• @[email protected]
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        111 month ago

        Ohh yeah. I remember the tech news coverage of the cars being so easy to steal, just didn’t realise there was a “challenge” about it. Unbelievable Hyundai and Kia got away without immobilisers for so long. Really cheeky of them to cut that corner, and it backfired.

        • SwizzleStick
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          161 month ago

          They cut the corner because a lack of regulation allowed them to, in order to produce a cheaper model.

          It’s a mandatory feature in some other countries.

          • themeatbridge
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            41 month ago

            And of course the insurance rates for those cars skyrocketed. Some insurers wouldn’t provide insurance at all for Kia or Hyundai models that were vulnerable.