7,259 vehicles · 93 makes · 40 models

What gets towed

The inventory, ranked by make. Every row is a link to that make's own page — its models, colours, pounds and how long they sit.

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Makes on the list

Most towed

Top three share

Most common model

Makes, ranked

Bars are share of everything the city is holding.

Most common models

The tow ticket records a three-letter model code — ACC for an Accord, GCH for a Grand Cherokee — and leaves it blank four times in five. Shown as written.

Where the cars were built

Held longest

Makes with at least 20 vehicles held.

Furthest from home

Share carrying an out-of-state plate.

Colours

Body styles

Makes and colours are recorded as codes on the tow ticket (CHEV, SIL) and expanded here; anything unrecognised is shown as the city wrote it. Model is often blank. Marque logos are trademarks of their owners and identify a make, nothing more — the files come from Simple Icons (CC0) and the public domain.

Source: Towed Vehicles — Chicago Data Portal. Browse the inventory.