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Well would you look at that: Ferrari has brought back the manual gearbox. With two large caveats, of course. First there’s a faintly staggering leap in price for the 12Cilindri supercar involved. Second is the fact it’s actually an eight-speed DCT that’s supplemented by a clutch pedal (with 599 GTB weight) and a classic open-gate stick. Lovely idea,…

First question in my head before I bought the i8: it’s a ten year old hybrid, there’s a lot to go wrong, what do I need to be wary of? Type that question into Google and AI will happily feed you every forum horror story. But I have a better solution. Matt Fisher is a…

Here’s TopGear.com’s roving correspondent, Cory Spondent, with his weekly, mostly incorrect exclusives from the world of motoring Cadillac have been controversially promoted to the top of the Formula One constructors’ championship following an ‘extraordinary’ high profile intervention, sources have told TopGear.com. The fledgling American F1 team, currently languishing at the bottom of the standings in…

What in the name of Fisher Price is that? Harsh. This is the Porsche 911 GT3 S/C, and it’s a little bit controversial. Because of the blue paint and red stickers? I get it… Well, yes and no. The red graphics you see above come as part of a new £24,110 Street Style Package, which…

Land Rover has updated its Defender 4×4 with a new trim, a new bodykit, some new paint options… and cut a whopping 93bhp out of its all-singing, all-conquering V8 OCTA. Wait, what now? Buried at the bottom of an information dump focusing on the ‘Vertex’ – we’ll get back to that shortly – is the…

The Hennessey Venom F5-M – which claims to be the most powerful manual production car in history, no less – will make its global public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Thursday. Seriously though, bring ear plugs. It’ll be based in Goodwood’s Supercar Paddock but will run up the hill twice daily over the four-day…

Bentley is almost ready to launch its first electric car, and probably quite worried about how the world will react after the bin fire that was the Ferrari Luce’s debut. Before the grand unveiling (scheduled for 23 September) we have a moody teaser pic and a name. Torcal. Not a reference to the pursuit of…

If someone told you a have-a-go inventor called Wallis had printed out a world beating car in his garage at the end of a sleepy Rugby cul-de-sac, you’d tell them to lay off the Wensleydale at night. But alongside the great British land speed record holders – the likes of Campbell, Segrave, Cobb, Noble and…

Fiat’s little Topolino has barely birthed and we’re already into special edition territory. Launch should see Verdevita (teal green) or Corallo (coral red) as the main shades, but after that, you’re into the new versions. First up is the Sport Special Edition, designed to appeal primarily to the ‘younger audience’ and draw inspiration from the…

The new Popemobile will be a Fiat. Well, sort of. The most Italian manufacturer of cars that cost less than your soul (we’re looking at you, Italian supercars) has done a deal with the Governorate of the Vatican City State to supply it with thirty vehicles – consisting of the aggressively cute, all-electric Topolino and…