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Tom Cruise, producer and star of Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, which opens on December 21, took a break from post-production work to accept an invitation to test drive the 850 bhp Red Bull Racing Formula One car around Southern California's 2.5-mile Willow Springs circuit.

Mercedes-Benz USA has launched a Tweet Race to the 45th Super bowl in what the company describes as a leap of faith into social media. The destination of the race is the Super Bowl on Feb 6 next year, the means of travel is by Mercedes-Benz, the fuel to get there is tweets by the gallon. The prize is a brand-new 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-class Coupe.

Fabrizio Giovanardi drives the new Vauxhall Astra around Millbrook's mountain circuit in a make-believe race with its competitors from Ford and Volkswagen. I am sure Vauxhall didn't expect us to be fooled, but it's an interesting way to reveal their new family car.