VIDEO: Top Gear Season 13 Trailer with Little Clarkson, Hammond, May and Stig

It's been a long break, but the boyz from Top Gear are coming back with the first episode of the thirteenth season scheduled to go on air on Sunday, June 21, 2009. In true Top Gear fashion, the creative folks over from BBC have produced a witty teaser trailer that shows Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May as well as the man we've all come to know as the 'Stig', in their very early years dreaming of what they want to do when they grow up. Watch the trailer after the jump.

VIDEO: Driver Tries and Fails Spectacularly to Park

For years the debate has raged over unintended acceleration. Is it the result of a design defect or is it simply driver error? Well, this video put forward for the case of the latter as one driver's attempt to park goes horribly, hilariously wrong. Watch the white car entering from the top right at approximately 6 seconds in. Everything seems normal up until 23 seconds, when suddenly...

You might have to watch it again to get the full effect. With the steering wheel still hard over, the driver realizes he or she has gone too far. Rather than hitting the brake, he or she hits the accelerator instead and the car surges forward, demolishing a door and slamming into the side of another parked car.

It's one of those things that has to be watched over and over again (I know I did). Feel free to leave your jibes, chides and other remarks in the comments below.

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VIDEO: CNN takes Chevy Volt Prototype for a Spin

General Motors has began inviting selected media outlets such as CNN and Wall Street Journal to test drive Chevrolet Volt "test mules" at the automaker's proving grounds in Milford, Michigan. And by test mules we mean prototype models that combine the Volt's mechanical underpinnings with the body shell of the new Chevy Cruze. While there's not much one can comprehend from driving an early prototype, nevertheless, it's interesting to see the medias' first impressions on GM's gasoline-hybrid model that is slated to enter production in

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