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This is what happens when you bring an automotive fanatic like Rowan Atkinson to the fanatic automotive world of Top Gear. Great entertainment! "Rowan brought along a prop car from his upcoming film Johnny English Reborn. What appears to be a standard Rolls-Royce Phantom from the outside actually hides a rather large secret under the hood. According to Atkinson, Rolls flirted with the idea of building a 9.0-liter V16-powered Phantom, but ultimately scrapped the idea. Still, the British car maker wound up producing three or four of the mega mills, and Atkinson asked to use one for his new film. The engineers at Rolls obliged, and his Phantom is now a truly exotic luxury coupe." Autoblog Hope you enjoy the video
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http://lifestyle.msn.co.nz/nzmenslifestyle...top-gear-record Comedian Rowan Atkinson has shown his driving skills are no joke by becoming the quickest celebrity driver around the Top Gear circuit. Atkinson, best known for his role in Mr Bean, completed the track more than half a second faster than the previous record holder John Bishop. The show's presenter Jeremy Clarkson said he was impressed by car-lover Atkinson's time of 1:42.2 seconds. "What is interesting is all your times were very consistent, as is the mark of a great racing driver," Clarkson told Atkinson on the show. "Turns out you're in the wrong career." "It is remarkable because when Bishop did that time and it was so much faster than Tom Cruise we thought it would never be beaten," he said. It was Atkinson's first appearance on the show, but the actor has always been interested in cars. He owns a McLaren F1
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The latest trend on commercial engine design seems to be going in these two direction - Improve the efficiency of Otto cycle engine using supercharger and turbocharger there by achieving better fuel efficiency and satisfy consumer quest for more power and torque. e,g 1.4L TSI engine. (VW, Audi , Skoda) Now manufacturer can put a small engine into a big car body without sacrifiying Torque/power. - With Variable v/v timing Technology, Atkinson cycle can be achieve on present engine by shortening the compression stroke and increase the expansion strok. this increase the efficiency of the engine but at the expense of power. e.g Engine for hybrid car like Prius, I also suspect car like Allion use Atkinson cycle when it auto switch to eco mode during cruise. Anyone care to give your opinion on the following - Which type of technology do you prefer? - Any other things that you want to share on this topic.
