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Originally Posted by everso
i don't think Bugatti is out to play games with this car...they've never released a car which was a letdown...i can't see them starting now.
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Originally Posted by everso
Bugatti has never released a "flop"....
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Everso, you keep referring to some kind of Bugatti trackrecord, but I don't think that actually exists. Ettore Bugatti's Bugatti is history for a long time now. Roman Artioli's Bugatti is dead for a while as well, during which period they only produced the EB110 in two variants and a number of concepts that never reached the production stage. I agree that the EB110 wasn't a bad car, but it wasn't fully developed and, difficult economic circumstances or not, it wasn't a success. The car itself wasn't a flop, but the project as a whole was, just like the XJ220.
For the Veyron project however, even Artioli's Bugatti is not part of any trackrecord. This car is being designed, tested, built and, if all goes well, sold by an entirely new VAG team. Even the factory is new. Virtually nothing of what remained of Artioli's project ended up at VAG, except the brand name.
I agree with you that VAG will not let this car be released with dodgy handling and poor reliability. It'll definitely be brutally fast too. But whether it will provide a driving experience that can match its rivals on an emotional level remains to be seen. I'm very curious about the end result.
@ twboy: You're not the only one who thinks its looks are awful. I think it looks like a beetle (the bug, not the car) with a pig's nose. And don't get me started on the interior...