Friday 22nd March 2002

Bugatti Veyron

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[Englishman in LA]

This is a very, very, very silly car. 1001bhp and 922ft-lbs of torque?

You are never going to see one of these on the road cos theres going to be no way to keep it on the road

Looks truely stunning though

[plotloss]

I WANT ONE!

What a motor.



Matt.

[Paul V]

quicker than my mini? 34 BHP

[Cotty]

WHen I first saw the concept drawings I did not like it but now, its the dogs danglies
Paul

[thom]

IMO one of the most impressive features of car is the size; I saw it at the Paris motor show serveral years ago and it is almost as wide as it is long...

[andytk]

Right then who's going to volunteer to put "that" engine in a Lowcost then.......

I can imagine the result
First then then quickly followed by, then....





Andy

[Captain Chaos]

I'm sorry but give me a type 35 any day

[ErnestM]

If anyone gets to see it on the road it will be you Englishman in LA. After all, you are a hop skip and a jump down the road from all of the people that have "more money than sense" (Hollywood! ).

The best I can hope for is one of the Backstreet Boys buys one and then drives it around town!

Let us know if you hear of one out and about...

ErnestM
(In the other state - Florida)

[thom]

quote:these diamonds symbolize the power and energy of the 16-cylinder engine

Excuse me but IMO it's quite out of place in a "sports car"...

>> Edited by thom on Friday 22 March 18:35

[stevenrt]

incredible looking car, and you could race it a LeMans and keep up with any other car down the straight! You could actually put a Mach meter in place of the speedometer - top speed, Mach 0.4!

But c'mon - it has two diamonds in the interior!

[Roadrunner]

What this thing really needs is more power. How about a nitrous oxide injection system. With the correct size jets it would be possible to squeeze out 1500bhp. Should be adequate for second gear safe overtaking.

[andytk]

yeah overtaking fighter jets

[andytk]

Hmmmm
Imagine this thing and speed cameras.......

Did anyone hear of the biker who allegedly set off a speed camera by going so fast that he was out of frame by the time the second picture was taken. Tthus a lack of evidence so plod couldn't prosecute him despite the fact the reading was insanely high. Not sure if this is an urban myth or it actually happened.

This car would definently be a canidadate for such a test....

Andy

[Roadrunner]

...and overtaking the tractor in the adjacent field. oops

[patrick]

Very very nice car, I'm glad to see that some car makers are still thinking about producing completely outrageous cars, with loadsa power. If only the ACO relax the rules and allow unlimited BHP cars to run, it'd liven up Le Mans no end !

I'd heard that in order to be out of frame for a gatso camera, you'd have to be going about 300mph....can anyone shed any more light on this ??