We’ve managed to get our hands on some archive footage of Jean Ragnotti at the wheel of a variety of RenaultSport products. Enjoy, and let us know what you think.

Take one super-stiff, super-aggressive Lamborghini and chop off its roof… and you should get a bit of a wobbly irrelevance. But you know what? The LP560-4 isn’t so bad. Jethro Bovingdon drives it.

No tracks, no figures, just a week living with the Nissan GT-R. Does it live up to the hype?

The fall-out from the collapse of Chrysler and its re-emergence under Fiat will be widespread. Weeny European hatchbacks will find their way into US showrooms. Union power will be neutralised as an Italian bloke, who will wear a blue round-neck pullover to even the poshest events, takes full control of the company that, get this, once owned Lamborghini. But what about Bristol?

Richard Meaden recently took part in the maddest race in the world – the Nürburgring 24hr, in one of the most exciting new cars on sale in 2009. See how he gets on in our two part video.

It’s with great sadness that we report the death of former TVR boss Peter Wheeler, who passed away last night after a short illness.

Recent developments over at BMW M GmbH have made me wonder if the people running the joint fully understand what it is people like me – and by that I mean M obsessives – want from one of its products.

The last time Lambo built an SV it was that old devil, the Diablo. Now, at last, the Murciélago receives the Super Veloce treatment. Prepare to sell your soul…

The new SV is an even wilder, even faster version of the already insane Murciélago – we’re the first to drive it on track. Richard Meaden swallows a brave pill and tries to beat the GT2’s time around the Silverstone GP circuit

Audi’s R8 is a simply stunning car. Now with V10 power it might just be all the supercar you’ll ever need. Jethro Bovingdon drives it on road and track

It’s easy to sit here in the UK and observe the travails of what was once the world’s largest car manufacturer with a sense of comfortable detachment. Yes, there are several thousands of UK jobs at risk, and we hope that the Magna deal will allow Ellesmere and Luton to continue producing vehicles.

Are 500bhp SUVs a nonsense? Probably. Is Cadwell Park their worst nightmare? Yep. We gather together Porsche Cayenne Turbo, Mercedes ML63 AMG, BMW X6 xDrive50i and the new Audi Q7 6.0 TDI on one of the narrowest and most technical circuits in the UK to see which one is fastest, with the help of a mystery test driver…