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Old 06-09-05, 03:38 PM
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Welcome to the fastest production car in the world!

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/57...ph_record.html
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Nice! Then again, they can brag all they want but until it actually goes into production, the Koenigsegg CCR will retain the title of the fastest production car.

Press Release:
http://www.koenigsegg.com/record_pressrelease.asp

Video:
http://www.koenigsegg.com/movies/Web...Web5031816.wmv

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The Koenigsegg (man say that 5 times fast when you're drunk) is muchhh sexier but not as sexy as the Zonda! I hear rumors that the new Zonda in the works will launch supercar status to superstratus levels.

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Nice! Then again, they can brag all they want but until it actually goes into production, the Koenigsegg CCR will remain the title of the fastest production car.

Press Release:
http://www.koenigsegg.com/record_pressrelease.asp

Video:
http://www.koenigsegg.com/movies/Web...Web5031816.wmv
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Originally Posted by XeroK00L
Nice! Then again, they can brag all they want but until it actually goes into production, the Koenigsegg CCR will retain the title of the fastest production car.

Press Release:
http://www.koenigsegg.com/record_pressrelease.asp

Video:
http://www.koenigsegg.com/movies/Web...Web5031816.wmv

That thing is F A S T...love the video on their historic run
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Unfortunately, whilst we would love to show you photographs of the event, the official photographer failed to grab any shots of the momentous occasion, the car was moving so quickly.
Official "photographer"?? Not even a video camera was in place?? What were they thinking? Look at the CCR video, even the video camera barely catched the blur, let alone a photo camera. Too bad the Veyron team didn't plan it well enough.

EDIT: They do have a picture of the test Veyron, just not when it was breaking the record (but how can you tell from a photograph anyway?):

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damn that video is crazy... but the video of the McLaren doing its top speed run is a better video to watch.
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they say the Veyron is ready to sell...they just need to get a few minor things straightened out, like the steering


Bugatti also claims that the ones on display during this past years shows were all actually functional cars--just not yet "mass produced"

but if it did....


this W16 Quad Turbo beast will be a VERY FRIGHTENINGLY FAST CAR.
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Originally Posted by whoster
they say the Veyron is ready to sell...they just need to get a few minor things straightened out, like the steering


Bugatti also claims that the ones on display during this past years shows were all actually functional cars--just not yet "mass produced"

but if it did....


this W16 Quad Turbo beast will be a VERY FRIGHTENINGLY FAST CAR.
And probably scary unstable at its top end. The shape of this car is just a sight for sore eyes IMO. The Koeg on the other hand appears to be well behaved at top end; esp for not having a rear spoiler!
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And probably scary unstable at its top end. The shape of this car is just a sight for sore eyes IMO. The Koeg on the other hand appears to be well behaved at top end; esp for not having a rear spoiler!

unstable at its top end?

isn't that stupidly pointless then?

Bugatti designed this car for high speeds--it'd be pointless to have it scary unstable at its top end.

the steering and its aerodynamics have been tweaked significantly to have it stable at its high end. you don't design a sports car without taking into consideration its performance.
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Originally Posted by whoster
unstable at its top end?

isn't that stupidly pointless then?

Bugatti designed this car for high speeds--it'd be pointless to have it scary unstable at its top end.

the steering and its aerodynamics have been tweaked significantly to have it stable at its high end. you don't design a sports car without taking into consideration its performance.
When they were designng this beast, they ran into a tremendous amount of stability issues that required rework. The combination of QUAD turbo power and a body style lends itself to a high degree of drag makes me wonder how much the engineers corrected the stability issue. For example, on a good day the car prob is wonderful, but throw in some "dirty air" and it is probably a totally different ride.
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So, who allready ordered one?
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Well one of the reasons this car keeps getting pushed back is due to the high speed stability. That is one reason why that duct in the front side is now added and the front bumper in restyled. THe front grill is also larger and the rear is touched up.

BTW, the car will be limited to about 220mph or so, ONLY when you notify Bugatti that you want to take it to its top speed, they come and HAVE to add special tires and I think take off the limiter.

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It sure looks mean too ! but grille is ugly . . .
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Originally Posted by Richie
So, who allready ordered one?
Its been said that Wyclef has one ordered....
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Its been said that Wyclef has one ordered....
I was thinking here on CL
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