The anti-theft measures are really effective. Even if you have the technical know-how to defeat the protections, which most people don't, and requires significa

The anti-theft measures are really effective. Even if you have the technical know-how to defeat the protections, which most people don't, and requires significant time and/or money, this made many cars completely unattractive to thieves, even in the third world. It is easy to equip even cheap cars with not so cheap security. Ford does it, and probably many others. This backfires if the country is not safe overall. In that case, it leads to an increase in armed robbery, as they have to get the car keys from the owner. Taking said owner hostage is a common escalation.