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On display at the Petersen museum, the best of the worst!

They're so bad they're good, these cars, good enough to warrant a museum exhibit. Starting Feb. 28 and running through the end of September, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles celebrates all that is good about bad car ideas in an exhibit titled "What Were They Thinking?" Sure, there are Edsels and Amphicars.

Skelta G-Force and Skelta Spyder in UK

The aesthetically challenged - but enormously powerful - Skelta G-Force What on earth is a Skelta, you may quite reasonably ask. It’s a thug of a road-going track car from the Land Down Under is what it is. And it’s about to land on our shores to serve up some Aussie-style  thrills to buyers.

Honda Civic Type R UK sales to cease

The Honda Civic Type R is dead. Or it is at least in Europe, as the high-revving, naturally aspirated 2.0-litre engine that powers Honda's hot hatch can't meet forthcoming emissions requirements  That's right – the Civic Type R can’t meet the latest Euro5 emissions regulations that come into force at the end of 2010, meaning in the UK and most other European countries (a tiny handful have Euro5 exemption) the Civic Type R will cease to be. If you live outside Europe then you’re still in luck as the Swindon-built Type R will continue to be sold in markets as far afield as Australia and South Africa.