After the responsibility and level headedness demonstrated by my last post, it must be time to look at something totally irresponsible, insane and outrageous. How about the fastest production car in the world, the Bugatti Veyron?

Of course, it’s lovely, apart from the attempt to fit in the Bugatti grille with modern supercar styling, but they were always going to have difficulty with that - absolutely necessary, however, to persuade us that the car has some sort of remote connection with the real Bugattis of the 1920s and 1930s.

And it’s far too costly for any of us to contemplate buying one. So our interest must center around this business of it being the fastest - 253 mph is claimed. Can it really do that?

For the answer, just watch this video of Top Gear finding out.