When you purchased your car, you probably selected the color because it would stand out in the parking lot, look cool as you drove it down the street or wouldn't show dirt if you didn't wash it every week. But you probably didn't consider that the color you chose could make it a possible target for thieves.
CCC Information Services used data from its CCC ONETM Valuation solution to identify the top five vehicle colors that are most frequently involved in thefts. CCC has a database of more than 3,700 dealerships across the country and collects its information from a variety of sources.
Interestingly, Dupont (now Axalta) says that their top car colors for the last decade have been white, black, silver and gray. Let's see how those colors figure into the top 5 most frequently stolen cars.
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