Car Culture

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Welcome to Wednesday Want. Each week, our team will pluck a car from our thousands-strong Car Suggestions forum and give it some time in the spotlight. From the weird to the wonderful, we’ll be covering the full automotive spectrum. You can check out past Wednesday Want entries right here.

When you think of a Toyota Prius what’s the first thing that pops into your mind? Eco-friendly? Tree-hugger? Leonardo DiCaprio? Whatever the Prius makes you think, we’re going to guess it’s not ‘fast’.

There is a new definition of insanity, courtesy of Bugatti. Named ‘Chiron’, Chris Harris recently got the opportunity to shake the cylinders of this beast in Oman, following a Top Gear TV filming.

One of the most famous motoring legends is Carroll Shelby’s $100 bill challenge. According to the tales, Shelby would place the bill in the glovebox of a 427 Cobra. Any passenger who could grab the bill under acceleration could keep it, but no-one ever could.

What cars do you associate with movie stars? A Range Rover or Lamborghini, or perhaps a Bentley? How about the Polski Fiat 126p?

It’s rare that you get access to a one-of-six, million dollar supercar, so you have to make the most of it, right?

For many it’s the definitive supercar. It was the first production car to crack 200 mph and the last that Enzo Ferrari himself signed off — and it turns 30 years old today.

There’s a certain charm to an unusual racing car. Something that’s too weird to race, or a car that has too short a career.

The last time Chris Hemsworth was in New York, he helped to demolish a lot of it. Well, at least as “Thor” in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The Dubai police force might be famous for its fleet of supercars, but it has a new challenger. Sussex Police, in the UK, now has a Rolls-Royce Ghost.

A recent commercial released by Audi features a nice easter egg for Gran Turismo fans. Centered around a drag race, the ad utilizes the classic pre-race countdown sound effects.

If you’re worried that your 600hp, V10 supercar isn’t quite as conspicuous as you were hoping, Audi has the solution for you. The marque is soon to release a selection of retrofit goodies for its R8 and TT ranges, under the “Audi Sports Performance Parts” brand.

When it comes to spectacular launch events, one manufacturer has the rest of them licked.

The latest trailer for Season 2 of the Amazon show The Grand Tour hit the web earlier this week.

Formula One cars, we’re told, are very hard to drive.

When it comes to obscure, shed-built performance cars, there’s no country quite like the UK.

There’s a something endearing about about a performance badge applied to a highly unsuitable car.

This week’s Want is one of the most spectacular cars produced in the Noughties, and also one of the oddest.

For this week’s Want we’re looking at one of the most heinously overlooked performance cars of the 1990s.