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2015 Bugatti Veyron 16.Four

The Veyron’s production run has ended, but a successor is right around the corner. Called Chiron, Bugatti’s next supercar supplies 1,500 horsepower and 1,180 lb-ft. of torque.

The original Veyron claimed 1,001 horsepower, which in itself was a major technical achievement. Its engine, boasting sixteen cylinders, was essentially formed by joining two V8 engines at the crank.

The W16 powerplant displaces 8.0-liters and features ten radiators for everything from the engine cooling systems to the air conditioner.

The standard Bugatti Veyron 16.Four Coupe ran a cool $1.Trio million and could reach a top speed of two hundred fifty three mph – a speed it can maintain for twelve minutes before all the fuel is gone. Power is transmitted to the pavement via four-wheel-drive and a seven-speed dual-clutch automated manual transmission.

The car could hit sixty mph in just Two.Five seconds, one hundred mph in Five.Five seconds, and one hundred fifty mph in 9.8 seconds. Getting to two hundred mph took Eighteen.Three seconds, and two hundred fifty mph takes 42.Trio seconds.

A special key is required to “unlock” the Veyron’s top speed of 250+ mph. The car is then lowered to just Three.Five inches from the ground. A hydraulic spoiler extends at speed, and it can also serve as an air brake.

The Veyron weighs a hulking Four,160 lbs, but even its harshest critics admit its treating is remarkably acute. Gordon Murray, designer of the McLaren F1 was very skeptical of the Veyron during its development, but after driving the finished car, he conceded it is a “meaty achievement.”

Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson also publicly stated the Veyron was ridiculous and would never be built, only to call it “best car ever made” after he drove it. He famously characterized it as “utterly, gorgeously, mind blowingly, jaw droppingly brilliant.”

Bugatti Veyron 16.Four Grand Sport

Bugatti has ceased production of the original coupe version of the Veyron, but proceeds to churn out limited edition open-air Veyron models. The latest such example, the Veyron 16.Four Grand Sport Vitesse, boasts an enormous 1,200 horsepower and 1,106 lb-ft of torque.

Bugatti managed to bump the Vitesse to 1,200 horsepower by fitting the convertible with four enlarged turbochargers and intercoolers. Due to the car’s open roof, extra chassis supports had to be added to the Vitesse to treat the added power, so the car’s top speed will likely fall just brief of the Super Sport’s two hundred sixty seven mph top end.

However nothing brief of a jet can match the speed, power (and price) of the big Bugatti, similarly quick and uncommon spectacle machines include the Koenigsegg Agera R, the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 and the Pagani Huayra.

Of course, aspiring Bugatti owners need to either find a used Veyron or wait for the arrival of the Chiron.

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