Toyota Land Cruiser Was Japan’s Most Stolen Car In 2023, Retains Number One Spot For The Third Year In A Row

Toyota Land Cruiser was Japan’s Most Stolen Car in 2023, retains number one spot for the third year in a row.

Top 10 list released by General Insurance Association of Japan was dominated by Toyota and Lexus models.

The top 10 models represent 55.7 percent of the total 2,597 reported cases between January 1st and December 31, 2023.

The list should come as no surprise as nine of the ten cars are Made-in-Japan vehicles, except for the Mercedes-Benz.

The Toyota Land Cruiser tops Japan’s Most Stolen Cars List in 2023, with the iconic SUV retaining the number-one spot for the third year in a row, according to General Insurance Association of Japan (GIAJ).

According to the 24th edition of GIAJ’s “Fact-Finding Survey on Automobile Thefts”, the Toyota Land Cruiser (including the Prado) was reported stolen 383 times while the Toyota Alphard minivan came second with 364 cases.

Toyota Land Cruiser 300

In the Top 10 most stolen cars list dominated by Toyota and Lexus models, the Prius came third followed by LX, Hiace and Crown, with 307, 120, 60 and 53 reported cases respectively.

Others car models in the list are Toyota Vellfire Minivan, Lexus RX, Toyota Harrier (rebadged Lexus RX) and Mercedes-Benz (model not specified), with 43, 42, 37 and 37 reported cases respectively.

Lexus LX 600

Most Stolen Vehicles In Japan in 2023

1 : Toyota Land Cruiser – 383 cases

2 : Toyota Alphard – 364 cases

3 : Toyota Prius – 307 cases

4 : Lexus LX – 120 cases

5 : Toyota Hiace – 60 cases

6 : Toyota Crown – 53 cases

7 : Toyota Vellfire – 43 cases

8 : Lexus RX – 42 cases

9 : Toyota Harrier – 37 cases

10 : Mercedes-Benz (model not specified) – 37 cases

Toyota Land Cruiser Prado

According to reports, the car thefts occurred mostly at night in dimly lit areas between 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m., accounting for 58.4% of the time.

The top 10 models represent 55.7 percent of the total 2,597 reported cases between January 1st and December 31, 2023, which is slightly down from the 2,656 stolen cars in 2022. The list should come as no surprise as nine of the ten cars are Made-in-Japan vehicles, except for the Mercedes-Benz.

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