The Left Blames Foreign Automakers—Rather Than Criminals—for Car Theft Surge
8th September 2023
The Left has found its newest implausible scapegoat for a crime wave that began in 2020; namely, foreign car companies.
A recent editorial column in The New York Times, “Kia and Hyundai Helped Enable a Crime Wave. They Should Pay for It,” has been part of a spate of national and local media stories blaming the massive surge in car thefts on the Korean automaker. (Kia is owned by Hyundai.)
A number of blue cities beset by crime and auto thefts have decided to sue the automakers following the success of a class-action lawsuit earlier this year. On the list of cities suing Kia and Hyundai are Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, and New York.
The contention here is that it’s the fault of the South Korean car companies for making some of their vehicles too easy to steal.