evo #78 - Bugatti Veyron

[TT]

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[|Nuno|]

Lol, I knew everso would be the first to comment. :P

Reading it now, thanks TT! :D

[dylan99]

I can't wait till it comes out. I really do hope that it will be as good as they have mentioned. Thanx for the scan TT, thanx a lot!!!!

[TransAm]

Thanks TT! I enjoyed reading the article

I dont like the look of the car, I think it's ugly, but I'd love to drive it!

[cooperluke]

Let's see it when it comes to production... I'll have to wait, am a bit ceptic about this car.

[findleybeast]

Thanks TT. I've been dying waiting for you to scan this article...

[gobs3z]

I can't really give my opinion on the looks because i've never seen one in person, but like the fact that it looks like nothing else. I'm going to be optimistic about the car, and hope it does everything stated. Thanks TT!

[ikon2003]

Ah yes, here it is at last! Thanks for getting around to scan it TT. No matter what people think of this car (including periodical critics like myself), there's no denying that this car demands attention, sparks passionate discussion, and downright changes the entire dynamic of the supercar echelon - can't wait till it finally comes out and we get some first person testing....

[chest3r]

Great article!!

How much time would I have to wait to see this car in the "What You Saw Today" section ??? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[HeilSvenska]

Awww...I thought it would be shown in new production press pics...oh, well, still an amazing piece of engineering.

[Aleighy]

The Veyron 16.4 was my Number One in the Top Ten list. Thank you TT...i love the article.

Now...I'm off to win the lotto.

[adamwich]

Thanks for the great article TT!

[Refefer]

Thanks a lot TT! Always good to read these things... damn, I still think the thing would look like the bat mobile if painted black

[robruf]

Sounds like the ultimate car, but we will have to wait and see what it is really like, those spreed figures are just downright scary and will beat an F1 car if I am not mistaken, love to have one

[AlexBlaster]

Thanks for the scan TT... great read!

[loliea]

1950 kg ... very very very ... very heavy for a super car! The (huge 265 front 365 rear) wheels are going to suffer...
I am sure it's going to be another electronic driven car. So sad!

[nurbrun]

i cant wait for one to be spotted on the road. it will proboly be in monaco so its up to salgosse to get us some pics :mrgreen:

[TT]

Actually it already happened... pre-production models or prototypes, but well..:

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[Lotus340R]

For me the EB110 is much better car. 1001 hp is not enough for me to accept it as true supercar. It will still have less bhp/t then McLaren F1. EB110 was build to be a real Bugatti, while this is just Ferdinand Piech's madness. I know, that Thomas Bscher is trying to make it better, but it is not good. Bugatti Automobili had lot of money and they used them to create car with unique components. Now Veyron is using components developed by Volkswagen. I can not imagine Ettore Bugatti building a car from components developed by VW. And last year Thomas Bscher informed AMS in interview, that small Bugatti model may use VW engine. :( :x
In road test of the McLaren F1 Autocar measured the average fuel consumption of 18,6l/100km and max of 30,4l/100km. That is not bad for car with 627 bhp and 6064cc V12 engine. Why is the fuel consumption so low? Good aerodynamic, great engine. Also becouse it is very light. I read somewhere, that to deliver 1001 hp Veyron needs to use around 5l of fuel per minute. The fuel consumption at fast driving was estimated at 80l/100km. Some of you may say, that fuel consumption is not important in supercar business, but it will be more and more important in the near future.
And then there is top speed of this car. Some pleople say, that they were not able to test its top speed at Nardo and crashed, becouse the track is not build for such speed. But again, that is not right. Mercedes C111-IV in 1979 broke the Nardo track record with top speed of 403,978 km/h. This speed is still shown on board at Nardo track as fastest. I even remember reading somewhere, that this Fiat test track was build for top speed of 500 km/h. The only reason, why Veyron crashed at Nardo is, that downforce was not high enough, to keep it on track.
I also can not imagine this car to get from 0-300 km/h in 14s on normal road tyres. I only saw one road legal car to do this in under 14s. VeilSide R-1 Street Drag in 13,72s. But for sure, not on road tyres.
I still have to say, that I like the styling a bit. The problem is, that with this styling and luxurious interior, they are trying to achieve something, which is not possible. For me the best cars are made by Lotus. Like the superb 340R. Light and fun to drive. I do not need to carry around nearly 2t when I want to drive something fast.

[crazidude]

Is it even made of carbon fibre? If it is that's one damn heavy ass car.
The little blurb under the title to catch you attention is wrong now. It's going for the CCR's crown now, and I don't think the CCR has hit its limit yet at 388 kmph