate

driving machine” turned

penultimate in this contest.

471 3-Series stolen.

385,842 sold.

Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Infiniti G-Series405 “misplaced” Infiniti G-Series

left this car idling in third place.Nissan’s sales

tally for the car during these

years:223,407.

Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Mercedes-Benz E-Class Landing three rungs

below its smaller cousin, Mercedes E-Class saw 381 units

reported stolen from 2009 to 2012.

That’s 231,520 fewer than Mercedes

produced.Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Cadillac CTSAnd bringing up the rear at No. 5 on the NICB’s list of most-often-stolen luxury

car models, 326 CTSes “fell off the truck” from 2009-

2012.

That’s out of the 187,494 units that

GM sold.Source: Wikimedia Commons

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We’re No. 5! We’re No. 5!

And so it seems the myth of German automotive supremacy remains intact. (According to J.D. Power, though, Mercedes actually ranked 12th in the initial quality of its cars in 2013).

But GM shareholders can take some comfort in the fact that among discerning car thieves, at least, the Cadillac brand retains some

cachet.

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Did you own a luxury car? Emphasis on “did”?

Lucky you!

Even if you own(ed) one of the cars on today’s list, we have good news for you: If you own a luxury car and it is stolen, you've got a much better chance of getting it back than you would have if you drove an econobox.

According to NICB figures, 53.9% of stolen automobiles eventually make their way back to their owners. But law enforcement recovers 83.7% of

stolen luxury cars.

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