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One Lap of the Web: 1980s collectibles, McLaren F1 video and snow tires for all

-- It may not be the newest supercar, but few would argue the McLaren F1's place near the top of the all-time greats list. Now you can relive the car's 241-mph top speed run from 1998 in this full-length video. -- Hagerty's Jonathan Stein considers now-classic cars and the joys of using them as they were intended: In the white stuff with a set of snow tires.

Lotus not liquidating

When a storied car brand moves only 137 units in a year in the UK and 242 in the US, predictions of said marque's demise carry a certain amount of weight -- 137 is not exactly a number that makes an automaker too big to fail. When the manufacturer in question shows up on a government list of companies to be shut down, brand-enthusiast hearts get heavy; the early stages of mourning kick in. But when the company in question is Lotus, the enthusiast thinks to himself, “Eh, they've been in dire straits before.

Top Gear Tonight: Road Trip to Ukraine, Zenvo ST1 & SIARPC is James Blunt

Jeremy Clarkson with the Zenvo ST1 on tonight’s Top Gear Top gear returns tonight for episode three, and we have a road trip by our intrepid trio as they take three small hatchbacks for an adventure on the Crimean Peninsula. Jeremy Clarkson takes the new VW up! city car, Richard Hammond has the Ford Fiesta and James May the Dacia Sander (what else could he have taken?) as the boys traverse one of the biggest countries in Europe (and encounter many lorries, it seems).