BBC's Top Gear always seem to land themselves in hot water. Last time it was the Mexican incident ... this time it's faking the race results for one of the most talked about electic sports car ... the Tesla.

"The BBC is being sued by the makers of the electric sports car, the Tesla Roadster, over claims a race on Top Gear was rigged. Tesla Motors claims the test set up by Jeremy Clarkson on a 2008 edition of the show was rigged to make it look like the Tesla ran out of power when racing a petrol powered Lotus.

The Tesla Roadster is the world's fastest production electric car. A Top Gear spokesman said the BBC would be "vigorously defending" the claim."

Source: Newsbeat