The wheel thing?

Investigating the second-hand tyre market, Auto Express magazine bought 15 from independent traders and scrap dealers in London, Glasgow, Manchester, West Yorkshire and the West Midlands, for as little as £5. And of the 15, the number found to be illegal was...15. Could be a false economy.

Girl power

Yet more evidence that women are better drivers than men: of nearly 200,000 people who called the AA for motor insurance quotes, 16.9 per cent of men had at least one driving conviction compared to just 11.5 per cent of women. Meaning men are 50 per cent more likely to have done something wrong than women.

Knowing me, knowing cars

It seems they could have finally found a Clarkson replacement for Top Gear: Brendan 'Brother of Steve' Coogan. Brendan, four years younger than Steve, has presented the Channel 5 programme: The Mag. He seems ideal for the job - in an interview for the Mirror he described his car/transportation as 'the number 17 bus'.

Quote of the Week

'Honda has decided to become a sort of automotive Eagle Eye Cherry, a snow-boarding 'yoof' with a chiselled jaw and a torso the shape of Dairylea cheese. Its new car is aimed at Britain's drug-crazed youngsters, perhaps why it's called the High Riding Vehicle, or HR-V. Great name - only two stops down the line from the Honda HRT homeland.' Jeremy Clarkson, Sunday Times.