Grand theft auto: 80% of cars at risk

EXPERTS checking car security were able to break into 80% of vehicles they tested, it emerged yesterday.

Grand theft auto: 80% of cars at risk

It took them eight seconds to get into a Fiat Panda and 11 seconds to break into a Kia Pacinto SE.

But some models, including two BMWs, defied the efforts of the testers, who could not gain entry inside two minutes in the What Car? magazine survey.

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