Vauxhall has taken the...
Vauxhall has taken the wraps off the hatchback version of the new Vectra - but only in this slightly unusual shot of the whole family. Pictured second from the right, it features a new bumper and restyled tail-lights. On sale in October, it will be the top-seller, accounting for around 80 per cent of UK sales.
It"s the pride and joy...
It"s the pride and joy of enthusiast and mechanical engineer Ron Patrick. "I wanted the wildest street-legal ride possible," he explained. "I don"t know how fast it can go, and probably never will! I built it to thrill me, not kill me - but I can"t resist taking it for the odd "run" up the highway."
Ron modified the super-Bug in his garage in California, US. It runs off two powerplants: a standard Volkswagen petrol unit, which drives the front wheels, and a customised kerosene-fuelled helicopter turboshaft motor giving extra thrust. The gears shift in accordance with Ron"s own design of Cool, Big-Fire and finally Afterburner, to achieve a whopping 1,350bhp.