Cars: Best of the best, 2007

Maybe this isn't really a "Best" category, but it does show that a car is sought after. Unfortunately the people seeking it aren't willing to pay.

Movies like "Gone in 60 seconds" not withstanding, most car thieves aren't after anything very interesting. Exciting, expensive cars are too hard to steal and, once stolen, too hard to discretely monetize.

Old Honda Civics, on the other hand, are easy to find, often not very well protected and, once they're torn apart, there's a vast market for parts. And parts are much easier to sell, and harder to track, than entire cars.

That's why, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, the 1995 Honda Civic is the car most car thieves prefer. It also helps that Honda is a popular brand in our nation's coastal states which just happens to be where most of the car thieves are.