http://www.topgear.com/News from Top Gearen-GB© Copyright 2000-2010 Top GearTop Gearhttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/nurburgring-snow-covered-lap-formula-race-car-2012-02-09?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/nurburgring-snow-covered-lap-formula-race-car-2012-02-09?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingInstructor takes single-seater out on the slippery surfaces of a cold NürbürgringThu, 09 Feb 2012 13:50:04 ZCall us romantics, but there's something majestic about a single seat race car drifting gracefully along a snow-covered circuit; like a ballet dancer on ice. Case in point, Andy Gülden. He's the chief instructor of the Nürbürgring Driving Academy, and when faced with the troublesome http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/vauxhall-opel-losses-2012-02-09?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/vauxhall-opel-losses-2012-02-09?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingDespite rumours GM may close the marque, Paul Horrell reports there are exciting times aheadThu, 09 Feb 2012 10:50:32 ZIf you follow the business news, you'll soon be reading stories that GM is thinking of closing or selling Vauxhall-Opel. GM's European division announces its 2011 results next week, and leaks say the losses will be "horrendous". We've been seeing hysterical editorials in places like the respected Fohttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/new-mitsubishi-outlander-revealed-2012-02-09?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/new-mitsubishi-outlander-revealed-2012-02-09?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingThe new cars keep coming: third-generation Japanese SUV hits UK this summerThu, 09 Feb 2012 10:00:58 ZThis is the new ALL-NEW Mitsubishi Outlander, set to be officially unveiled at the Geneva show in March before launching in the UK later this year. That's right, Top Gear reader: ALL-NEW and therefore far more interesting than that rusty old £20 million Ferrari 250 GTO from a couple of days aghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/exclusive-car-chase-clip-safe-house-ryan-reynolds-2012-2-9?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/exclusive-car-chase-clip-safe-house-ryan-reynolds-2012-2-9?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingYes, Ryan Reynolds is the guest on this Sunday’s show – here he shows his skills in an exclusive clip from his new film… Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:50:14 ZHe was married to Scarlett Johansson. He was named the sexiest man in the world in 2010. He’s starred in many, many successful films, including X Men Origins: Wolverine, Green Lantern and Blade: Trinity.   And just when life couldn’t get any better for Ryan Reynolds, this wehttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/kia-trackster-revealed-2012-02-08?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/kia-trackster-revealed-2012-02-08?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingCar enthusiasts, salivate! Well, that’s what Kia reckons will happen when you see this…Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:20:46 ZWill Kia ever end its curious war on punctuation? We're still reeling from the full-blooded assault that is the pro-underscore-cee-apostrophe-dee, and yet now we get this, the new Track'ster concept. Built on the Soul, it is a performance-orientated three-door coupe that wants to look like a "bulldhttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/vauxhall-astra-vxr-geneva-motor-show-2012-02-08?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/vauxhall-astra-vxr-geneva-motor-show-2012-02-08?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingYou’ve waited long enough: Vaux’ confirms hottest ever Astra to debut next monthWed, 08 Feb 2012 14:17:36 ZVauxhall has confirmed that next month, at the annual Geneva motor show, it will unveil its Astra VXR to the public for the very first time. This is good news. After all, the standard Astra GTC (on which the VXR sits) graced your Internet screens last June. In November last year, Vauxhall unleashedhttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/classic-ferrari-250-gto-sells-for-20-million-2012-02-07?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/classic-ferrari-250-gto-sells-for-20-million-2012-02-07?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingLadies and gentlemen, meet the most expensive car ever sold in Britain…Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:01:02 ZAnother day, another Ferrari 250 GTO. Today we find news that one of the erstwhile bedroom pin-ups has sold for £20.2 million, thus making it the UK's most expensive automotive sale. This particular car, number 5095, is believed to have been sold by British businessman Jon Hunt who bought thehttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/f1-testing-jerez-lotus-kimi-raikkonen-2012-02-07?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/f1-testing-jerez-lotus-kimi-raikkonen-2012-02-07?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingKimi goes fastest in the first shakedown of the new cars (and their new noses) Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:31:09 ZHear that? Yup, it's the sound of F1 engines bringing 2012 to life. It's also the sound of cobwebs being blown. Get this, after the first morning on the first four days of F1's first of four official pre-season tests... Kimi Räikkönen is heading the time sheets. Testing is a black art. Ithttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/honda-crz-gt300-racer-super-gt-series-2012-02-07?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/honda-crz-gt300-racer-super-gt-series-2012-02-07?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingJapanese carmaker confirms hybrid model for selection in Super GT seriesTue, 07 Feb 2012 12:05:21 ZGood news! Honda has announced it will field a CRZ in the Japanese Super GT series. In a statement, the company said it plans to contest the racing CRZ in the GT300 class, equipping the car with a "racing hybrid system" via Team Mugen through a joint project with M-Tec. This means it will compete http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/toyota-gt86-drifting-japan-2012-02-07?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoinghttp://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/toyota-gt86-drifting-japan-2012-02-07?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ongoingTwo professional racers take the rear-drive Toyota on a sideways odyssey…Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:06:43 ZWe've said it many times before, and we'll say it again: the Toyota GT 86 is refreshingly easy to get sideways. We told you as much when we drove it last month in Spain. But if you still don't believe us, watch the series of moving images below, captured for posterity via a recording instrument for