QUOTE(Ferrer @ Dec 12 2005, 12:27 AM)
253mph to be exact, and the Veyron is believed to be able to reach 261mph...
Don't get me wrong I hate this car, it's the sort of thing Ettore Bugatti would have never built, but I have to admit that as an engineering achievement it is amazing.
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but is it.
i watched topgear tonight, and i felt it got all a bit ridiculous. or is this a bit of italian jelousy?
1001bhp is not a previously unreached figure. considering the engine has 16 cylinders and 4 turbo chargers, i think you could rightfully (reletive) expect more. without the turbos, does it even manage 100bhp per litre?
it's not especially light, and it's by no means a rocket around the track. infact i'd bet my house the zonda f and ezon are faster.
throwing money at a problem like that can always get you the results you want. but maybe it takes more money still to get to 261mph in the most perfectly engineered way.
on a personal note, like every luxury VW this car is the ott, look at me attraction for property developers and footballers the world over.