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Veyron
Two world speed champions made their powerful appearance yesterday at this year’s ADAC Zurich 24h Race at the Nuerburgring, Germany: The fastest production road car in the world, a Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport, and the fastest production roadster on earth, a Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse, met on the Nordschleife for the first time…
Bugatti has just sold its 450th – and last ever – Veyron, drawing to a close one of the most powerful and exclusive megacars ever built. Nostalgic types will no doubt witness the passing of Bugatti’s iconic ride with bittersweet sentimentality. On the flip side, given the phenomenal spending costs that go into every unit Volkswagen AG will…
Today Bugatti announced the second in their ‘Bugatti Legends’ series, the ‘Jean Bugatti’. With a limited run of only three cars, each costing €2.28 million – the all-black, Type 57C Atlantic-inspired, 1,200 horse powered Veyron is still sure to sell fast.
The new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse boasts a maximum torque of 1,500 Nm (at 3,000–5,000 rpm) from the 7.9-litre capacity of its W16 engine. The maximum output (1,200 hp) is reached at 6,400 rpm. These figures allow the car to reach 100 km/h (62 mph) from standing in 2.6 seconds. The top speed…
It’s no wonder HR Owen is such a successful dealership; not content with selling me two Lamborghinis and a Carrera GT in the last year and a half, more recently they decided I was a prime target for an even bigger fish. It was not long after I had taken delivery of the CGT when…