Gallery: the extra mile

This 1973 Leyland P76 is currently batting its way from Peking to Paris, driven by 81-year-old Gerry Crown and his teammate Matt Bryson. Oh, and they're winning the rally. Age, dear TopGear.commers, is but a number.

Hey, Audi - whaddayagonnado about the SLS ED nicking the EV Nurburgring lap record from you?

The 3.8-litre twin turbo V8 petrol engine from McLaren Automotive has claimed victory at the 2013 International Engine of the Year awards. Which is quite dull. Luckily, this picture of it isn't.

PREPARE YOUR RED TROUSERS - Salon Privé, the UK's fancypants fast-cars-on-a-lawn event has announced details of its 2013 lineup. And Spyker's coming. Mmmm, B6Venator...

We're not really sure why Mini sent us this pic, but they tell us it's to celebrate the Porsche 911's 50th birthday. Which seems odd. We can only deduce that a bum-engined flat-six Cooper's on the way*

*probably not on the way.

Unfortunately named fridge purveyor, Smeg, has teamed up with Fiat to create the ‘500'. Cool?

If you'd like to see many 911s in the same place, go to this year's Silverstone Classic (26-28 July) - organisers tell us more than 1000 are showing up.

A multiple championship-winning French GT team are going to run this profoundly evil-looking JR Motorsports-built Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 at the GT Tour. Nice. Bon chance.

This is Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen on their way to eighth place at the Acropolis Rally. Sand, meet intimate gentleman regions.

We've been playing with the F-Type again, which has given us a tenuous excuse to post this picture of its spiritual predecessor.