Archive for January, 2008

Derv Supercar??

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Well, yes actually.

Audi have presented a new concept at the Detroit motor show 200, and its a diesel Supercar.

This new supercar design is based on the hugely popular Audi R8, but hides a 5.5 litre diesel V12 under the bonnet (well, in the middle really, but you know what i mean). The newly designed 5.5 V12 kicks out 500bhp with a massive 737lb/ft of torque. With all that derv power the R8 concept accelerates to 60 in just 4.2 seconds, and carries on to 186mph. Not bad for something that runs on lorry fuel lol.

Enough of me babbling on about it, heres some pics,

Audi R8 V12 TDI

Audi R8 V12 TDI 2

Audi R8 V12 TDI 3

Heres a link to an article with more about the R8 TDI.

Iplayer

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

No its not another product from Apple, its the new ‘on demand media player’ that the BBC have created.

Basicly, Iplayer is a section of the BBC.co.uk site that lets you watch any show that has been aired in the last days from a whole host of different BBC channels including the obvious BBC1, BBC2, but also BBC3, BBC4 and CBBC etc.

You can either stream the video straight onto your browser, and watch it there and then, or you can even download the programme and keep it on you PC (as long as you have a Windows PC) for up to 30 days.

I think this is a great idea, and will save you time when looking for the newest episode of Topgear that you forgot to watch the night before lol.