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Jul 16, 2007 | 11:14 AM

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Preview: More on Bugatti’s topless Veyron

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Preview: More on Bugatti’s topless Veyron

Posted on Monday 16 July 2007

Bugatti recently announced that it was lifting annual production of its Veyron hypercar from the current 60 units per year to 75, but there’s been no word on whether the full run of 300 cars will be changed. We now have news that Bugatti will be adding a topless Targa model to its lineup that will be produced in an ultra exclusive run of 80 cars, according to Autogespot.

As previewed in this rendering, the Veyron Targa won’t be a complete convertible but will instead sport a removable roof design similar to the topless versions of the Porsche Carrera GT or Koenigsegg CCX. The Veyron Targa will likely feature a detachable glass roof that has to be stored away from the car before driving, but if the weather turns nasty a fabric cover would be available that can be pulled into place.

Without the roof the car will require added reinforcements and underbody changes to maintain torsional rigidity. These changes will come at a minor cost to performance, and top speed is said to be limited to 217mph (350kmh).

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http://autogespot.com/index.php?id=382

Jul 16, 2007 | 11:16 AM

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I'd like to see an 'xray' of the chassis used on the regular Veyron and this Veyron to see what they did to allow the lack of a top... because with that much power on tap it has to be one hell of a chassis to stay composed at wide open throttle.

I wonder if it's more of a space frame type design like the Vette, or completely unibody, or a hybrid of the two or what...?

Jul 16, 2007 | 11:19 AM

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I'm going to pass on this one, LOL.

Jul 16, 2007 | 12:44 PM

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hehe looks pretty funny, even more like an egg

i saw my first ever veyron in person last friday. i was in complete awe and almost stopped in the middle of the road admiring that thing -- crazy

Jul 16, 2007 | 12:47 PM

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hehe looks pretty funny, even more like an egg

Never thought about it like that but yeah, now that you mention it...

Jul 16, 2007 | 12:55 PM

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That looks pretty hot

much better than the regular version .

Jul 16, 2007 | 12:57 PM

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I'll take the original one though, not a big fan of targa's or wtv you call it

Jul 16, 2007 | 01:20 PM

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why are they still bothering with this car that is guaranteed to lose money with each on they build?

and wouldnt old ppl get their toupe sucked into the air duct for cooling the turbos?

Well most of the reason that they cost so much is not the materials to build the car, but the R&D and manufacturing support, so each car they build reduces their total cost per car, even though it's pretty much damned to always be higher than their sales price.

And why do it if they'll never break even or profit on it? It's a test bed for R&D and a halo car to put at the top of the brand, kinda like Maybach is to Mercedes, though I think they make money on those...