Bugatti Veyron 0-100-0 time (finally)
 

Pretty impressive since the Veyron weighs very nearly double what the Ultima GTR weighs (4,162 lbs vs. 2,310 lbs).

ohh pleaseeee someone :| :( scans

I bet the Ultima GTR guys are happy! :twisted:

Still, very impressive time for such a heavy beast. The braking is maybe the most impressive, 3.4sec...if my physics aren't off, that's about 1.34 average G of braking over the 3.4sec, nice.

So did they only test the 0-100-0, or what?? How about some handling tests hahaha.

Well it was the "0-100-0mph contest", so I'm going to assume that's all that was tested :P

Yeah, yeah, but we all know how easy its been to get a hold of ANY kind of tests of the Veyron, so you'd think Autocar would have just went ahead and done a full test on the thing once they finally got a hold of one, even if it was only part of a 0-100-0 test thing...;) :P

Another stupid comment by a stupid magazine writer.. :roll:

Uhm planes do not take off at a high rate of speed. (unless they want to put the Veyron up against a steam catapult launch on an aircraft carrier.. ;))

Once they leave the ground, jets scream into the sunset.

Everytime I see a magazine put a car against a plain rolling on the ground I just want to slap the editor in the face.

Next thing they will say x-car beats the Jumbo jet in 0-100-0... :P

LOL, that annoys me quite a bit as well! Its just so unrealistic to put cars against airplanes, its completely apples to oranges!

Just noticed something in the article 5.5 to 100 mph then 3.4 to 0 actually equals 8.9 secs.... either error when typed or they can't count.

hmmm...

good god

the same thing that people wrote in the Ultima thread...

there is a thing called creaction time, people...

its not like some instantaneous beep goes off, then the guy is immediately off throttle, and on brakes...

there is usually a spotter who says "100" or "brake" or something

the Veyron is both Better then anybody possibly expected, and worse then what they know :? :wink:

Possibly just a typo, since it would be exactly a 1 second difference. So it's either 0-100 in 6.5, or 100-0 in 4.4 :P

Or maybe there was just a 1 second period where the driver ensured they were at 100, then started braking *shrug*

1 second to react?

^^ probably added in total over the entire time of the test

i haven't ever conducted this test myself, but when you are accellerating that hard, you must know how crazy it is... 1 second is not a long time, and in just 5 seconds you are already going 100...

blows the mind away doesn't it?

gives you a slight headache ;) (the Veyron accellerating, then braking ;) )

Maybe...

Regardless, they wrote as if it's a logical add up.... should be better stated I think.

Yea it should've but oh well, it doesn't really detract from the fact that it's mindboggling acceleration and deceleration.

That's a nice news but I will wait to see the magazine before commenting more : I wonder if they did take the acceleration time recorded some weeks ago and add it with the braking time or if they really test it like other cars :|

the only headache I get is the fuel consumption the Bugatti had when they pushed that throttle to get the times.... iik!

More cars from the same review

0-30 / 0-60 / 0-100 / 100-0 / total time (mph)

1.4 2.8 5.5 3.4 9.9 Bugatti Veyron
1.61 3.3 5.6 5.1 10.7 Suzuki GSX-R1000
1.3 3.6 8.00 4.25 12.5 Porsche 997 Turbo
1.64 4.12 8.82 4.2 13.65 Lamborghini Gallardo 2006
1.97 4.29 8.66 4.42 13.80 Corvette Z06
2.26 4.76 9.88 4.54 14.95 BMW M6 m6

Would have been great to have been there to watch them test the cars! 8)

Thanks dude

Whoa, the 100-0 is pretty darn good for a 2ton car ;)

Pretty amazing times, but 4.76 for the M6..I'm not sure about that one!

Here is the complete list of cars tested in Autocar 2006

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/4...10000ze.th.jpg


- Some intresting points I want to add.
BMW M5 was one of the cars this year, Autocar also tested the M5 last year.
(year 2005) - 14,16 sec
(year 2006) - 15,20 sec

Intresting to see that the M5 was one second faster 0-100-0 mph last year than this year. I wonder why

- Also Alpina B6 better time than both M5 and M6

- 997TT is faster than Veyron 0-30 mph


Result from year 2005
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/8...0mph6ov.th.jpg

Actually seems like many of the times are pretty poor compared to when the cars have been tested before.

almost as if they were rigged? ;)

you know; the Veyron doesn't require steering input to stop in a perfectly straight line unfer full braking even ;)

you've driven it then I assume (making a statement like that and all)? ;)

I"ll have the magazine in hand later this week and if I can get in front of a scanner, I'll happily do the deed and post it here.

uhm...just_me im guessing there's a typo involved, cos ur post says:

so the 0-100 time is 5.5 and the 100-0 time is 3.4...combined, that makes 8.9, which would leave a professional driver 1 full second to notice he's hit 100 (which he's been paying attention to) and hit the brake pedal?

The worst reaction time I've ever seen in one of Autocar's 0-100-0 tests was around 0.7 seconds, and that was merely because the car the tester was driving was accelerating so hard that it had gone well beyond 100mph by the time he'd gotten on the brakes, thus, it was really a 0-107-0 test or something instead. If the Bugatti was still accelerating at it's ludicrous pace, then it's possible that there was a significant overshoot in the test. I still find the fact that a full second seems to be added in a bit ludicrous though, as that's a damned slow reaction.

That would be very generous Vansquish :)

No surprise really cause it has the strongest engine and the best brakes in the world :wink: Did you know that it´s 100-0km/h distance is just 31,4 metres?

The excess time is indeed the reaction time - its roughly the same for all the cars. Will try and scan it in later ;)

OK......now I am confused because the magazine scan shows 5.5 to 100mph, a .2 sec reaction time and then 3.4sec to 0 mph.....that adds up to 9.1 seconds total unless I am blindly missing something!!??

Hhmm.. thats 116ft.. not that impressive actually... sub 110ft braking distances have been the performance norm for the last 6 or 7 years ;)

i think its "best braking" is only best when there is enough air to make the air brake really do its job...

A 2 tonne car doing sub 110ft braking distances - wow where do I sign up?

Thats right - thats better braking than the Boxster.

Decent braking distance...although what I'd really like to see is what that braking distance is after say 5,6,,,10 successive stops...I bet those brakes would be cooked, 2 ton Veyron style! :P

brakes would be just fine, its the brake lines i'd be worried about ;)

You mean "Great Job from VW/AUDI..." Bugatti does not exist anymore. It is simply a badge.

But that's not a performance car ;)

^^^ :roll:

VW/Audi ?

What about Italdesign - chassis & body panels, AP Racing-brakes, Ricardo-gearbox and the frenchies that put it all together