You may have heard that Tesla, manufacturer of an electric sports car, and Top Gear, the hilarious British TV show about motoring and Jeremy Clarkson flying into a sputtering rage, are at each other’s throats. But why?

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Well here’s a predictable fact: give Axl Rose a $192,000 Bentley and he’ll treat it like a one-night hotel room. According to TMZ.com–and where else would we go for celebrity minutia–Bentley has filed a lawsuit against Axl for trashing a leased 2006 Flying Spur. Actually trashing the Bentley was only the tip of the ice berg; Axl returned the lease several months late, already owed nearly $74,000 in back payments and fees, drove it 42,000 miles over the lease terms and lost the original key for it. As far as damage, the car had two dinged-up doors, a gouged bumper, a cracked windshield and taillight and two bad tires. Yeah, that’s about what we’d expect the combination of Axl Rose and a Flying Spur to produce. [TMZ via Inside Line]

Ford has enjoyed a few months as the darling of the American automotive industry, but it was bound to get caught up in some less-than-spectacular press at some point. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Ford is responsible for the full $82.6 million awarded to a California woman who was paralyzed when her 1997 Ford Explorer rolled over. Benetta Buell-Wilson was paralyzed from the waist down when the roof of her Explorer caved in during a 2002 crash on a California Interstate.

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In one of the dumbest abuses of the legal system since audio manufacturer Monster Cable began suing every person, company and film studio that ever dared use the term “Monster”, Porsche has filed an injunction against Crocs, manufacturer of hideous (but comfy) foam shoes. What web of legal problems could possibly be spun by the combination of a German automaker and embattled shoe peddler? The name Cayman.

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