This week just flew by, didn’t it? There was plenty of racing news, some great new-car news, and lots of videos to comb through. Then there was…well, what’s left. We don’t like wasting P.R. blurbs and headlines, so we sorted through the best ones, re-hashed them, and fried them up for an extra-special serving of our famous Scrapple. Don’t complain…our chef doesn’t like a whiner.

1. Chris Evans (no, not Captain America) lays claim to host Top Gear. We salute you, good sir, and will notify your relatives after the mob is done with you.

Let’s start off with a bombshell: Chris Evans, radio personality for the BBC, apparently did a full 180-degree spin on the subject of hosting TopGear, after saying repeatedly that he wouldn’t even think about doing so. Evans, who was always in lists for replacements for the fracas-causing Jeremy Clarkston, said on his radio program that he didn’t jump for the hosting gig while the BBC were trying to lure James May and Richard Hammond back because he didn’t want to “contaminate the situation” by adding to the chaos. With May and Hammond officially out of TopGear, the doors are now open for co-presenters. A small list of people, including model and racer Jodie Kidd, F1 presenter Suzi Perry, and motorcycle racer and presenter Guy Martin on the short list. The BBC has also opened up auditions for other presenters as well, and have no restrictions on that at all, so long as the individual knows something about cars.

2. Luc Donckerwolke bails from Bentley, goes to work for Hyundai-Kia

The last time Luc Donckerwolke made the news, the former Bentley and Lamborghini designer was busy blasting Lincoln’s Continental concept sedan as a blatant rip-off of a Bentley design. To say he was pissed would be an understatement, even though he managed to remain somewhat professional about it (even going so far to ask, in a Facebook post, “Do you want us to send you the product tooling?” Then something happened, and earlier this month, Donckerwolke parted ways with the Volkswagen Group. Now news is coming out that he’s signed up to design for Hyundai-Kia. Reading the tea leaves on this move is nearly impossible…what will the man responsible for the Lamborghini Gallardo going to do with cars like the Hyundai Equus?

3. Who the !*@% needs an 888HP Mercedes-Maybach limousine?!!

Seriously…this car, the Brabus Rocket 900, better described as Mercedes-Maybach S600 in full “I must break you!” mode…it only exists for two reasons. One, you want to make damn sure you can outrun those saboteurs who wish to overthrow you, or two, you have a sincere adequacy issue that needs to be dealt with by top-tier psychotherapists. Either way, the numbers from this big barge are staggering: 888 horsepower, 1,106 ft/lbs of torque, will play with most Ferraris when it comes to 0-60 times, and can hit 217 miles an hour. Don’t even ask about price. Brabus describes the options list as “limitless”, and in this rarefied level of car, believe that they mean it. With that kind of terrifying performance out of a freaking limo, your driver had better be trained properly. “Jeeves, good sir, a little less opposite lock, please. I would like to make it there without a need for a change of clothes this time.”

4. GM phones in their next medium duty trucks from who else, but Isuzu.

GM stepped out of the medium-duty game a few years ago, killing off the Chevrolet Kodiak and GMC TopKick twins, two trucks that could work all day long or get pimped out by country boys who think bigger is better. Now, GM is returning to medium-duty, by badge-engineering the Isuzu N-series for the American market. Smacks of “old GM” to us.

5. The (former) Mrs. DeLorean’s DMC-12 is going to auction!

Any excuse to put Lohnes’ favorite whipping boy on four wheels on the site, right? Not really. This 1982 DMC-12 has the distinction of being the car that John Z. himself brought home for his then-wife, Cristina Ferrare. The five-speed gullwing wonder was sold by Ferrare around the time of their 1985 divorce, and the current owner has managed to rack up only about 13,500 miles on the clock since then. Berlin auction house Auctionata will put the DeLorean on the block June 26th, and expectations are high, with top numbers somewhere around $112,000, on par with the 1976 DeLorean concept car. Good luck and happy bidding!