Gallery: the extra mile

The Porsche 911 is 50, and this photo is awesome.

Talking of Porsches, this 1963 Volkswagen 23-Window Type 2 just sold at auction for $126,500. That's £82,602 in real money. Gott im himmel.

As the sun returns, so do the supercars of London. Here's our feature from last year. Check THAT out - a One-77 on the street!

We recently learned from the DVLA that the Lotus Elan is the hardiest classic car... in the world. And by that we mean number of cars still taxed or SORN'd versus the number built in the first place.

8955 were built, 2151 are still taxed, and 1210 are SORN'd. That's a survival rate of 37.5%. Perhaps Lotus should start building these again...?

Another week, another Mercedes anniversary. This time the W100 ‘Grosser', or ‘Big' in English. Happy 50th, Big. Now buy this one. Please. Or we might, and our Mum would kill us.

Volkswagen plans to line up with three Polo R WRCs for the first time at the Rally Portugal. Please build a road-goer, VW.

Hyundai's building a WRC racer too. It's based on the i20 and has the uncanny ability to make our root fizz at 100 paces.

Vauxhall tells us that Everton and England international footballist, Phil Jagielka, has taken delivery of an Ampera. Which reminded us of the time we drove one across the sea on very thin ice in Estonia. Buttocks were clenched. We were nearly killed. Business as usual.

While driving the new Nissan Leaf, we noticed it was actually quite good fun. Not, perhaps, as fun as this pure electric Enfield dragster, being built by Jonny Smith.

An RWB Porsche 964 spotted. Worth the crooked neck.