The Bugatti Veyron has a new speed record to its name, and evo was present at Ehra-Lessien to witness it. The Bugatti Veyron Vitesse is officially the fastest roadster in the world. The 1184bhp, open-top Grand Sport hit 408.84 km/h. Behind the Vitesse’s wheel was Chinese racing driver Anthony Liu, a 29-year-old who praised the Veyron’s comfort and stability at record-breaking speeds.
The Vitesse’s record takes some of the attention away from the 267.8mphVeyron Super Sport, which has been dropped of its Guinness World Record for fastest production car owing to models sold to the public being limited to 258mph. US rival Hennessey is looking to take advantage, its 1244bhp Venom GT topping 265mph last week and aiming for more than 275mph.
Have you heard the joke about what happens when a Bugatti Veyron, a Lamborghini Aventador, a Lexus LFA and a McLaren MP4-12C all pull into a gas station. Ya me neither but I do know what happens when they all show up at an empty runway. Fortunately this time around Motor Trend with their Head to Head Camera crew were on the scene to document what the results where.
Nothing fancy in this video just a straight drag race pining the V8 car against the V10 one. With the winner taking on the V12 Lambo and onto the a 1/4 mile run against the king of the shoot-out, the quad turbo W16 Veyron.
We won’t ruin the ending but there weren’t any Game of Thornes’ type twists and turns in as the three wannabe kings battled for the title.
Happy Friday every one we have survived another work week. I can only hope that you family was able to avoid the stomach flu that seems to be going around the Sothern Ontario region as I am home with a sick child for my second day in a row. As a result I feel that I need a power nap and a nice feel good pick me up video. Fortunately I came across this vimeo gem titled “Dogs in Cars: California” that seems to constantly put a smile on my face.
My only regret is the song that they decided to use as every time I hear Phantom Planet’s California all I can think of is the thankfully now defunct O.C. TV show. None the less the video is a happy go lucky take on a dog’s life as they are driven around from place to place in sunny California. Enjoy and tune in for some real hard hitting articles next week once my kids are better and I have received more than 4 hours of sleep a night. J
Make sure you check out the part at 1:04 as Beans the Chiwawa checks out the black and yellow Bugatti Veyron.
The Bugatti 16C Galibier is not a new concept car in fact it has been hanging around the luxury concept car show room for the past three years. If you haven’t seen it yet then you are in for a real treat today as the car is a prime example of mechanical art. The Galibier’s design concept was to retain the brands stunning body lines developed in the late 20’s early 30’s when the company was at its height of popularity.
Bugatti 16C Galibier Concept - Head on
From the very beginning, Bugatti’s unique constructions and high aesthetic standards have enthralled the public and spawned a virtually boundless passion in those fortunate enough to own such automotive works of art. The Bugatti legacy dates back to the year 1901, when the designs and constructions of Ettore Bugatti and his son Jean achieved a perfect synthesis of art and technology. In the 1920s, Ettore Bugatti’s cars were the embodiment of light construction and unmatched technical aestheticism. Jean Bugatti’s bodywork designs had a lasting impact on the style of the 1930s.
Bugatti 16C Galibier Concept - A nice place to live
The pre-production Galibier promo video touches on the three principals at work during the cars design stage, which were shape, Power, and passion to art. All of which we think have been perfectly captured in the 2.5 million dollar super sedan. When the Bugatti 16C Galibier reaches its final production stage and arrives in showrooms in 2013 it will be the most powerful production sedan ever created. It is expected to use a similar forced induction 8.0-liter W16 engine to that found in the Veyron. Replacing the quad turbochargers for dual superchargers that will keep the engines output in the four figure ranges for horsepower and torque. The Veyron’s eight-speed transmission and all-wheel-drive system will also be co-opted for the Galibier.
Bugatti 16C Galibier Concept - All ports open
When the Bugatti 16C Galibier is equipped with this set up it would be capable of a top speed north of 260 mph and a 0-to-60-mph time of 3.0 seconds or less. Bugatti is expected to build between 500 and 1500 copies of the car over the course of five to six years. I am sure that you will never see one of these cars the road, so we are looking forward to its official reveal at an auto show near you.
Our video of the day to day showcases how to make a 2.5 foot long paper model of the most powerful super car ever produced. The Bugatti Veyron is holds the records for being one of the most expensive and fastest super cars ever produced and now it is shooting for another title.
The company Papercraft is hoping that it will become the most downloaded car paper replica pattern found on the internet. To help drum up some publicity for the create your own Veyron model kit Papercraft has produced a video showing just how easy it can be to turn 44 pages of A4 8 ½ by 11 sheets of paper into a super car.
Enjoy and if you are interested in downloading the design you can find the link through the Vimeo video player.
To see the work that Papercraft did for Audi of America click this link to an article that we posted a year ago. In that Video 285 sheets of paper were used however it does even include the A7’s interior with pop up Navigation system. “Paper Model A7 time-lapse Car Video“
It must be shootout week as we just came across this beauty created by Road and Track. It is appropriately titled the 2 second club as all three cars can do the 0-100 km run in less than 3 seconds. So what are the three cars you ask? They are the 2012 Nissan GT-R Premium, the 2012 Porsche 911 Turbo S and the 2011 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport. We will spare you the stats as the video will take care of the raw facts.
We can let you know that in comparison to the Motor Trend shootout that we posted earlier this morning the Road and Track one left us feeling cold. We were disappointed in the fact that they never lined up the 3 cars to run them against each other as each run was done only against the clock. In a world where seeing is believing it make us think that multiple runs were taken with each car and only the top times were provided to the audience. As we all know anything can happen on the ¼ mile drag strip and we would have liked to have seen if the results were the same as the posted times.
It also would have surly shown that the Veyron can live up to its price tag as well as shown how the car never stops pulling hard from green light to the finish line.
