With DCT gearboxes appearing in everything from Ferraris to toasters, is the death knell sounding for the manual gearbox – and does this signal the end of an era for performance cars? Gaz ponders the demise of our trusted comrade…..

Just as Honda are about to launch an all new Civic Type R – now uncharacteristically turbocharged – we take a look back at what many believe is the pinnacle of Honda’s B-series cars, and one of the greatest handling FWD cars ever.

Jeremy Clarkson has been dropped from Top Gear, as the result of the fracas, and subsequent investigation of the altercation with BBC Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N6cfFnBNELs The investigation by Ken…