Last week we got a preview of the special edition Bugattis that were appearing Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza last weekend. Now we have the official details as well as pics of the Veyrons from Lake Como, Italy.
This is all part of Bugatti’s 100th anniversary celebration. These four cars pay tribute to the Type 35 Grand Prix racers that racked up an impressive 2000 wins over ten years. The cars are mechanically similar to a standard Veyron, but it combines polished aluminum wings and doors with a driver’s corresponding national racing color — Jean-Pierre (France - blue), Achille Varzi (Italy - red), Malcolm Campbell (England - green) and Hermann Zu Leininger (Germany - white).
While some companies make a limited number of vehicles for a special edition run, this is it for Bugatti. There will be no extra copies made of these Veyrons. Each car is rumored to cost €1.6 million (currently about $2.08 million) per example — about €400,000 more than a “standard” Veyron.
This is the second time Bugatti is celebrating it’s 100th anniversary. The first time was with the Bleu Centenaire in Geneva, and Bugatti is also planning a century-mark celebration for Pebble Beach in August. This will all be leading up to a grand finale at its headquarters in Molsheim, France in September. So between now and the year’s end, Bugatti should still have at least two more surprises up its sleeve.
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In 2009 Bugatti will celebrate its 100th anniversary; to commemorate the event the company unveiled today at the Geneva Motor Show the special edition Veyron Bleu Centenaire. And no, it does not have 1350 hp as previously reported! It is just a special edition Veyron featuring a two-tone exterior color and priced at $1,7 million.
The Centenaire’s unique combination of a « sprintblue matt » and « sprintblue gloss » hence offers a new impression of the two-tone-scheme known so far with parts of the engine also covered in this traditional Bugatti Blue.
The interior of the Centenaire is fitted in a special «snowbeige» leather with quilting on the seats. The central console is covered in the same leather. New LED lights, Park Distance Control and a rearview camera have become part of the standard equipment for all Bugatti Veyrons from this year onwards.
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History may remember the new Bugatti Veyron, being shown in North America for the first time at the LA Auto Show, as the one of the most powerful cars ever. With 16 cylinders, 64 valves and four turbochargers producing 987 hp, the Veyron is said to surpass 250 mph. A power gauge on the instrument panel tells the driver how much horsepower is being used. While it can’t use more than 987 horsepower it can hit 0-60 in under 3 seconds. Only 300 Veyrons will be built for about $1.2 million each.
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Rumors about an open-top version of the Veyron 16.4 circulated for a long time now. But today the company made it official, before its official launch at the Pebble Beach Lodge on August 16.
Named Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport, the new Bugatti will be a roadster with a unique, removable roof. The open-top Grand Sport allows driver and passenger to feel even closer to the car’s breathtaking power. Those who consider the wind in their hair and the roar of a thoroughbred racing engine in their ears to be essential to true driving enjoyment will find their perfect motor car in this new Bugatti. Even with the top on the Grand Sport does not loose any of its fascination and conveys to the passenger a new exciting panoramic view.
Production will begin in Spring 2009.
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Now, when everyone’s attention was focused on finding as much info as possible about the Targa version of the Veyron supercar, Bugatti launched a new special edition, only one month away after the launch of the special edition Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès.
The new edition, called Veyron Sang Noir is, dedicated to the Bugatti Atlantique 57S, and it features many special design elements, including a black exterior and a orange interior.
. The vehicle features re-designed front grille, a black background for the headlights, side mirrors featuring same colour as the front grille, an entire black-painted body, an astonishing interior and custom alloy wheels featuring also black colour.
Like the Pur Sang version, the Sang Noir will also be limited to only five units.
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Bugatti unveiled today at the Geneva Motor Show the Veyron Hermes edition, a special edition priced at 1.55 million euros (not including tax), available at the end of 2008.
The Veyron Fbg par Hermes is powered by a 16-cylinder "W" configuration engine is fed by four turbochargers and features 64 valves, generating 1001 horse¬power at 6000 rpm. The engine draws on its 8-litre displacement to deliver a maximum torque of 1250 Newton-metres between 2200 and 5500 rpm. With full-time all-wheel drive, the car’s phenomenal power produces breath-takingly dynamic handling, with acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in a mere 2.5 seconds.
The carbon-fibre discs provide brake pressure of up to 180 bars, combined with eight-piston monobloc callipers and titanium pistons fitted with fine steel heads and ceramic heat protectors. Apply the brakes at speeds above 200 km/h, and the rear wing acts as an airbrake, positioning itself at an angle of 113 degrees in less than 0.4 seconds, augmenting the Bugatti Veyron’s already impressive stopping power. The airbrake increases negative lift at the rear of the car to 300 kg, enhancing the braking torque on the rear axle. At 400 km/h, emergency braking will bring the sports car to a complete halt in less than 10 seconds.
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Bugatti already announced there will be an even more powerful and expensive model than Veyron. It’s true this will be the Project Lydia, a 1175 hp supercar that will be priced at more than 2.5 million euro. But this won’t be the only big thing coming from Bugatti. We all know they like exclusive thing and want to have a world to say in the auto-industry. So why just the supercars world? After all there are a lot of people who would pay one million dollars to own a sedan for their family! Right, no? It seems this is what the company wants: a 950 hp, one million dollar sedan that will be launched in 2010. Competitors? None!
Our renderings is an old Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic combined with the EB118 and the EB218 Concepts. Both concepts were powered by a 18-cylinder engines. Of course the old and the concepts version needed to be adapted to real life!
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Bugatti unveiled today at the Frankfurt Auto Show the Veyron Pur Sang, a model built for the sole purpose of driving. It is entirely made of carbon and aluminum.
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The announced price for the smallest
Bugatti amazed everybody, taking into consideration that its older brother, the Veyron, costs around $1,3million. The German magazine AutoBild reported that Volskwagen has in plan a price of just 50,000 euros for the Baby Bugatti.
This small supercar will be a serious competitor for the Porsche Cayman/Boxter,
BMW Z4 and
Audi TT. With a weight of just 1100 kg and a 4-cylinder turbo engine capable of over 300 BHP, the Baby Bugatti is going to be much (.
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To build the forty-two Type 57S sports cars, Bugatti created a shorter and lower Type 57 chassis and fitted it with De Ram shock absorbers, split front axle, dry sump lubrication, higher compression pistons, distinctive ‘V’ radiator, and other modifications. The later addition by the factory of superchargers led to the Type 57SC designation.
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