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Bungling thief caught after stealing hire car's steering wheel

A DIM-WITTED criminal has been convicted of theft after stealing parts of a brand new Audi A3 hire car and replacing them with old bits taken from his much older Audi S3. Alexander Keating, a 23-year-old former bodyshop technician who lost his job following the conviction, stole parts as obvious as the steering wheel and gear knob from the A3 that his mum had hired after damaging her car in an accident. Keating foolishly believed no one would notice the battered old steering wheel on the otherwise shiny, new car, but sure enough the mismatched parts were spotted and the hapless bungler was caught by the car hire firm’s bespoke anti-fraud team Asset Protection Unit (APU).

College Exhibition: LTU 2009

Lawrence Technological University (LTU) celebrated its second annual Transportation Design Show earlier this month. The second year (Sophomore) and first year (Freshmen) classes both presented projects at the degree show. The Sophomore project brief was to create a concept vehicle that reinforced the Jeep brand while capturing new customers in a niche market.

Volvo facelifts C70: first photos of 2010 CC

By Tim Pollard First Official Pictures 01 September 2009 09:00 Volvo is tweaking its sportiest car, the C70. Fresh for the 2010 model year, the Swedes will facelift the C70 with Volvo's new corporate nose job, a range of exterior changes and numerous detailed spec changes.Did you know the C70 was the world's first four-seater CC with a folding hard top? We'd rather forgotten.