And in other news, the New York Times is reporting that General Motors has managed to find a buyer for its troubled Saab unit:

Koenigsegg, a small company with just 45 staff that makes only a handful of cars a year, came out of nowhere to emerge as a front-runner to buy Saab.

This is a boutique automobile manufacturer that yearly produces less than twenty units of it’s only model offering, the ultra-exclusive exotic sports car, the CCX. A rather surprising turn of events, indeed. One wishes the new company well.

After the jump: Top Gear‘s Jeremy Clarkson reviews the CCX:

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This is a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti.  It has twelve cylinders, four seats, and two doors.  It costs as much as twelve Toyota Priuses. It does zero to sixty in 4.2 seconds and has a top speed of 195 miles per hour. I think it’s one of the most beautiful cars they’ve ever built.

But if you buy one, you’ll need to be very careful on the ride home, as you’ll see after the jump.

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When America does a big-budget TV show, you get something like Lost, or maybe CSI. But when the Brits do one, you get this:

This is a Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe.  It costs a great deal of money.  Eddie Murphy has one, and so does Beckham. You can get yours with a brushed stainless steel hood and teak on the back, like a fine yacht.

And as sure as night follows day, some philistine has fucked one up.

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The driver of this Audi R8, undoubtedly male, who managed to take up four handicap spaces:

Surprisingly, this took place in Canada.  I thought all Canadians were polite.

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Because none of you bothered to get up off your asses and buy a Solstice or a G8, GM’s “excitement” division will go the way of Oldsmobile and Plymouth:

Pontiac is a brand of automobiles produced since 1926 and sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico by General Motors (GM), marketed as an “athletic” brand specializing in mainstream performance vehicles.

On April 27, 2009, amid ongoing financial problems and restructuring efforts, GM announced that it would phase out the Pontiac brand by the end of 2010 and focus on four core brands in the U.S.: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, and GMC.^[1]

In my opinion it was badge-engineering that killed Pontiac (an Impala is a Catalina is an Olds 88 is a Lesabre is a Sedan de Ville).  Why buy a car from Pontiac if Chevy offered the same car for less money?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcveU2SqnsM

French stunt driver, stock (or nearly so) Fiats.