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Aston Martin Rapide storms the desert

If you asked last month what the greatest invention in the history of the world was, we would not have said fire or the wheel or the Wright brothers' airplane. We'd have told you it was air conditioning. Because last month, we were in Kuwait, a place so hot that even the Kuwaitis--who probably have the best air conditioners on the planet--get the hell out of Kuwait in the summertime.

Vauxhall Insignia Country Tourer (2013) at Frankfurt motor show

The Vauxhall Insignia Country Tourer is a more rugged crossover version of the regular Insignia Tourer estate that we saw in facelift form last month. We’ll find out how much extra you’ll pay for the Country Tourer when it’s shown off at the Frankfurt motor show in September 2013. We're expected a price tag of £31-32k, compared to £28.5k for a standard Tourer with the same engine.

2013 Bentley Continental Flying Spur Spy Video

We have video of the 2013 Bentley Continental Flying Spur, in W12 and V8 guises, ahead of a 2013 debut. It’s already two years since we saw the new Bentley Continental GT, since when we’ve had the arrival of the V8 Continental GT and the new GT Speed. But still the Flying Spur – the big saloon version of the Continental GT – hasn’t been updated.