One Lap of the Web: A rally car drinks beer

-- Thierry Neuville was somewhere on his way back to the pits after finishing the final stage of the WRC Mexico when his Hyundai i20 rally car sprung a leak: The hole in the radiator was bleeding coolant at a frightening rate. If Neuville didn't make the 33 kilometers back, he would lose his second place standing behind Volkswagen and all would be lost. (Alas, them's the breaks in the sometimes-quixotic rulebook of the World Rally Championship.) Well, lucky for Neuville, his sponsors at Corona had presented him with a massive bottle of beer, which he then proceeded to pour into the radiator.

Gilt Groupe promotes Land Rover deal

The Gilt Groupe puts people in glamorous gowns and swanky hotel rooms at steep discounts. Now, the e-commerce site is putting customers in the driver's seat of fancy cars. With the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Package, on sale at gilt.com until Oct.

London Motor Show Video Highlights | 2008 British International Motor Show | CAR Magazine Online

By Tim Pollard Motor Shows 25 June 2008 09:00 Being incapable of time travel, we haven’t yet filmed at the 2008 London motor show – but you can watch some of our videos from previous motor shows on our media player below. Just scroll through the playlist and pick a video you want to watch and then click play. We’ll update this page after the show with all the latest video news from the London motor show 2008.