Brendan posted a poll on PetrolPrices.com asking should Top Gear be axed after the unfortunate accident with Richard Hammond. A day after it was posted it has raised over 3000 comments. That’s something to stir up debate.

According to Autoblog, airbags have just celebrated their 35th birthday. You’ve got to say, they are a brilliant invention, supposedly coming from military missile technology it’s one instance where a good thing has come from a technology meant to harm people.

Channel 4 are running an Ultimate Car competition with the prize being a portable DVD player with a couple of headrest screens.
Channel 4 claim it will:

"test your knowledge of motors classic and modern, cars in the movies, famous drivers, cars in songs, motoring history, and all things automotive."

Worth a shot, if only to see what you know about cars. Competition closes 4th Nov 2005.

BBC has put together a guide to buying a new car on their site. It’s fairly basic, but it does show that they are serious about trying to make their motoring pages about a little more than Top Gear news. The same goes for other TV channels motoring and cars sections. It’s great to be able to log in to a trusted source and find out about buying a new car rather than browsing opinions and blogs like this one.

There has been a bit of exposure recently for the Commuter Car Corporation when George Clooney was spotted whizzing off in one of their Electric Tango cars. It really looks like half a car but with 0-60 in 4 seconds and 150mph top speed it’s going to feel like a motorbike.