Most Expensive Cars

Posted by fetchblog

October 24, 2007

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is now the second fastest, second most powerful, street-legal car in the world and the fastest, most powerful, most expensive, street-legal full production car ever made. It can produce an excess of 1001 horsepower, in either the metric or SAE scale (see below), and achieve a top speed of 253 mph. This speed and power was eclipsed by the SSC Ultimate Aero TT, which claimed the “Fastest Production Car” world record with a top speed of 257.45 mph and an average speed of 256.19 mph on September 13 2007, later verified by Guinness World Records on October 9, 2007.[4] The Bugatti Veyron reached full production in September 2005. The car is built by Volkswagen AG subsidiary Bugatti Automobiles SAS in its Molsheim (Alsace, France) factory and is sold under the French Bugatti marque. It is named after French racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti firm.

Info and Specs

Manufacturer	Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.
Parent company	Volkswagen AG
Production	2006–present (around 300 to be produced)
Class	Supercar
Body style(s)	2-door coupé
Layout	Mid-engine, all-wheel drive
Engine(s)	8.0 L quad-turbocharged W16
Transmission(s)	7-speed dual clutch sequential manual with automatic mode
Wheelbase	2710 mm (106.3 in)
Length	4462 mm (175.8 in)
Width	1998 mm (78.7 in)
Height	1206 mm (47.5 in)
Curb weight	1889 kg (4162 lb)
Designer	Hartmut Warkuss

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is the most powerful, most expensive, and fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a proven top speed of over 400 km/h (407 km/h or 253 mph). It reached full production in September 2005. The car is built by Volkswagen AG subsidiary Bugatti Automobiles SAS and is sold under the legendary Bugatti marque. It is named after racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti firm. The Veyron features a W16 engine—16 cylinders in 4 banks of 4 cylinders.

According to Volkswagen, the final production Veyron engine produces between 1020 and 1040 metric hp (1006 to 1026 SAE net hp), so the car will be advertised as producing “1001 horsepower” in both the US and European markets. This easily makes it the most powerful production road-car engine in history.

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