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Toyota recalls 86,500 hybrids in the U.S, 250,000 cars total

Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 242,000 hybrid vehicles worldwide, including 86,500 Toyota Prius and Lexus HS 250h hybrids in the United States, to fix a braking glitch. The problem affects only model year 2010 Prius and HS 250h vehicles.

Top 5 most important cars at the 2013 Frankfurt motor show

The five most important memorable cars in attendance at the world’s biggest motor show Nothing is as controversial as irritating your core enthusiasts, and the Audi Sport Quattro concept risks doing just that. Its name and styling riff off one of the most iconic cars in Audi’s back catalogue – and in WRC history – yet the new yellow version unveiled at the 2013 Frankfurt motor show has abandoned the five-cylinder engine, manual gearbox, and respectable kerbweight of the 2010 Quattro concept. In its place, we’ve an RS7-based coupe with the power of a Lamborghini Aventador (691bhp), twice the claimed economy of a Golf GTD (113mpg), but only because of a twin-turbo V8 mated to a hefty hybrid powertrain, and that means this new Sport Quattro weighs as much as a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (1845kg).

Morgan AeroMax For Sale: Hammond Morgan – just one prang

Richard Hammond's Morgan Aeromax is up for grabs at £100k As well as the joy of having a BBC budget to play with endless cars around the world, being a Top Gear presenter is also quite lucrative. Beyond the not inconsiderable salaries attached to presenting TG, the profile Top Gear affords has made stars out of the previously unknown Hammond and May, presented them with other lucrative presenting jobs and let their every uttering in print hit the best-seller lists. Captain slow may drive a Panda around town, but he has an F430 for play.