After your link... I got hooked ( as I do once a year) on the
http://www.gumball3000.com/ webpage.....

4th - 10th
The Event follows a 3000 mile route that begins in romantic Paris (France), and travels south via Biarritz (France) and the Pyrenees mountain range to Madrid (Spain) (see David Beckham), en route to Marbella’s Golden Mile (Spain) before crossing the Mediterranean Sea into Africa to Marrakech (Morocco). After partying with the King of Morocco and negotiating the Sahara Desert the route then returns to Europe heading to Barcelona (Spain) to catch the Formula One Grand Prix before finishing with a major party in Cannes back in the South of France. For those of you wishing to party for another week the famous Cannes film festival begins the following day

Entry Fee is £8000

and you need a flashy car......

I would so be up for it.... if I had £8000 spare and a Flashy car.

you need the equivalent for speeding tickets..
.. and don't forget food boooze and gaz...

and common remember mr ryan dunn only had a caddilac de ville rental for the gumball USA..

get a mobility car..