• There’s been a surge of thefts of Kia and Hyundai cars recently, and Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison knows just to blame for it: Kia and Hyundai.
• Davison filed a lawsuit against those two companies for their alleged role in an exponential increase of car theft in Seattle and other regions.
• Davison’s office claims that the two car companies’ failure to install anti-theft technology has contributed to an increase of their car models being stolen in Seattle and across the region.
• In the last two years, thefts of Kia and Hyundai cars increased by 363% and 503% in Seattle, according to the lawsuit. The Seattle Police Department reported a 620% increase in reports of stolen Hyundais and Kias in July, 2022 over the previous July.

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