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they've been playing around with the microwave again

If you squint it actually looks like Sarah Palin

As it's a speculative rendering from Autoexpress we can safely assume the real thing will look nothing like this

@Charles_Barrett: I'm guessing that The Graduate did a huge job of raising the profile of the Alfa Spyder, and Italian convertibles in general, in the States. Didn't do much for them in the long term in that market though…

@mtdrv: I keep forgetting how gullible you guys are!

you don't really need to go to Africa to see cars like that, rural France is full of them!

Question: with the possible exception of James Bond ( and that would be in the realms of fantasy for the vast majority of us) has anybody ever seen a car in a movie and thought "gosh I must have that car" and gone out and bought one?

The other Veyron crash was in Surrey which borders Berkshire, they are both in the "stock-broker" belt, so prime D-bag territory

I understand Mayor Boris is working on a scaled up version that can drive along the side of buildings to solve London's congestion problems for when he gets rid of the congestion charge

Maybe they're not going to do their live show in the US because of whatever deal they have made with Top Gear America? Anyway you're welcome to them and you can have Mayor Boris as well if you want

I hope they remembered to pay the Inner London Congestion Charge, I'm sure they succeeded in creating plenty…

If Ford wants to revive Mercury why don't they make an updated version of this? There is such a preponderance of intimidating looking grills being slapped onto the front of even the most innocuous cars, the Cougar seems to do understated and scary at the same time

Given the Palin's penchant for naming their kids after, well just about anything, I'm amazed that one of them is called Mustang or even Grande

Just because a car has a low low mileage and is getting on years doesn't make it collectible/a classic. Suppose you buy it and use it as your daily driver, pretty soon that odometer is gonna be spinning its way through the 20s and 30s and your "Chrylserati" aint gonna seem so special any more

They've taken away just a bit too much body work, give it back some doors and maybe a removable roof and I'd be wanting to hire one next time I'm planning a beach holiday

The Stag has wire wheels! And it's BRG! I'm so there

perhaps they'll just bang it in the microwave like they do their concept cars?

I have an Audi pen-knife which looked quite cool (brushed stainless steel with black rubber grips) but actually fell apart quite quickly so totally failed to fulfil Audi's reputation for build quality

Here in London it really depends on which part of London, but Astons seem to be driven by a high proportion of DBags (I was nearly run over by one recently cutting a corner and driving through a red light, talking on his mobile phone) and the ones that can't afford an Aston Martin usually drive BMWs (without…