A full-size Range Rover has driven across a bridge made of paper

To celebrate 45 years of Range Rover, Land Rover this week drove the latest version of its flagship SUV across a bridge constructed of nothing but paper. No bolts, no glue, no cheeky brickwork hiding beneath the sheafs. Just paper and more paper, happily supporting the 2.2-tonne 4x4. The stunt was intended, we think, to highlight the Rangey’s lightweight aluminium construction. Ten Things is more taken by the extraordinary...

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Google’s self-driving car has been pulled by police… for driving too slow

If you feared the autonomous era would be marked by self-driving cars hurtling breakneck across cities as their occupants clung helplessly on, think again. Autonomous cars, it seems, are cautious in the extreme. Google has admitted one of its self-driving cars was stopped on a public road near its Californian campus, not for exceeding the speed limit, but for driving at 24mph in 35mph zone. Google’s self-driving cars are limited...

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Revealed: Bugatti’s new super-sports car will decimate all other super-sports cars

When do we get it: Some time in 2016. What we say: “That Bugatti is readying a Son Of Veyron comes as no surprise. That it’ll attempt to outgun its hypercar predecessor in every regard is rather punchier. After all, it had been considered the Chiron – if that is indeed its name – might sacrifice ultimate v-max aspirations in favour of more accessible day-to-day performance. “Not so, says Durheimer. The next...

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Revealed: Lamborghini’s rear-wheel-drive Huracan supercar

When do we get it: 2016, with prices starting at €150,000 (plus tax) What we say: “The 5.2-litre V10 has been slightly detuned to produce 572bhp and 398lb ft of torque - hello, McLaren 570S - though Lamborghini assures us that 75 per cent of that 398lb ft is available from as little as 1,000rpm. Punchy. “It’s managed through a seven-speed dual clutch gearbox with launch control, and is capable of accelerating...

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Revealed: Porsche’s new track-only Cayman GT4 Clubsport

When do we get it: Next year, for the princely sum of €110,000 plus tax. What we say: “The new Clubsport features the same Carrera S-derived 3.8-litre flat-six, just like the road-going GT4 – which is a sublime, sublime thing don’t forget – producing the same 380bhp and 310lb ft of torque. “Except here it’s not fed through a manual gearbox, but a six-speed double-clutcher (with paddles on the steering wheel,...

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