...it seemed appropriate that I should develop some kind of illness. This is a good idea when you are at a loose end because everything, up to and including herpes, is better than being bored.

Koenigsegg are saying that the CCX is more comfortable. More comfortable than what BEING STABBED?

Supercars are supposed to run over Arthur Scargill and then run over him again for good measure. They are designed to melt ice caps, kill the poor, poison the water table, destroy the ozone layer, decimate indigenous wildlife, recapture the Falkland Islands and turn the entire third world into a huge uninhabitable desert, all that before they nicked all the oil in the world.

This is perfect for India because everyone who comes here gets the trots.

They are by far the worst drivers. They are spiteful, dithering, old and in the way. They should have their licences taken away.

I mean its a weekly occurrence that somebody will complain that Top Gear was on last night - and you just sit back and wait for the complaints. But if you start to pay attention to everyones concerns, you end up with something bland and boring. So you sort of have to ignore everybody in order to do the show how we want to do it.

Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.