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This week:

Payback

Mad Max (there's a title finally come back to haunt him) star Mel Gibson, 50, was stopped by police allegedly driving at almost twice the speed limit on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. The Tequila Sunrise (oh these titles are gold) actor has subsequently been charged with drink driving.

Gibson reportedly asked the arresting officer if he was a Jew, and told him: "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."

In a statement the Passion of the Christ director called the incident 'a horrific relapse', and said: "Please know from my heart I am not an anti-Semite. I am not a bigot. Hatred of any kind goes against my faith."

At least he stopped short of accusing them of being responsible for the eruption of Krakatoa, polio and the death of the Blue Peter tortoise.

Another wrecked supercar

For the love of… Maserati, will people stop wrecking supercars?

Barely a week goes by without more news (see here) (and here) of another smashed work of art.

This week it's the turn of a Ferrari Enzo (right) which met a grisly end on a highway in Utah.

To raise money for charity, highway police shut down parts of the road and let drivers race as fast as they like.

Driver Richard Losee put down $5,000 and set off in his T-Top Enzo – but lost control at 100mph, wrecking the car.

Highway police spokesperson Doug McCleve said: "The car did exactly what it was designed to do. Just the chassis and passenger compartment remained."

That sinking feeling

One of the handbrake's greatest features is that it stops cars rolling into lakes. Usually.

The owners of this Honda CVR (right) came back to find their vehicle taking an unscripted dip in the water at Blakeney Quay in Norfolk.

Onlooker Paul Bishop said: "I looked up and saw it floating down the channel. It drifted for about 20 yards surrounded by swimmers and boats and just sank."

On the bright side, they won’t have to wash it for a while. But they should probably take the fish out of the glovebox.

Crazy horse power

American chat show host and gazillionaire Jay Leno can have any car he likes. And if it doesn't exist, he'll build it. And if it doesn't go fast enough, he'll make it go fast enough.

Turbo king Gale Banks - a friend of Leno - has agreed to fit his 9,500lb V12 Tank Car (right) with twin turbos - boosting the power to a neck-breaking 1,600bhp.

The new modification will also boost the torque to 3,000lb per ft – that's enough to rip the road out from underneath you.

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