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Craig Hill
Oracle of DelphiBugatti Veyron
February 12th 2008 14:29
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is a mid-engine sports car produced by Volkswagen AG subsidiary Bugatti Automobiles SAS. It is the quickest accelerating and decelerating street-legal production car in the world, and it was the world's fastest car until it was beaten by the SSC Ultimate Aero TT.
The car reached full production in September 2005, and is handcrafted in a factory Volkswagen built near the former Bugatti headquarters in Château St Jean in Molsheim (Alsace, France). It is named after French racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti firm.
The production Veyron was shown for the first time on October 19, 2005 at the Tokyo Motor Show.The official United States launch for the production version occurred at the 2006 Los Angeles International Auto Show in January. Visual differences between the prototype and production Veyrons are slight, but noticeable marks include the addition of marker lights or reflectors on the front fenders and a more pronounced "dorsal spine" on the hood (reminiscent of the Bugatti Atlantic), especially near the windshield.
Six Veyrons were sold at the 2005 Dubai Motor Show in December, reportedly including the demonstration models used on the stands there. These would be the first reported private sales of the car.
On 10 September 2007 a special version of the Veyron called the Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron "Pur Sang" was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The difference from a standard Veyron is the body finishing: the Pur Sang has none. Instead it reveals the Veyrons pure aluminium-carbon fibre body. Pur Sang is French, meaning thoroughbred or pure blood (literally). Production will be limited to 5 cars. The car will be included with high-gloss aluminum wheels with a diamond cut finish.
Base price is €1,127,210 (GB£757,359/US$1,440,800)
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Comment by Mountain Fog
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QUOTE ME NO QUOTES!
That Pur Sang...sooo grooovvvyy!!!
But, I cannot imagine trying to drive one aorund Oz! The hoons and tail gaters etc would drive one crazy, then there would be the f-wits who scratch the sides with a key as they pass by, that happened to a pal of mine, he resprayed his Corniche convertible three times in one year, now he drives a ute, having given up the ghost on using a luxury car as an everyday runabout.
Pity..
cheers
fog