How Many Kias Have Been Stolen In 2025. The hyundai sonata and kia optima. Hyundai and kia thefts rose 1,000% between 2020 and 2023, driven by social media posts showing how easy it was to hotwire certain models.
Kias and hyundais are increasingly popular not among car buyers but among car thieves. We have some weeks where nearly as many kias and hyundais are stolen in a week as had previously been stolen in a year. unfortunately, official nationwide theft data is.