NICB Reports More Than 250000 Pontiac Firebirds Stolen Since Introduced - ClaimsJournal.com
Indeed, in the late 1960s, General Motors seized the opportunity by delivering models from four of its divisions—the Buick Skylark GS (Gran Sport), Chevrolet Camaro, Oldsmobile 4-4-2 and Pontiac Firebird, to name a few. It didn’t take long for the Firebird to develop a strong following and over the course of its production a Firebird variant-the Trans Am – further defined the brand and its owners. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reviewed Firebird theft data from 1981-2014 and identified 249,670 theft records. Although theft data from 1967 is available, confidence in pre-1981 theft records is low due to the inconsistency in reporting protocols and vehicle identification number (VIN) systems in use prior to 1981. When the National Highway Traffic Safety... The top five calendar years for Firebird thefts were 1989 (19,792 thefts), 1988 (19,332), 1990 (17,785), 1987 (17,410) and 1991. Source: www.claimsjournal.com
