And the Uk's top five cars that may well be stolen are as follows........

MyCarCheck.com lists top 5 and comments on increase in vehicle crime

MyCarCheck.com has named the five cars most at risk of being stolen in 2016. The list is topped by some distance by the Porsche 911 Carrera 4S, with 1 in 6 registrations checked returning a stolen warning.

Second most at risk was the Mercedes-Benz CLC 220 Cdi Sport Auto, with 1 in 11 checked returning a stolen warning, followed by the Range Rover Evoque Dynamics D4A, Honda Jazz SE CVT and Ford Fiesta Zetec.

Table 1. Cars with highest percentage of stolen warnings in 2016

	Make and model	% checks
1	Porsche 911 Carrera 4S	16.67%
2	Mercedes-Benz CLC 220   Cdi Sport Auto	9.09%
3	Range Rover Evoque Dynamics D4A	5.26%
4	Honda Jazz SE CVT	1.33%
5	Ford Fiesta Zetec	0.26%

Source: Mycarcheck.com (models with minimum 10 checks

giving at least 2 stolen warnings)

Head of MyCarCheck.com, Roger Powell, said: “It should come as no surprise that the cars most at risk of being stolen in 2016 are prestige models: a Porsche 911 sports car, Mercedes-benz Clc220 coupe and Land Rover Evoque SUV. They are desirable to used car buyers and targeted by car thieves due to the profit potential.

“The fact that the UK’s best-selling car, the Fiesta, is fifth on our list shows that any used car for sale can potentially be stolen. While the risk of buying one is relatively low, you must weigh that against the embarrassment of being pulled by the police and finding yourself massively out of pocket when it is seized and returned to its rightful owner. That’s why all motor traders use vehicle provenance checks and we urge all consumers to do the same.

“The latest British Crime Survey showed that vehicle theft is on the rise for the first time in 20 years. The period April 2015 to March 2016 saw an 8% rise, with 80,047 vehicles recorded as stolen. You also have to bear in mind that cars stolen during house burglaries or by asset fraud aren’t included, so the problem is serious and getting worse.”

With information from the police, DVLA, insurers and finance houses, My Car Check holds comprehensive data on every vehicle on UK roads – things that buyers should be aware of before making an offer.

CDL Vehicle Information Services, which owns My Car Check, performs over a million look-ups a day for companies including AutoExpress, CompareTheMarket, Go-Compare, Moneysupermarket, Swiftcover, Tesco and WhatCar?.

ITALY - Porsche follows Bentley with a driving experience on ice, the Italians know how to have fun too.

Translated from Italian into English by Google, apologies for any issues caused.

6 Ice Camp courses are organized by the Porsche Driving Experience for 2016. The first is scheduled Jan. 28 to 29 on ghiacciodormo Livigno, the last is a calendar on February 15th in Alagna. The courses have been developed and designed to provide greater awareness of driving in the snow and, in general, of funds with very low grip. 

The seven instructors help students (maximum 21 per course) to learn the secrets necessary to conduct safely sports cars on the most insidious surfaces. In practice the formative experience of the Ice Camp Italy adds to the opportunity to increase their skills and ability to control while driving, the pleasure of trying a Porsche in situations off-limits. 

During the course of the exercises planned, will give students the opportunity to experiment with control of the car in the slalom, the pendulum, with power oversteer, braking and maneuvering to avoid an obstacle and in timed laps. The Ice Camp Italy provide the exclusive use of the car the Porsche Driving Experience at a ratio car / participants of a three-and these courses for the 2016 cars are the new 911 Carrera S and Carrera 4S and Macan, all with the PDK .

Porsche driving school was founded 41 years ago after the world premiere of the powerful 911 Turbo at the Paris Salon in 1974. Even before we started sales, engineers and Dealers Porsche realized that to lead the new flagship model to speed high and with confidence, it was necessary practical training. The first format of the course was designed to provide the skills necessary to ensure that holders of a 911 fully experience the pleasure of driving off the track. 

The idea was successful. Today Porsche offers, worldwide, a full range of courses to learn how to accurately manage a sports car in all driving conditions. Through various training levels of increasingly challenging or individual sessions, the Porsche instructors are focused on improving the driving skills of the participants. In addition to training on-road and off-road, there are also special winter programs during which you learn to drive safely even on snow and ice, as in the case of the Italian Ice Camp.

AUTOCAR announces its best car in the wet, and the winner is....... A surprise !

• Autocar tests Britain’s love affair with sporty and performance models in the wet
• November, December and January wettest months of the year

The Volkswagen Golf R has been voted the best performance car to have in the wet according to Autocarmagazine.

With November signalling the start of the three wettest months on the calendar, and a general decline in road conditions, driving a higher performance car can be something of a handful for many owners.

Last year, Britons bought 47,544 sports and performance cars, 3.1% up on 2012, with more than 12,191 cars with over 3.0-litre engines registered on the roads according to the SMMT.

Autocar brought together seven of the most popular performance models – MINI Cooper, Audi RS4, VW Golf R, Porsche 911 Carrera 4S, Range Rover Sport, Toyota GT86 and Nissan GT-R – to scientifically prove beyond doubt which model is the most assured in the wet.

Testers examined the capability and safety of each model over five separate challenges at manufacturer test facility at MIRA Proving Ground. Autocar left it to the discretion of the manufacturers which tyres their cars were shod with.

The popular sporty models were scrutinised on their control when stopping from motorway speeds of 70mph, their stability on accelerating and braking on ice-like conditions at lower speeds, the level of lateral grip when cornering and finally their precision around a circuit.

VW’s four-wheel-drive Golf R, which costs £31,970 and produces 296bhp, performed the best across all five tests, with the rear-wheel-drive £24,995, 197bhp Toyota GT86 the worst.

Running the VW Golf R close was the £88,400 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S with exception for the Lateral Grip tests where it’s rear-biased weight distribution unsettled its handling.

“Driving conditions can become hugely challenging very quickly for drivers of sportier and higher performance vehicles. It is very easy to get caught out,” explains Chas Hallett, editor-in-chief of Autocar.

“Advanced electronics certainly aid the driver, and winter tyres will improve grip, but drivers still need to drive within their limits and abilities, not the cars.”

The full feature can be viewed at http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/comparison-whats-best-car-wet