Saturday, July 3, 2010

The BIG BAD Bug

A day spent at Bugatti's factory HQ in Molsheim is like going through Alice's looking glass. The famous and almighty Veyrons in various states of undress are sprinkled about the place, an entirely odd sight that has you rubbing your eyes in disbelief to begin with but which soon becomes strangely normal.

It has 1001 brake horsepower and 1050 if you're lucky enough, 253mph (407km/h) and the century sprint in 2.5sec. Mind-boggling I would say. It's mighty power, harnessed from a quad-turbocharged W16 8.0 litre engine. 16 huge cylinders and four turbos!!!! And statistic which you couldn't find it in any other articles in the world about the Veyron, to be able to produce a thousand horses, it would need to burn at least 5 litres of gasoline in a minute!

Price? Somewhere north of USD 1,200,000 depending on specs. Making it ranked in one of the most expensive car in production. Exclusivity? Only 300 masterpieces will ever be made. Buggati needs to get satisfied with your net worth and your produced accounting sheet of your assets and bank statement to be able to acquire one of these. Of the 300 Veyrons scheduled for production, 135 have been delivered so far, with orders having been received for a total of 220. Production of Veyrons is due to cease on 2012.
A car made for the aristocrates. Even its interior's fine leather is made by the famed high-end fashion house of

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