And then there's the Smart with a Hyabusa engine! Hoonage!

Fifth Gear crashed an old spec Smart into a concrete barrier at 70mph - and it stood up better than you might think - better than a lot of bigger cars. Vid on youtube.....

Interesting advertising strategy - mention Lexus twice, but Ford only once.

interestingly, it's always been an offense to smoke while driving in the British Army. They really don't like distractions while at the wheel.

Just seen the trailer for this weekends Top Gear - they take a Reliant Robin - fibreglass bodied 3 wheeler affectionately known as the "Plastic Pig" - and turn it into the space shuttle - complete with booster rockets. Or at least the Hamster and Captain Slow do - there's no sign of Clarkson - I'm hoping he's the one…

The Big Stig was good this week. Want to see more of him.

Oh - and this is the error.....

Listen, I've already sent 2 emails to the editor and no result so I'll say it here.....

yes, but what's the betting that within ten years, Walmart buys Ford.

That'll solve the environmental crisis - a flying car that uses more gas than a helicopter of the same capacity (according to Wired magazine).

That's a Westfield, not a Caterham.

If only the pilot had been the guy with the check shirt and beercan who keeps standing in front of the camera, how much funnier it would hyave been.

And don't forget the Daimler Dart (SP250) - which has to be a candidate for the best sounding car of all time.

Equus? Wasn't that about killing horses while having a hard on?

Are these the same guys who make a replica of a Jag Mk11 from a Nissan Micra? - possibly the ugliest car in the world.

Beats the crap out of those 1/10 scale radio control monster trucks though?

It's a cut a shut made from two Reliant Robins

Another reason the film made no sense is that in the original novel by Roger Zelazny, the hero of the piece was a Hells Angel - and in the film he was an army type (Major I think).

Is this robot powered by some kind of alcohol based fuel?

Aaaarg - The blue screen of death while doing a lap of Monza - it doesn't bear thinking about