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The 500-hp club: The room is getting crowded

At a time when fuel economy counts for just about everything, there's still a horsepower war raging in the United States. The number of fire-breathing wedge-shaped supercars and hot sedans and coupes that can pump out 500 hp or better has nearly doubled in the past five years to more than 70. A decade ago there were just two members of the 500 hp club in the United States: the Ferrari 575M and Lamborghini Murcielago.

Beaulieu National Motor Museum hosts 'Bond in Motion' exhibition

The name Bond is synonymous with a few things – international espionage, gadgets and of course, women. But Bond also has one attribute that brings movie goers back time and time again: his choice of automobile. Celebrating the past conquests of Ian Fleming's fictional British Secet Service agent, the Beaulieu National Motor Museum has announced a new exhibition entitled ‘Bond in Motion – 50 vehicles.

Video: Watch a Mini Countryman do a backflip

We've seen a backflip on a snowmobile, we've seen the double backflip from Travis Pastrana on his dirtbike, and we saw Rhys Millen almost land a backflip in his off-road truck on New Year's Eve. Apparently, Mini thought it would cap the fad's run by flipping a car. Extreme sportsman, freestyle skier and rally driver Guerlain Chicherit made the attempt at the winter sports resort of Tignes in France.