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Mandelson to announce help for car makers

Lord Mandelson is the man charged with finding ways to fund UK Car purchases (yes, he of the dodgy mortgage debacle – at least he should know a few tricks!) as the credit crunch has dried up funding, leading to an unprecedented drop in new car sales in the UK. Mandelson is due to make a statement in the Lords just after 3pm today, outlining the help the government is going to offer to ailing car makers. Central to this package is expected to be a funding channel directly from the Bank of England to inject liquidity in to the car financing sector.

Ferrari SP FFX revealed – it’s not a looker

The one-off Ferrari SP FFX – complete with white fringe and coupe roof. Ferrari Special Operations is the division of Ferrari that relieves very well-heeled punters of vast quantities of cash to create one-off specials – just like Eric Clapton’s Ferrari SP12 EC. But a big bank account doesn’t necessarily equate to great taste, at least not if the only image we have of Ferrari’s latest one-off creation – the Ferrari SP FFX – is anything to go by.

Never heard of the Pebble Beach-winning Voisin? You're not alone

If you're a car enthusiast, you likely heard that the Best in Show winner at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance was a 1934 Voisin C-25 Aerodyne. Upon hearing the news, you then asked, "A what?" Voisin isn't exactly Chevrolet. Even within the pantheon of expired French car makes, it's overshadowed by the original Bugatti and Hispano-Suiza.