20 July 2007: Gone In 60 Seconds - twice!

A man in Malaysia has stolen a 140,000 pound Porsche car - twice.

On Monday he walked into a car dealer's showroom and asked to be shown the Porsche 911 Targa 4 car. When the salesman started the engine to demonstrate the car's sound, the thief drove it out through the plate grass windows and off down the street. Unfortunately for the thief, the car only had a little petrol in it. It was found by police abandoned, about a mile down the road. But the thief didn't give up.

The police took the car to the police compound, and on Wednesday night the thief cut the perimeter fence, snuck in, re-fuelled the car and drove it away.

The thief still doesn't have his prize, however. After a six-mile police chase he again abandoned the car and ran off. Malaysian police are still looking for him.




[With regard to the title, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_in_Sixty_Seconds_%282000_movie%29]