BUGATTI VEYRON 16.4 FROM ￡650,000: Pushing the envelope

摘要

What are the realities of buying into the world's fastest production car? The world almost certainly doesn't need a car like the Bugatti Veyron," we said in our landmark 5000th road test back in March 2011. "But the fact that it exists in the first place is, we feel, reason in itself to celebrate." Bugatti's flagship supercar was, quite simply, like nothing that had been built before. Here was a road-legal production car, one that was perfectly civilised and easy to drive, that could sprint from 0-62mph in 2.5sec - despite weighing almost two tonnes - and reach a staggering 253mph. Its outrageous performance was primarily thanks to the powerhouse tucked away amidships: a quad-turbocharged 8.0-litre W16 petrol engine that generated 987bhp and 922lb ft, which was channelled to all four wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission.