Well, the photo gives it away! Yes, it's the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. The sports car is the most stolen vehicles in America according to new research from the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI).
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Tops Most-Stolen Vehicles List
Researchers say the ZL1 along with the regular Camaro account for two of the five most-stolen model year 2022-2024 vehicles. In the analysis, relative to its numbers on the roads, the Camaro ZL1 had a whole-vehicle theft rate 39 times the average for all vehicles. The frequency of whole-vehicle theft claims for the standard Camaro was 13 times as high as the average.
“Muscle cars have often topped this list, as thieves are attracted to vehicles with high horsepower,” said Matt Moore, chief insurance operations officer at HLDI and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. “That also helps explain why the more expensive, more powerful ZL1 is stolen so much more often than the standard Camaro.”
It's attractive to thieves for several reasons - horsepower being one. Researchers also say that a technical glitch seems to have created new opportunities for thieves to steal it, according to news reports. They say some media outlets have reported that thieves are able to clone the key fob code for newer Camaros by accessing the on-board ports that technicians use to retrieve diagnostic codes, and then steal the vehicle.
Researchers say that theft claims for model year 2016-24 Camaros began to soar in 2023. Texas and California were the first states to show spikes in theft claims for Camaros. In 2024, California recorded the highest theft claim frequencies for these vehicles, followed by Tennessee, Mississippi, Maryland and Texas.
If you have a 2020-2024 Camaro, make sure you've received the free software update GM launched in March of 2025. It has a security update.
For a deeper dive into Camaro theft claims for model years 2010-24 click here.
Along with the two Camaro variants, pickup trucks and other expensive or high-horsepower models dominate the list of the top 20 vehicles with the highest claim frequencies for whole-vehicle theft.
On the other end of the spectrum, the 20 least-stolen vehicles include eight electric vehicles and two plug-in hybrids, all of which have whole-vehicle theft claim frequencies that are more than 85% lower than the all-vehicle average. As past HLDI studies have noted, electric vehicles are likely to be garaged or parked near buildings to facilitate charging, making them less attractive to thieves.
New research from the HLDI also found that a software upgrade helped reduce theft rates for Hyundai and Kia vehicles, new research from the Highway Loss Data Institute shows.
To read the entire report visit the IIHS/HLDI website here.