IF you are driving a Volkswagen Polo or Toyota Fortuner, you are inside the most sought after vehicles hijackers or thieves are looking for.
This is according to vehicle tracking company Ctrack, which has released its hijacking and crime statistics, detailing which passenger vehicles, SUVs, trucks and vehicle manufacturers were being targeted by criminals in South Africa.
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The report is based on data and analytics collected by Ctrack from January to December 2016.
According to the report, the most hijacked passenger vehicle in South Africa is the Volkswagen Polo.
Toyota’s Fortuner was the most hijacked SUV, making Toyota the SUV manufacturer most targeted by criminals in South Africa, followed by Land Rover and Nissan, Ctrack said.
Nissan and Scania were the most targeted truck manufacturers, according to the report.
Notably, this data is an almost exact mirror of the best-selling passenger vehicle in South Africa every month.
The Volkswagen Polo and Polo Vivo are currently the first and second-bestselling cars in South Africa, with the Toyota Fortuner in third.
List of most targeted passenger vehicles: VW, Toyota, Ford, Citroen, Kia, Hyundai, BMW, Audi, Renault, Chevrolet, Tata, Opel, Nissan, Honda, Citroen,Volvo, Datsun.
List of most targeted SUVs: Toyota, Land Rover, Nissan, Mahindra, VW, Jeep, Porsche, Renault, Ford, Daihatsu, BMW.
