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In an opinion column, Miranda Devine almost creams her jeans over, what she calls, Top Gear's irreverence for property, environment and political correctness.

There is something about Top Gear's unabashed celebration of human ingenuity, technological precision, speed, snazzy styling, comfort and independence that ignites the passions of car fans and car agnostics alike. Killjoy car-haters: eat your hearts out.

However, it seems that TopGear might have even conned the enthralled Miranda...

Top Gear 'Ferraris' not what they seem

Underneath their exotic red panel work, the “Ferraris” were believed to be infinitely less glamorous Toyotas.

The replica Ferraris, reportedly based on Toyota MR2 underpinnings, were produced at a fraction of the cost of the real McCoy. The Ferrari 360, which was discontinued in 2005, sold for almost $400,000, while the MR2 cost less than $50,000 new.