[Swizec]

It's because they're the most stereotypical vehicle to mod in most of Europe and probably the US. They're popular with so called "ricers".

I'm not sure why though. Maybe because they're easy to steal? Maybe they're cheap to buy/insure and are still high performance enough to be fun while also having a cheap enough after market for modifications.

[lmm]

For years Honda offered a deal where you bought a new Honda and got 3 years' insurance free. Obviously this is worth a lot more to younger (and less careful) drivers.

(Which was largely deliberate; Honda had an image problem where they were seen as an "old man car". Now they're a "boy racer car", which I'm not sure was the intention)