Revealed: Bentley planning two new models, one of which could be a 500bhp electric supercar

When do we get it: Um, hopefully at some point in the near future. Because neither of them exist. Yet.

What we say: “Bentley is exploring a 500bhp, all-electric two-seat sports car. According to CEO Wolfgang Durheimer, it’s one of two options on the table for the Crewe firm’s next offering, following the imminent launch of the big Bentayga SUV.

“The first option, said Durheimer, is “one taking the very best of Bentayga, and making an even more performance-enhanced version”. That’s the X6-style SUV-coupe we’ve told you about before, a Bentayga with a lower roof and, most likely, even more power and a sharper chassis. Sheesh.

“The other option? A production version of the lovely Speed 6 sports car, revealed in concept form at Geneva earlier this year.”

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Revealed: Fiat’s new, Mazda MX-5-based 124 Spider

When do we get it: The roduction version will hit UK showrooms next year.

What we say: “Yes, it’s turbo. Where the MX-5 bucks the current trend towards forced induction by offering two flavours of high-revving natural aspiration – a 129bhp 1.5-litre and 158bhp 2.0-litre – Fiat has embraced the turbo era by shoving the 1.4-litre MultiAir from the Alfa Giulietta under the 124’s humpy hood.

“Kicking out 140bhp, power sits in between the two Mazda options. But torque, at 178lb ft, trumps both.”

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Driven: new Bentley Bentayga

When do we get it: First deliveries will arrive in early 2016. Prices start at £160,000 and rise quickly north.

What we say: “If the Veyron was the VW Group at the top of its performance game, and the XL1 its eco-masterpiece, this is Europe’s great automotive empire doing luxury better than anyone else.”

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David Beckham’s old Range Rover Sport is up for sale

If you’d like to recreate precisely one element of the glittering, high-celeb lifestyle of England’s most capped outfield player, today’s your lucky day. Ol’ Goldenballs’ ol’ Range Rover Sport is up for auction.

In no way confirming everything we thought we knew about Premiership footballers, the Range Rover Sport – the V8 petrol version, obviously – features ‘a striking Kahn body kit’, black alloys and ‘every optional extra conceivable’ including quilted seats, twin rear screens and Gary Neville.

We made the last one up.

We’re told the Rangey has done 62,000 miles, and is expected to fetch around £25,000 when it goes under the hammer. Though no longer wearing its original ‘DB1001’ number plate, it DOES include a log book detailing ‘a speeding summons in the name of David’s sister Joanne’.

Will the glamour never end?

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A Chinese Gallardo driver was pulled by police... with a massive teddy on his roof

Regular readers will know Ten Things’ love for animal-car stories is second to none, even if said animal happens to be stuffed and broadly fictional.

Which is why Ten Things was squeaking in happy delight at reports emerged from China that appeared to show the owner of a Lamborghini Gallardo being stopped by police for having a GIANT TEDDY strapped to his car’s roof.

The driver, it’s said, had bought the behemoth bear as a gift for his girlfriend. Chengdu’s traffic police, however, failed to see the romantic side, viewing the toy as a potential hazard to other road users. By which, presumably, they meant, “parents now being given a hard time by their toddlers for buying them such a very small teddy”.

Dangerous? Romantic? Clearly there’s only one way to settle this. Ask the bear. He looks happy enough, doesn’t he?

Actually, no. No he doesn’t. Untie the poor lad!

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