When you spend $1.5 million on a car, of course they’ll let you customize it. This Bugatti Veyron has custom wheels, Ettore Bugatti’s signature galore (on the bottom of the doors, rocker panels, inner center panel), and a special edition plate with the owner’s initials.
As far as custom cars goes, this is not that outrageous. We just like any excuse to show a 1001 hp supercar.
There’s a new series of Top Gear going on now. We in the States don’t know much about what’s going on (we’re too proud to download it off the web, right?) We’ve already seen the TG team finally get their hands on the Bugatti Veyron and let it go around the test track. Now from some more perspective, see what it can do when pared directly against the ulta-quick Pagani Zonda F.
This incident happened at Zandvoort - a beach resort in the Netherlands and home to the Circuit Park racecourse. In most cases gravel pits are designed to stop F1-style cars, but now we know the heavier Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is no match for the sinking grit as well.
There are not much details on what actually happened, but it’s a safe bet that a whoever did it will pay a lot for the mistake, literally. Considering the car retails for $1.5 million, all the little dents and dings from the pebbles will quickly add up.
The Volkswagen Group has its own automotive theme park called the Autostadt at the company’s headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. Until recently, each brand that VW owns had its own separate building to showcase its products, except one: Bugatti. Although the company’s absence was understandable (Veyrons start at about $1.5 million,) it always felt like something was missing. Well now VW has brought all brands home by making some room in Bentley’s pavilion and renaming the place the "Premium Club House".
Now on display is a mirror finish Veyron created artist Olaf Nicolai. Not bad considering Bugatti says it will only make 300 Veyron coupes total. So next time you’re in Wolfsburg, stop by the Autostadt, because NOW all the brands are there.
Bugatti is going from ultra-exclusive to uber-exclusive with the Veyron Grand Sport. The company has promised to make only 150 examples of the open top Veyron, and yet it feels the need to make a speciality version. According to Car the Veryon 16.4 Grand Sport will have a Sang Noir edition limited to only 15 units (like the coupe version) and will be launched after the "normal" 987bhp Grand Sport becomes available to customers in April.
It’s likely that the Grand Sport version will carry similar traits to the coupe. This means a redesigned front grille, a black background for the headlights, side mirrors featuring same color as the front grille, deep black exterior paint and custom alloy wheels in black.
Bugatti announced pricing on the 2009 Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport. The supercar will go on sale in March 2009 at a price of 1.4 million Euros ($2 million), which was in line with what was expected. It will be limited to only 150 units, with the first 50 of these going exclusively to registered Bugatti customers.
When the roof is closed, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport can match the fixed roof car’s 253 mph top speed, while speeds of up to 223 mph are possible with the targa-type roof off. Should it rain, there is a lightweight temporary roof can be opened up like an umbrella at any time. When this folding roof is in place, the car cannot go above 80 mph.
The first Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport was sold at the Pebble Beach Auction for $2.9 million ($3.19 million after auction fees.)
It’s official: there will be a sportier version of the Veyron, will be called Veyron GT and will output 1350 hp! This will mean the GT will be the most powerful supercar int he world and most probably will also become the fastest one. Sorry Hennessey, you’ll just have to come with something better!
The next Veyron GT will make its official debut next year at the Geneva Auto Show. The engine will deliver 1350 hp and 1380 Nm. The top speed will go up to 264 mph. But the most impressive numbers are on the acceleration: 0 to 100 km/h in just 2,4 seconds (a Formula 1 car is 2,2 seconds), while from 100 km/h to 0 km/h 2,2 seconds.
Details are scarce but it appears the driver lost control on a long curve in West Berkshire, UK. From the pictures it’s difficult to tell the extent of the damage or whether it’s repairable. Whatever the case, we will always get a tear when we see a another great supercar fall at the hands of gravity.
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