It's Bonfire Night! Celebrate with our finest smokin' car pics

Bonfire night. Traditionally an evening where families gather to watch a Catholic mannequin go up in flames, while gangs of youths set off fireworks into their own midriffs.

But at TG, we celebrate the smokiest night of the year in rather more wholesome fashion: with burnouts.

In honour of damp gunpowder, or whatever it is we’re supposed to be celebrating on this most special of days, we’ve corralled together some of our finest tyre-smoking photos from recent years for your ocular enjoyment.

From flamin’ Fiestas to fiery F-Types and ablaze AMGS – rather a lot of ablaze AMGs, in fact – join us in a click-through, tyre-torturing tribute to one of the finest phenomena in motoring. The burnout.

And remember kids: smoking kills. Tyres, mostly.

Car: Aston Martin Vantage GT12
Smoke rating: Smoggy

Car: BMW M5 25 Jahre
Smoke rating: Patchy fog

Car: Ford Focus RS500
Smoke rating: Front-wheel-drive-tastic

Car: Porsche 911 997 GT3 RS 3.8 (we think)
Smoke rating: Bronchitis-inducing

Car: Mercedes C63 AMG Black
Smoke rating: Havana cigar

Car: Ken Block’s Ford Fiesta RS
Smoke rating: Hoonsome

Car: Mercedes SLS Black
Smoke rating: Cumulo-cumulo-nimbus

Car: Jaguar F-Type Project 7
Smoke rating: Filterless Stigarette

Car: BMW M4
Smoke rating: Lightly grilled

Car: Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
Smoke rating: Total whiteout

Car: Ford Mustang (and a reluctant Audi TT)
Smoke rating: Team America

Car: Mercedes-AMG C63 (and VW Golf R)
Smoke rating: Antisocial behaviour

Car: Mazda Furai
Smoke rating: Um, yeah, that’s actually on actual fire. To find out exactly what happened to Mazda’s amazing rotary-engined concept, hit these words. And, in anticipation, sorry.