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I think in the UK the most common burglary target is car keys. Like you say, the expensive home electronics are now cheap, VCRs and hi-fis are gone, and more and more people are driving premium (BMW/Mercedes/Audi) cars - on finance/hp of course.

I'm amazed to see that the average price of a new car in the UK is now £38,585.

That seems very high, but not surprising. I would guess my car cost around 28K new but I bought it one year old for 20K. Most people don't buy new cars though do they? It's mainly lease and hire companies that buy new cars I think. Out of the amount of people buying new cars I would guess a lot are tesla or other high prestige models which would cost way more than this figure?

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