Ryan Hirons

6 days ago | carthrottle.com | Ryan Hirons |Matt Robinson |Mike Bartholomew |Phill Tromans

We wax lyrical pretty often about Toyota Gazoo Racing at Car Throttle. Can you blame us, though? When you’re producing cars like the GR Yaris and GR86, blessing us with the Supra and giving the rest of the world the highly-rated GR Corolla, it’s well deserved in our opinion. For all its brilliance in making road cars, though, and success in pretty much every form of motorsport it touches, there’s one thing pretty baffling about Gazoo Racing. Where on earth does that name come from?

6 days ago | carthrottle.com | Mike Bartholomew |Matt Robinson |Ryan Hirons |Phill Tromans

30 years ago this year, the McLaren F1 upset the endurance racing establishment by becoming the first production-based car in decades to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, well into the era when the GT racers were theoretically supposed to play second fiddle to the purpose-built prototypes. Sounds like a good excuse for a special edition, then, although the McLaren 750S Le Mans is a bit more than a usual stickers-and-plaque job.

6 days ago | carthrottle.com | Ryan Hirons |Matt Robinson |Mike Bartholomew |Phill Tromans

How great does the idea of a Toyota GR Aygo X sound? If Gazoo Racing went and put a big boosty engine in that tiny city car chassis, we think the world’s supply of endorphins would increase tenfold. That’s almost certainly never going to happen, though, but at least we can fantasise about it while poring over the details of the updated version of the Aygo X. Yes, there’s now a GR Sport. No surprise, really, given GR Sport has found its way to most new Toyota models as a sporty-looking trim.

6 days ago | carthrottle.com | Mike Bartholomew |Matt Robinson |Ryan Hirons |Phill Tromans

If you had any plans for your free time for the next week or so, we regret to inform you that they’ll have to wait – you can now build your own Aston Martin Valkyrie from Lego. The Cosworth V12-powered hypercar is the latest car to get an official set as part of Lego’s Technic range that features more complex, bespoke pieces than the Danish brand’s typical blocks.

1 week ago | carthrottle.com | Ryan Hirons |Matt Robinson |Mike Bartholomew |Phill Tromans

It’s a wonder that there’s never been a half-decent Fast & Furious game. Surely, a big developer would’ve had the rights to the world’s biggest car-associated film franchise and made something real of it by now, right? Many, many attempts have been made over the years, but not a single one to any great effect. Most recently, that was Spy Racers: Rise of SH1FT3R, a quite frankly terrible way to consume your free time.