1. A quad bike with a Ferrari V8 is exactly as terrifying as you'd expect
French firm sticks 250bhp Italian lump in a very small quad bike. It looks brilliantly evil. It costs £155,000. For some reason this doesn't seem a ridiculous sum of money.
Advertisement - Page continues below2. Wearing Google Glass while driving will get you in trouble
Californian woman gets traffic ticket for wearing Google's future-specs on the interstate. Oh, and for doing 80mph in a 65mph zone.
Source: BBC3. Daihatsu is going FC-ing mad for the Tokyo show
As well as a reborn Copen concept, dinky Daihatsu will also show this excellent mini-truck in Tokyo. It's called the FC凸DECK. We don't know how to pronounce FC凸DECK. Probably better we don't try.
Advertisement - Page continues below4. You lot really don't like the Fiat Multipla
We told you our 13 worst cars of the last 20 years. Then you told us yours. Fiat's bug-eyed MPV came up a lot. Is now the time to mention we crowned it one of our top 50 cars of the last two decades?
5. If this animated in-car message board gets made there will be a lot of road rage
Canadian company ‘Drivemotion' is seeking Kickstarter funding for its rear-window-mounted LED board. This is possibly the worst idea in history.
6. Subaru is sending out hidden messages with its Tokyo concept
Boxer-engined estate concept is called ‘Levorg'. Apparently this is an amalgamation of the words ‘Legacy', ‘Revolution' and ‘Touring'. But read it backwards and it spells GROVEL. They're trying to tell us something, aren't they?
7. Tom Cruise isn't tall enough to play Carroll Shelby
Mr Mission Impossible is lined up to play Ford's legendary race boss in a big-screen adaptation of A J Baime's Go Like Hell. Shelby stood well over six feet tall. Cruise... doesn't. But hey, at least the boy can drive.
Advertisement - Page continues below8. Crashing a Ferrari makes it more valuable
You can buy a decent Ferrari Dino for about £20,000. But if you want Bertrand Lavier's smashed-up version, you'll have to pay £156,000. Because it's art, daahling.
9. If you want a driving licence in Sierra Leone, you must play a board game
West African nation's police force release ‘Scrabble-style' game to raise driving standards. Do not pass go. Do not collect £200.
Advertisement - Page continues below10. The Lexus IS300h is no Tony Hart
Toyota's posh division has developed a saloon that paints its driver. Badly. The TG boys' art-car mastery remain unchallenged, we think.
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