The man instrument with a range from 0 to 1001 shows the actual power available at the wheels. "It takes only 270 bhp to achieve a speed of 250 km/h," says technilcal director Wolfgang Schreiber, one of 3 people who have taken the 16/4 Veyron to its limits so far.

"The Veyron exceeds all expectations" added the engineer. The engine produces 3000 hp but it takes 1000 hp to cool it, another 1000 hp get lost by heat and gas emissions and the remaining 1001 bhp are available at the wheels.

1250 Nm from 2200 rpm, even in 3rd gear all 4 wheels would spin in the wet if the ESP would be switched off. "It is forgiving and easy to handle but deserves a lot of respect."

The arodyminc set-up, the relatiosnhsip between drag coeffiecient and downforce has to be changed completely to achieve a top speed of +400 km/h, the drag coefficent comes to Cw=0.36 and it produces nearly no downforce in front and just 40 kgs in rear.

In handling mode up to 375 km/h the wings and diffusors produce a downforce of 150 kgs in front and 200 kgs in rear. As the Mercedes SLR, the Veyron also comes with an air brake as the rear wng flips up vertically producing 300kgs of downforce at the rear and so an decellartion of 0.6g to come to halt.

The Veyron has 4 water coolers, 2 intercoolers for the turbos and two larger ones for the engine coolant. The ideal temperature to reach the top speed of 400 km/h is between 18 and 28 degrees Celsius. In city traffic, the rear wings flips up into cool-down position and the 16/4 Veyron is surrounded by clouds of heat, gas, dust and smell. The air is flickering as if the Veyron is a Fata Morgana.

The Veyron covers the whole range form 40 to 400 km/h comfortably, all parameters of the suspension can be adjusted, the groudn clearance ranges from 115 to 35 mms.

The Veyron is fitted with Michelin PAX-tyres in the dimesion of 265/35 R 20 in front and 365/25 R 21 in rear.

A 1-million Euro Playstation!
Why? It always feels like driving in a virtual universe.

The kerb weight: 1950 kgs !!!
0-100 km/h in 2.5 secs.* (like Valentino Rossi?s Yamaha!)
0-200 km/h in 7.3 secs.* (like Micheal Schumacher?s F2005)
0-300 km/h in 16.7 secs.* (like starship USS Enterprise)
*mfr.

transmisison: 7-speed DSG with paddles

fuel consumption:
av. 20 liters per 100 km
100 liters per 100 km at top speed!
max range = 100 km at top speed, a new record!

"300 km/h is nothing for the Veyron, there still is enough power to achieve 380 km/h easily. But it takes 55 secs. to accelerate from 380 to 405 km/h."

Vmax = 111 meter per second!,
the engines revs 6000 rpm in 7th gear,
tyre pressure raises from 3.0 to 3.5 bar in within 15 secs.
it would take another 8 bhp just to achieve 1 km/h more.

Review:
"In the beginning there was chaos. The fuel amount made available by the fuel pumps was just enough to achieve 650 bhp, we had to develop complete new fuel pumps and modern knock sensor technology. There were problems with the drive shafts losing the grease."

How many cars are sold?
the figures vary from 30 to 40 units, means that another 10 still will be available for 2006. No potential customers so far had the chance to test drive the car.

 

That is BS right there.

But none of the less it's a stunning car.

 

That was like reading Chinese.

 

Such a big fuss... when multiple examples of 10 yr old japanese vehicle has been tuned to, surpass these speeds some Id even consider streetable (Jun Supra for example.), hell even a certain legendary c4 vette could be driven daily and reach 2 mph faster then this car did.

What about track times? Can it handle well? It has great accelaration and second fastest top speed for a street like prototype but can it do everything else well?

 

 

Try THIS

 

What makes you think so?

A combined mileage of 20L/100km = 11.76mpg sounds just about right for a car in its class.Such a big fuss because it is the first production car that achieves all this. Sure, anyone can mod a car to one very extreme such as acceleration, top speed or handling, just to beat the Veyron in one aspect. But when one car can do it all, it's called a technological marvel. Better yet, it comes with a full manufacturer warranty, meaning it has at least the minimum reliability that the manufacturer dares to cover its warranty with.Just because there's no track times/handling data given doesn't mean this car can't handle. Come on, it is mid-engined, all-wheel-drive, with HUGE (12"-wide 21" rear and 8.5"-wide 20" front) wheels and a speed-sensitive aerodynamic wing that provides massive downforce. How can you expect it to handle in a way that's anything less than spectacular?

 

Mike, when car we expect a 1Sickreview of this car?

 

Don't hold your breathe.

The funny thing is, I'd rather test drive a F430 or something REMOTELY useable, than this expression of total wasted excess.

Just driving Krista's 911, made me really sad, that a BASE 911 can't be fully used most of the time on our roads.

I mean, if your rich enough to buy a Bugatti, I would figure, just buy a state, say New Mexico and just make it full of roads. B/C otherwise, you will NEVER be able to get this thing to 252mph on ANY public road.

 

It's not about being able to get upto that speed rather than just being able to.

It's hard to understand, because Lexus is oriented at creating usable cars and products. Other companies arent.

****, let's load the Mercedes four door wagon sedan with 500hp. Who the hell cares if it doesn't get traction and you can't use the 155mph limit, let's just do it.

 

You can take the car to the VW test track in germany, it has a 9 mile or kilometer straight where you can max it out.

That is the track where Mclaren made their 242 mph run in the F1.

 

Isn't the track called Nardo?

 

No, Nardo is in Italy and is actually a really big oval with a slight banking.
The track I mean is the Ehra-Lessien, VW test track.

That one has the really long straight.
I think VW also used this one for the certification (TUV) of the top speed for the bugatti.

 

Well, I think that's why I didn't do good on my geography test.

 

LOL, I have no clue where in Germany this track is either.