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Bugatti Veyron reclaims production car speed record
I predicted this to happen a long time ago, it was just a matter of time before Bugatti decided to up the boost one notch and reclaim that production car speed record for Bugatti Veyron - undoubtedly the greatest supercar of all time.
Bugatti Veyron officially became the fastest road car (top speed-wise) in 2005 with a top speed of 408 km/h. With 16 cylinders, four Turbos and magic number of 1001 metric horsepower, not many expected to see a car that could be even faster. But the bragging rights of "world's fastest car" seemed a bit too tempting for Shelby SuperCars (SSC) - a little known American automobile manufacturer that seemingly concentrated all it's efforts on one task and one task only - to build something that can beat the magnificent Veyron in pure top speed.
So they built the SSC Aero. Didn't care too much about looks or luxury but surely squeezed the last crap out of that V8 engine to make sure Veyron is beaten and they can charge hundreds and hundreds of thousands for what really isn't worth it at all.
SSC succeeded and broke Veyron's record with 412 km/h. You would imagine VW weren't too happy about that after all those zillions of dollars invested in the Veyron. Even with that ridiculous price of over 1.5 million bucks there wasn't really a good profit in the program. It was done for the prestige. "Pushing the boundaries of what's possible" - as they say.
Last few years it seemed like Bugatti just ignored the existence of SSC Aero and concentrated on celebrating the unexpected demand for Veyron with ever more ostentatious special editions. There were some rumors for more sport oriented Bugatti but when four door Galiber concept was revealed, it seemed like world speed record wasn't on the agenda at all.
Even though I expected Bugatti to reclaim the record at some point in future, I was really surprized when I saw the slightly orange Bugatti Veyron Super Sport in fastestlaps.com. And then I saw the horsepower figure. And then the top speed. And it was like a dream come true. Yes, they have done it.
434 km/h. New world record. Farewell, SSC Aero!
the bugatti is a luxury car. and an ugly one at that. the ssc is a true machine. and a damn pretty one at that.
still, given the money id take a McLaren F1 EVERY day, because when ur already going 240 miles an hour who cares about another ten???
(and the McLaren is SEXXY AS HELL!!!!)
“Considering each Veyron costs $5M to supposedly make, and they sell it for $1.4M, yeah, thats smart, i bet Bugatti will go Bust...Again, then not show up for Another 70 years.”
mm.. yea.. Bugatti is owned by Volkswagen.. so that's not gonna happen, they just made a profit of 1.25 billion Euros in 2nd quarter of this year
But I wasn't saying that's it bad that it's expensive, I'm saying that all the reasons people give to prove its superiority don't make sense anyway. It's no more rational than buying a Radical, a racing trailer, and and a Rolls Royce. Buying a Veyron makes as much sense as buying anything that doesn't make sense to buy.
It's about an indivdual's wants. Who says cruising around on the street is a driver's top priority? Nearly any argument you try to use to discredit a "Veyron competitor" could easily be turned around.
That said, I can see why you would react in such a way to Yakuza's comment (which ironically at first glance contains the same lack of respect for opinion that some of your posts seem to).
With all due respect.
Yeah, I think I'll take that over the Veyron, but it is nice...
If you're interested in the Veyron only because of its top speed and acceleration, than you're kind of fooling yourself. It's about more than just that.
-gets ready for people to get bent out of shape over nothing.
Any piece of crap car can be turned into a 1/4 mile rocket. But it doesn't make it as good or ultimately as fast as Veyron.
Try 400 km/h in that drag car. Or better don't :D
Instead of the "try youtube" (I did), come up with a decent link that actually supports your point like I did. It lacks traction and it lacks linear output.
And what's your point with the Noble? Sofar you only seem to confirm what I said: slalom numbers don't tell us much, unless you want use to believe that a Boxster is one of the fastest cornering cars still. It corners well, not much more.
http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/ssc-veyron-showdown-2010-07-14