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Fifth Gear Tonight: Drifting, Mercedes SL, Ferrari World Record & Nitrogen in tyres

Fifth Gear tonight sees Jonny learning to drift, Vicki out at the Ferrari world record gathering, Jason with the new Mercedes SL and Tiff on Nitrogen in tyres. Our weekly preview of what’s on Fifth Gear continues with news of what Fifth Gear has on offer tonight, 11th March 2013. Jonny turns in to Tiff Needell tonight as he learns how to Drift cars – in this case a a specially modified BMW M5 – ahead of competing in the famous Gatebil show in Norway, with tuition from 2011 British drift Champion Mark Carter.

Koenigsegg Agera R smashes six Guinness world records: Video

Koenigsegg, our favorite hard-to-pronounce Swedish supercar manufacturer, got the word on Wednesday that its latest car has broken six world records. The Agera R, which uses a twin-turbocharged 5.0-liter V8 engine, sprinted from 0 to 300 kph (186.4 mph) in a Stephen Hawking-impressing 14.53 seconds. For us nonmetric types, the Agera R also went from 0 to 200 mph in 17.68 seconds; both runs were verified with a Racelogic VBox recorder.

Skoda drives along Popular memory lane

A EUROPEAN car enthusiast is recreating a remarkable British journey first completed 90 years ago by a famous Czech writer, and is driving a 77-year-old Skoda Popular. The milestone car, Skoda's first to sell in big numbers across Europe, is well into a three-week journey around the UK in the hands of car nut Zdeněk Vacek, starting and finishing at the Czech Embassy in London and visiting many of the cities featured in famous Czech writer Karel Čapek's 1924 tome Letters from England. The Popular itself can celebrate its 80th birthday at the same time, having first appeared to widespread acclaim in 1934.