Infographic: The Unstealable Car
 

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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>What a theft-proof car requires - Click above to view the image <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/09/infographic-the-unstealable-car/#continued">after the jump</a></small></strong></em></div>
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According to <a href="http://www.homesecurity.net">Hom eSecurity.net</a>, one million vehicles (worth a total of $7.5 billion) were stolen in the United States last year. If you don't want to join a top ten list of vehicles dominated by <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/honda">Honda</a> and <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/toyota">Toyota</a>, there are seven key technologies you'd install to create "The Ultimate Theft-Proof Car." No, one of them isn't <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Club_%28automotive%29 ">The Club</a>.<br />
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Leading the way is a radio-frequency transmitter, which is alone responsible for 90 percent of theft recoveries. Following that are a secure identification device like a fingerprint reader, some sort of GPS tracking system, SIM-card operated GSM communications that allow the car to call its owner when its broken into, an interior motion detector, keyless entry and a passive immobilizer. Or you could just get an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Abrams">Abrams M1</a> tank - we hear they're pretty hard to lift, as well. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/09/infographic-the-unstealable-car/#continued">Follow the jump</a> for the complete infographic.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://homesecurity.net/research/theft-proof-car/">HomeSecurity.net</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/09/infographic-the-unstealable-car/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Infographic: The Unstealable Car</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/09/infographic-the-unstealable-car/">Infographic: The Unstealable Car</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:02:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://homesecurity.net/research/theft-proof-car/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/09/infographic-the-unstealable-car/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19626056/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/09/infographic-the-unstealable-car/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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