Top and flop: the good and bad car news of week 13

+ Top – This is the largest Hummer in the world! And he can drive too…

Have you ever thought: ‘Gosh, such a Hummer H1 is only small’? Well, Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan thought so when he had this mega, mega, mega Hummer built. The colossus is 14 meters long, 6 meters wide and 6 meters high. And can drive too…

+ Top – BAM!!! Three exhausts (!) and 300 hp for the crazy Toyota GR Corolla

Look at that boring Toyota acting crazy. After the crazy Toyota GR Yaris, the Japanese manufacturer now comes with another bizarre hot hatch. The all-wheel drive Toyota GR Corolla has the same engine as the GR Yaris, but with a shovel more horsepower: 304.

+ Top – Good news. The fuel price is falling faster today than the excise tax cut

It’s April 1, so from today on, there will be less excise duty on fuel. That in itself is good news, but the news gets even better when you see the first national recommended prices trickle in. Because it turns out that the price of petrol, diesel and LPG is falling faster than the excise duty reduction today.

+ Top – For sale! Why this piled-up Ferrari mess is worth a fortune

What the hell is this? We see scratches, dents, a lot of black plastic and somewhere in the middle something that looks like a Ferrari 458 Italia. You can buy this heap of scrap on May 14 at an auction in Monaco, if you have a few tons in euros to spend. Because there is a very good reason why enthusiasts will pay big money for this.

– Flop – Buy a house? Thanks to your private lease car you now get much less mortgage

Buying a house is already difficult, but if you have a private lease car, it will be even more difficult from 1 April. From then on, the registration of a private lease contract with the Credit Registration Bureau (BKR) will be changed, so that people with a private lease car can get a lot less mortgage.

– Flop – Dutch car owners are lazy! And almost never wash their car…

Excuse me, we may call you arch-sluggish now, but we really are ourselves. How many times a year do we wash our car? That number can be counted on one hand. And research shows that we are not alone in this. Many people never even wash their cars.