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Bloodhound 1000mph World Speed Record attempt goes carbon neutral. Piffle.

Richard Noble’s Bloodhound Land Speed Record attempt will now be carbon neutral thanks to sponsorship by Carbon Neutral Investments (CNI). People like Richard Noble – leader of the Bloodhound Project aiming to break the 1000mph land speed record – are made of the same stuff as Spitfire pilots and Biggles, with a gung-ho approach to the inherent dangers and an inability to contemplate failure; British Bulldog Spirit at its best. So it seems almost sad that a proper Boy’s Own adventure like the Bloodhound SSC – a 133,000bhp rocket and jet powered racing car – should bow to trendy PC sensibilities by announcing it’s a ‘Carbon Neutral’ project.

Top Gear Tonight: Spitfire Bentley, V12 BMW Brutus, Track Day Cars & SIARPC is Alex James

Jeremy goes vintage Supecar blatting Top Gear Series 18 Episode 6 tonight sees a vintage BMW and Bentley on track, Track Day Cars and Alex James from Blur is SIARPC. Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun? Series 18 of Top Gear is almost over as tonight’s episode – episode 6 – is the penultimate of the latest series.

The Porsche 911: the car that shouldn’t work but does

Humanity might struggle perpetually with questions like the meaning of life, but it does know one thing for sure: rear engine cars are bad. Like a sling shot, the heavy engine at the back is always trying to overtake the driver in front. Anyone can understand that.Yet the Porsche 911 - one of the fastest cars on the market, and one of the most enduring in history - has its engine at the back.