Ten things we learned this week: 15 July 2016 edition

Tennisist Andy Murray won his second Wimbledon title last week, defeating Canadian Milos Raonic in straight sets in the final on Centre Court.

Cue irrepressible jubilation from the watching crowd, the British public and, um, Jaguar, who has been ferrying the world No. 2 around SW19 in an F-Pace for the duration of the tournament.

To mark his triumph, Jag served up a new logo for Murray’s “bespoke” vehicle, labelling it ‘The Official Car of The Champion’.

When the 29-year-old finally gets to drive it himself, he’ll undoubtedly be impressed by the F-Pace’s 47.1mpg figure, which will ensure plenty of miles before he runs out of deuce.

Nearly a month has passed since Ford claimed an historic victory in the GTE Pro class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, exactly 50 years on from its first overall win there in 1966.

But it seems celebrations are still ongoing. At the company’s HQ in Dearborn, Michigan, Ford lit up its offices to spell out the message ‘GT WINS AT LE MANS’ on the side of the building earlier this week.

Full marks for effort, although it's been slightly scuppered by the tree line. 8/10.

The Focus RS’s deeply entertaining ‘Drift Mode’ has angered a bunch of Australian road safety campaigners, who have called on Ford to disable it because, in the words of the head of the Pedestrian Council of Australia, “a disclaimer is not going to stop an idiot from trying [to drift] on public roads”.

If you don’t know what we’re talking about, then you need to visit TG.com more often. Drift Mode is a selectable drive mode in the new Focus RS – TG’s Car of The Year – that instructs its torque-vectoring AWD to let you pull massive drifts. 

Like the Mustang's Line-Lock feature, which lets you pull massive burnouts (and, incidentally, is disabled in Australia), it is hilarious. And for your sake Aussies, we hope you get to keep it. For track use only, obviously.

Back in the day, buying a car used to be simple. You’d walk into a dealer, select the car you’d like, choose a colour from a limited range, pick a set of wheels, haggle for free mats and flaps, pay the money and drive out. Easy. 

These days, there’s a seemingly limitless amount of options for each car that can be exclusively tailored to your tastes. This adds a bespoke element to your car while also lining the pockets of the manufacturer that makes it. Pretty much every carmaker offers some sort of tailoring service now, but the new big thing is atelier-style showrooms. 

These fancy Dulux Mixlab-cum-fashion houses experiment with colours, textures and fabrics and generally let your imagination run wild. Then, good or bad, you can digitally render ideas onto your car before coughing up the cash to pay for it. 

This week, Lamborghini got in on the act by revealing its Ad Personam Studio at the company's headquarters in Sant’Agata Bolognese.  Located in the middle of the production facility, it's a place where you can see cow hides in pretty every colour imaginable and place them wherever you like on the car. We're told, not much is off the cards. So if you're listening Mr Blobby, now's the time for that yellow spotted pink Aventador. 

This week, Elon Musk made the Model X cheaper by offering a new, lower-powered, more affordable option to the range called the Tesla Model X ‘60D’. Admittedly, it’s £64,100, which is still expensive. However, if you're a Tesla fan, you can now feel like a Tesla owner for a slither of the cost. How? By charging your phone via a miniature Supercharger – just like the car. 

It's all thanks to a Tesla enthusiast named Martin Hansen. He's created a set of  blueprints so anyone can purchase or 3D print their own Supercharger. Look at it, just look at it! It's a baby Supercharger. How cute. 

It works with either a Micro USB or Lightning cable and costs $109. That's your Tesla fanboy of a friend's Christmas present sorted then. 

Lotus is set to build 10 of these special Blue and Orange Edition Evora 400s to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the founding of its Hethel factory. The livery was picked by Lotus fans on social media, where it was voted on alongside other colour combos from the company’s past. It is, of course, a homage to the Gulf colour scheme.

The blue, orange and white livery is complemented by black wheels and red brake calipers. It’s the work of Lotus Exclusive, which is like Hethel’s version of Aston Martin’s Q division, and offers buyers personalisation options beyond the normal options list. 

Kind of. Fiat Chrysler has announced it’s joining Telsa and Uber by offering rewards to people who can successfully hack into its cars. The idea is to identify possible hacks, and then remedy them before anyone has a chance to exploit them for real.

Hackers can submit information to Bugcrowd, which bills itself as a 'crowdsourced application security testing company'. Phew. Bugcrowd then passes the info on to FCA, which offers rewards of between $150 and $1500 depending on the severity of the vulnerability. More

Good news, Toyotaphiles! To celebrate the legendary (but not exactly enthralling) Corolla nameplate, Toyota has decided to make a limited-run Corolla Axio '50 Limited' throwback version for the home market.

Limited to just 500 units, the celebratory edition is based on the standard Axio but has spangly take like bi-beam LED headlights, a new lower front grille, side skirts, 16-inch alloy wheels, and LED taillights.

Unfortunately, the 1.5-litre hybrid engine and electric CVT gearbox remain. So it’s cute but by no means exciting. A bit like the Corolla badge really. And don’t forget, it’s the best-selling name badge in the biz. In July 2013, Toyota breached 40 million Corollas around the world. Which is a lot of Corollas.