We don’t dole out five-star reviews here at Examiner Motoring willy-nilly. In fact, I can only remember a handful of these terribly prestigious gongs being awarded during my tenure, writes Declan Colley.

It’s the show that affords carmakers the opportunity to pull out all the stops.

TALES of financial woe took a back seat yesterday as Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May took Dublin by storm in a Bugatti Veyron.