Motherboard: What It’s Like To Own the Cars That Became a Viral Sensation To Steal

Motherboard: What It’s Like To Own the Cars That Became a Viral Sensation To Steal. “[Sonya] Jordan’s Kia was one of 642 vehicle thefts in Pierce County that month. Auto thefts have spiked in Washington state over the last two years, according to the Puget Sound Auto Theft Task Force, reflecting a nationwide trend fueled almost entirely by a design decision in Kia and Hyundai vehicles that make them easy to steal, exacerbated by a Tiktok and Instagram subculture dubbed ‘Kia Boys’ dedicated to showing off stolen vehicles.”