New Bugatti Veyron Road Test: $25,000 tires, 1010 horsepower, 0-60 in 2.5 sec
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New Bugatti Veyron Road Test: $25,000 tires, 1010 horsepower, 0-60 in 2.5 sec
If this thing was RWD, I bet it could do some pretty epic burnouts! 
Driving a Bugatti Veyron is like carrying a 14.6-foot-long open wallet that is spewing 50-dollar bills. Drivers rush up from behind, tailgating before swerving into either of the Veyron’s rear-three-quarter blind spots, where they hang ape-like out of windows to snap photos with their cell phones. They won’t leave, either, because they know the Bugatti, averaging 11 mpg, can’t go far without refueling and that its driver will soon need to take a minute to compose himself. And when you open the Veyron’s door to exit—a gymnastic feat that requires grabbing one of your own ankles to drag it across that huge, hot sill—you will be greeted by 5 to 15 persons wielding cameras and asking questions. If you’re wearing shorts or a skirt, here’s a tip: Wear underwear.
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...d_test?cid=337
Driving a Bugatti Veyron is like carrying a 14.6-foot-long open wallet that is spewing 50-dollar bills. Drivers rush up from behind, tailgating before swerving into either of the Veyron’s rear-three-quarter blind spots, where they hang ape-like out of windows to snap photos with their cell phones. They won’t leave, either, because they know the Bugatti, averaging 11 mpg, can’t go far without refueling and that its driver will soon need to take a minute to compose himself. And when you open the Veyron’s door to exit—a gymnastic feat that requires grabbing one of your own ankles to drag it across that huge, hot sill—you will be greeted by 5 to 15 persons wielding cameras and asking questions. If you’re wearing shorts or a skirt, here’s a tip: Wear underwear.
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The car also has 12 radiators, hits 60 mph in 119 feet, & empties a 26 1/2 gallon fuel tank in just 19 minutes at top speed.
Mounting the tires on the rim costs more than a new Z06 or a loaded Cadillac Escalade (about $70,000) and can only be done in France, the hydralic mechinism that raises the rear wing at speed is identical to the syetem that extends the flaps on an airplane, and this car has a titanium grille... because during testing (at over 200 mph) a bird crashed through the aluminum one on the prototype.
Oh... by the way, if you can't find 93 octane fuel, you have to return the car to the dealer so thay can detune the engine.
Wow...... just....... wow.
Mounting the tires on the rim costs more than a new Z06 or a loaded Cadillac Escalade (about $70,000) and can only be done in France, the hydralic mechinism that raises the rear wing at speed is identical to the syetem that extends the flaps on an airplane, and this car has a titanium grille... because during testing (at over 200 mph) a bird crashed through the aluminum one on the prototype.
Oh... by the way, if you can't find 93 octane fuel, you have to return the car to the dealer so thay can detune the engine.
Wow...... just....... wow.
Last edited by guionM; Oct 23, 2008 at 01:28 PM.
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They have one that looks just like that at the local Lambo dealership. They just park it outside with no ropes or anything. Little kids (me included) can just go up to it and put their hands all over in and look inside and whatnot. Its so small in person. It barely comes up over my waist.
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I remeber back in the 90's when Lambroghini produced the LM Truck, Tire Rack sold some Pirelli Scorpion tires that were 1500.00 a piece for the thing.
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Hm, does the service manual include several slots for the $123,000 transmission replacement? <sarcasm> If not, is it possible that this thing is actually engineered to work with the power it makes? </sarcasm>