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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).

Honda cancels V8 program, S2000 and CR-Z convertible, report says

Fun appears to be on the chopping block at Honda. Plans for the successor to the S2000 sports car, a lineup of rear-drive Acuras, a proposed V8 engine and a drop-top built off the CR-Z hybrid are all dead, according to a report in a British magazine. The reason: Honda is rethinking its product plans as it grapples with the global downturn in sales and economic conditions, Autocar is reporting.

Citroen DS 6WR SUV (NOT DS X7) is the production version of the Wild Rubis

The Citroen DS 6WR (pictured) is the first DS SUV Last week Citroen started to tease a new SUV heading for the Beijing Motor Show, which we thought would be the DS X7. But is seems Citroen has thought better of using a moniker like ‘X7′, so it’s changed the handle for its Chineses SUV to Citroen DS 6WR, but it’s still a production version of the Wild Rubis Concept and still the first production DS SUV. albeit only for China – at least for starters.