*Bugatti Veyron Comes With a hefty Price tag of
$1,700,000
A new version of the vehicle, called the Super Sport, smashed the previous world record of 256mph set by a SSC Ultimate Aero in 2007.
Bugatti test driver Pierre Henri Raphanel piloted the super car over two runs at Volkswagen's test track in Ehra-Leissien, Germany for the land speed record attempt.
But its staggering performance far exceeded the expectations of Bugatti’s engineering team, proving that upgrades to its flagship sports car have had the desired effect.
The original Veyron – which had held the world record until 2007 with a 253mph top speed – still has the same 8.0 litre, 16 cylinder engine.
However, its four turbochargers have been tweaked and larger intercoolers added.
The new combination raises the Veyron's power output from 1,001bhp to 1,200bhp.
Bugatti has also redesigned the car's bodywork, with an all carbon fibre shell, reducing weight.
Bugatti’s chief engineer Dr Wolfgang Schreiber said: “We took it that we would reach an average value of 264mph but the conditions today were perfect and allowed even more.”
The standard Veyron's top speed was famously put to the test on the BBC's Top Gear programme.
After reaching 253mph at Ehra-Leissien, presenter James May – nicknamed Captain Slow – said the experience "made my eyes water".
However, when driven by The Stig on the programme's test track, the Veyron only managed 10th place.
Jeremy Clarkson speculated that the vehicle's relatively heavy weight may have caused it to put in a slower time than cars such as the Caparo T1 and Koenigsegg CCX.
The first five Veyron 16.4 Super Sports to come off the production line will constitute a special series with the same set-up as the land speed record car.
Called the World Record Edition, the cars are in a special black exposed carbon and orange finish and have already been sold.
The Super Sport will begin production this autumn at Molsheim along with the Veyron and the Grand Sport.
The remaining production models will feature enlarged turbochargers and bigger intercoolers for the 16-cylinder engine.
Bugatti has sold 260 Veyrons and 35 Grand Sports.
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Not just a super car that carries on the name of racing driver Pierre Veyron, who, while racing for the original Bugatti car manufacturer, won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939, Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is the second fastest car in the world and the most powerful, it can easily pass as a super hero`s car like Batman. It has the fastest acceleration speed, reaching 60 mph in 2.6 seconds.
Endowed with W16 engine-16 cylinders in 4 banks of 4 cylinders fed by four turbochargers, a dual-clutch DSG computer-controlled manual transmission, the Veyron has a length is 4462 mm (175.8 in) a wide of 1998 mm (78.7 in) and hight of 1206 mm (47.5 in). Counting a sum of 10 radiators, for the engine cooling system, for transmission oil, a heat exchanger for the air to liquid intercoolers, for engine oil etc., the car has a power to weight ratio of 529 bhp/tonne.
If we talk about performance we are dazzled by this supercars power to reach 200 and 300 km/h (124 and 186 mph) in 7.3 and respectively 16.7 seconds, wining for herself the name of the quickest-accelerating production car in history. If we count the fact that the top speed of Bugatti Veyron is 253.2 miles per hour (407.5 km/h), a speed limited electronically to prevent tire damage (it can run even faster) we can understand why this spectacular car must consume 40.4 L/100 km (4.82 mpg) when it`s running at top speed and in city driving 24.1 L/100 km.
A model drove by superstars like Tom Cruise, couldn`t name itself cheap, rising the Bugatti Veyron at least of $1,700,000, a price that measures it`s quality. Many new designs has been released since 2006, the color might have changed, but the speed and power remain the same.
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