http://www.topgear.com/News from Top Gearen-GB© Copyright 2000-2010 Top GearTop Gearhttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/subaru-forester-dakar-2009-11-18?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/subaru-forester-dakar-2009-11-18?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingScooby’s SUV gets ready to take on the world’s most brutal rally raceWed, 18 Nov 2009 23:49:34 ZIt may no longer be held anywhere near Dakar, but the Dakar rally is still genuinely, genuinely mental. If you’re going to take the 6000-mile assault across South America – an assault crossing some of the most brutal terrain on earth, including the Atacama desert and the Andes &ndashttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/luca-di-montezemolo-beach-ferrari-2009-11-18?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/luca-di-montezemolo-beach-ferrari-2009-11-18?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingWatch Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo ditch Alonso and Massa in a gravel trapThu, 19 Nov 2009 00:30:09 ZAs Ferrari chairman, what could be more pleasant than a gentle drive around the Valencia race track in a shiny red California, with your two F1 drivers perched happily on the back?  A chance for you – Luca di Montezemolo, for that is who you are – to show off Fernando Alonso and Felhttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/maserati-gc-2009-11-17?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/maserati-gc-2009-11-17?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingWe’ve got all the figures on Maser’s gorgeous new convertible, and an exclusive photoshoot. Enjoy…Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:11:54 ZOur pics of the Maserati Maserati has the released UK prices that'll set the tone for the rest of the globe for the GranCabrio - the four-seater soft-top favoured by every octogenarian female! - and, as you doubtless guessed, it is Not Especially Cheap. Prices start at just over £95,000,http://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/finns-crashing-2009-11-17?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/finns-crashing-2009-11-17?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingEveryone loves a good rally crash, but no one more than those crazy FinnsTue, 17 Nov 2009 22:58:45 ZRemember, a couple of series ago, when James headed to Finland to find out what makes Finnish drivers so damn quick?   Well, we think we've figured it out.   Crashing. Lots of crashing.   An enterprising soul on YouTube has put together this most excellent compilation of Finnish rallyhttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/bugatti-crash-2009-11-16?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/bugatti-crash-2009-11-16?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingYes, the clip of the Veyron plunging into a Texan lagoon has hit in the internet. Watch and wince…Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:04:33 ZLast week, we showed you a tragic video of a Bugatti Veyron drowning slowly in a Texan lagoon. This video made us sad. Now, improbably, footage has surfaced of the multi-million dollar hypercar actually plunging into the water. (Thanks to all those who tipped us off, by the way.) We can't decide whttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/CGI-pantural-2009-11-12?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/CGI-pantural-2009-11-12?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingAzerbaijani designer creates amazing CGI renderings of American metalSun, 15 Nov 2009 23:42:40 ZWhen the creative director of Top Gear magazine mails a link around the office with the subject line, ‘The future is this stuff', you'd be silly not to sit up and pay attention. The link points to a YouTube page featuring some awesome CGI work from an Azerbaijani designer called PanTural. Ifhttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/bmw-m3-gts-2009-11-11?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/bmw-m3-gts-2009-11-11?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingBMW takes its lightweight, hotted-up CSL successor for a spin round the circuitWed, 11 Nov 2009 22:44:28 ZIf, for some inexplicable reason you weren't excited by BMW's announcement last week of the M3 GTS - the spiritual successor to the lightweight, hardcore CSL - we have just the tonic. Here's a quick video of the GTS spinning on its SEMA show stand - and, more importantly, spinning around a deshttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/schumacher-benetton-f1-2009-11-12?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/schumacher-benetton-f1-2009-11-12?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingBig Schu’s Hill-bashing 1994 F1 car is up for sale on eBay... for many millions of EurosSun, 15 Nov 2009 23:03:50 ZHow much would you pay for arguably the most infamous car in F1 history? Michael Schumacher's championship-winning Benetton B194 is up for sale on eBay... and bidding currently stands at 2.6 million euro. That’s the very car used by Schumi in 1994 to completely-accidentally-but-quite-comprehhttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/zenvo-2009-11-12?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/zenvo-2009-11-12?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingDenmark’s first-ever supercar – the Zenvo ST1 – promises 823kW and lots of pointy bitsSun, 15 Nov 2009 22:55:25 ZIf you are - as the Zenvo ST1 claims to be - Denmark's first supercar, you want to do the job properly. Uphold national pride and all that. Which is why, if you are Denmark's first supercar, you should not limit yourself to either a turbocharger or a supercharger. If you are Denmark's first supercahttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/nascar-chinook-2009-11-11?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/nascar-chinook-2009-11-11?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingHow does a NASCAR pace car get to races? On a freakin’ Chinook, that’s how…Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:42:41 ZWe've never really paid much attention to how pace cars turn up at race tracks. We always assumed they just, sort of, drove there. But at last weekend's NASCAR race at the Texas Motor Speedway (somewhere in the US, so we're told), the Chevrolet Camaro SS pace car demonstrated that there's only o