Loaded, Unlocked: Cadillac Made Life Easier for Thieves

IT is not the sort of list that automakers aspire to top: in August, the Highway Loss Data Institute, an industry research group affiliated with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, named the Cadillac Escalade as the vehicle with the highest rate of insurance claims for theft. The group reported that 2007-9 Escalades had a claim frequency of 10.8 for every 1,000 insured vehicles, about five times more often than the average passenger vehicle.