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Bugatti Veyron reviewed by Motor Trend

kart1 submitted on 11/12/2006 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 1:54 AM
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Bugatti Veyron reviewed by Motor Trend

"The guy behind the Starbuck's counter on La Cienega noticed my Motor Trend cap: "Hey, you work there? Probably drivin' a cool car tonight, right?" "A Kia minivan. But it's pretty nice. DVD player in back for the kids." He nodded silently and proceeded to make my green tea frappuccino. Worried that this guy's image of the suave, bring-me-another-Ferrari automotive journalist was imploding like Ashley Simpson on "SNL," I absurdly added, "But, um, we'll be testing a Bugatti Veyron in about a week. Ever heard of a Bugatti?"The blender stopped. "Of course I've heard of it. Sixteen-cylinder W-type engine. Four turbos. A thousand horsepower. A million bucks. It'll do, what-- 250 mph?" Now I was nodding silently. He offered a straw.

Exactly when did random baristas start memorizing facts about Bugatti automobiles? The original company's heyday was the late twenties and early thirties--the curtain falling with le Patron's fatal heart attack in 1947. During the ensuing 60 years, the 1750-odd pur sang machines remaining from the 7950 Molsheim produced have become the obscure relics of autodom's closest thing to an extremist cult. The Veyron, on the other hand, is a media queen. Paris Hilton with all-wheel drive. Everybody knows something about it. Larry King will do an interview. And what's behind its universal awareness (besides a VW propaganda machine screaming at redline)? Numbers. Great big memorable numbers.

My barista friend already said them. When former VW chief Ferdinand Piech announced the future Veyron's staggering four-digit horsepower and a terminal velocity a third the speed of sound, he destined his Bugatti to be on the lips of the masses. It was P.R. genius. Had he said it would have 751 horsepower and top-out at 187 mph, my frappuccino pal would've said he'd never heard of this Bugatti-whatever, but ahh...have you ever driven a Z06?" Read Article

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chewy - 11/12/2006 2:02:22 AMView My AgentSpace

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Have I ever said that this car is pretty good?

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IamEvilHomer - 11/12/2006 4:01:41 PM

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just a rebaged VW or Audi right ? :)

EL34 - 11/12/2006 4:11:50 PM

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IamEvilHomer, if the Veyron is a rebadged VW or Audi then I would say they are making some awesome cars, wouldn't you?

chewy - 11/12/2006 2:09:27 AMView My AgentSpace

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BTW, check out the virtual drag race. The Veyron literaly leaves the other supercars behind in the dust.

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S4cabriofox - 11/12/2006 9:16:00 AM

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Speechless.

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skoobasam - 11/12/2006 9:20:57 AM

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Have I ever mentioned I had a rare op. to test drive this monster?

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chewy - 11/13/2006 1:20:06 AMView My AgentSpace

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How was it.

skoobasam - 11/13/2006 10:46:10 AM

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Chewy, let me tell you.
I was sooo nervous/excited, my leg started to shake. It wouldn't stop.
But all in all, I gotta say...it was amazing experience... but IMO I think the Carrera GT was a better experience for me. SLR test drive coming in a week or so as well. Gotta love the Import / Export industry.

IS3andME - 11/12/2006 9:34:02 AM

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What is it's 'Ring time? Has it set a record?

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audiot - 11/12/2006 1:04:06 PM

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"The guy behind the Starbuck's counter on La Cienega noticed my Motor Trend cap." So let me get this straight. A guy who was once 2 blocks from my house ended up driving the Bugatti Veyron. Does this qualify as a brush with greatness?

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KeyserSoze - 11/12/2006 3:45:30 PM

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the quad Turbos in the veyron in are supplied by mitsubishi how ironic! And chewy dont ask me for a link on google just trust me i know or ask VW! but it is a beast anyway i love it even if i am not a fan of forcefed engines exept for diesels!

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IamEvilHomer - 11/12/2006 4:20:12 PM

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Keyser- every car uses parts from supliers

A car company is almost a general contractor.

Give this car some props

chewy - 11/12/2006 5:51:19 PMView My AgentSpace

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Are you sure, I think it probably has a BorgWarner turbocharger, or an IHI one. The new BMW 3 335i does have a Mistubishi Heavy Industry turbocharger.

MunichRob - 11/12/2006 6:38:13 PMView My AgentSpace

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I've never wished that I had worked harder in life up until right about the time this car came out. I want one so bad I litterally have dreams of driving it...Re-occuring dreams that just don't stop. They'll be nightmares soon enough if I don't find some way just to drive this car once!

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IS3andME - 11/12/2006 10:31:54 PM

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MDalle, I wonder why no 'Ring times? COuld it be that it's 4,000+ pounds has effect on it going thru corners and running the track?

Maybe this is like the Ferrari F50 fiasco, where Ferrari wouldn't allow owners of the F50 to allow magazines to test it, because Ferrari knew that the F50 was slower (top speed) than the F40.
Ferrari had "threatened" or told owners that they would loose certain "perks". Car and Driver had contacted a friend of Bill Gates who owned one of the first F50's and he had it tested. Turns out the F50 wasn't as fast as the F40.

I believe I smell the same type of coverup. VW/Bugatti doesn't want it to get out, that world's fastest car is not so quick on the track. If it were It would be advertised that it beats the Carrera GT's time. Hell, with 1000 HP, it should break not only the 7 minute mark, but the 6 minute, if not the 5 minute mark.

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chewy - 11/12/2006 11:32:16 PMView My AgentSpace

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This is a GT car. I am sure that a stripped down version can easilly shave plenty of weight and destroy any other car on the track. The time that is there was probably on stock tires compared to race rubber on the other cars. Also, I doubt that even an F1 car could take the ring in 5 minutes. BTW, show me another fully warantied car with over 1,000 horsepower that will meet all emmisions and last more than an hour. BMW hasn't even had a semi succesful "supercar" ever. If you look at the history any "supercar" BMW has failed miserably both performance and money wise. Take that AmazingBimmer.

AmazingBimmer - 11/12/2006 10:39:46 PM

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any idiot can take 16 cylinders turbo charge the shit out it and sell the car for a million plus AT A LOSS!!>!. it is a rebadged, crappy VW.

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MunichRob - 11/12/2006 11:20:14 PMView My AgentSpace

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^^ ^^
Wheres your sence? As a fellow BMW fanatic let me just say, "AmazingBimmer" your the type of fan that makes us Bimmer boys look bad.

You sound so ridiculous with half the comments you make to the point that...You can't even show any respect for whats considered by many as the worlds best car, (in fact it quite frankly is the worlds best car) because it's under VW/Audi ownership.

Your the moron here "AmazingBimmer"...From now on anything you have to say is irrelevent!

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Matthew1 - 11/12/2006 11:20:43 PM

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Any idiot can come onto Autospies claiming to be a car fan yet having no appreciation whatsoever for a massive engineering achievement.

If the Veyron was a walk in the park to build, then why hasn't every 'weekend mechanic' built one?

I guess building a 240MPH+ luxury super car with every day drivability isn't so easy after all.

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AmazingBimmer - 11/13/2006 7:26:13 AM

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its not that it is not an amazing car. its the fact that if you put enough technology into something at a UNLIMITED budget, you are sure to get results. It is a wel known fact that every Veyron is sold at a substantial loss, as its deisre to be considered a halo car. All I am suggesting is tha it si not indiciative of their everyday performance like BMW and MB. that, my friend, is a fact.

And, i am not trying to 'make everyone look bad". I dont know you so cant do that. I am entitled to my purists opinion and well all reserve the right to vote with our checkbook. Feel free to do what you wish with yours, even if thats buying a vw!. more power.

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BMW_DRVR - 11/13/2006 9:07:11 AM

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This is a great car overall but the engine isn't anything special. 16 cylinders, 4 turbos and 8 liters for 1000 hp. A 3 liter ,6 cylinder, twin turbocharged skyline engine and you can force out 1200hp. Pityful.

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SSP350 - 11/13/2006 9:24:06 AM

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yeah, I agree. The engine is nothing special. If it were a 1000 horses natural aspirated, now thats something.

99gs400 - 11/13/2006 11:16:43 AM

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HUMMMMMMMMM if the chinese build a knockoff of the Veyron, u think we all can afford to buy one ?

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