where do stolen cars end up?

Question

i have heard they end up in foreign countries but which countries exactly

Answer 1

For the most part they are stolen for parts, and wind up in a chop shop where parts are stripped off and sold. the left over bits are recycled to salvage yards.

The ones that are stolen to sell as full cars usually are slipped across the border into Mexico where titles aren't all that needed.

Latest thing now is just to slip under it and steal the catalytic converter. Air bags are another high dollar item, along with sound systems.

Answer 2

For the most part they wind up in Mexico and are driven by the local police departments and government officials.

Some are sold on the international black market, cars and trucks help fund criminal operations and can be turned into the terrorist weapon of choice against U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians: vehicles packed with explosives.

The FBI declined to estimate how many stolen U.S. cars have turned up as car bombs in Iraq but said the number is believed to be at least in the hundreds.

Answer 3

Most of them end up in chop shops. They are broken down into the parts, and those parts have a much higher value than the car itself.

Answer 4

Well, it's easiest to get them into Mexico, but they can be shipped anywhere.

They also end up in chop shops, dismantled for parts.

Answer 5

If they aren't cut up for parts,they'll end up in Mexico for the most part.A lot of cars get cut in half,put in shipping containers,sent to Africa,where they are welded back together.

Answer 6

plenty go to Mexico

Answer 7

mexico and chop shops

Answer 8

Around here (AZ), Mexico.