webnarc Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/funonwheels/09/16/bugatti_veyron/index.html Bugatti: 1,001 horsepower, $1.24 million Reports: VW starts production of its new supercar, the Bugatti Veyron. September 16, 2005; Posted: 12:08 p.m. EDT (1608 GMT) NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Volkswagen's latest product probably won't be very good on gas and it has a rather high price tag. But that hasn't stopped a handful of people from putting down payments on the car before production started earlier this month. Each Bugatti Veyron 16.4 will cost an estimated $1.24 million, according to media reports. For that, buyers will get an all-wheel-drive two-seat sports car with a lightweight carbon-fiber body and 16-cylinder engine capable of producing 1,001 horsepower. VW purchased the Bugatti name in 1998, according to a report in the industry newspaper Automotive News Europe, and introduced a concept version of the Veyron at the Tokyo auto show the following year. It has taken the intervening six years to perfect the car, according to the Automotive News report and others, and there had been doubts that the car would ever actually be sold. In a 2003 public debut at Laguna Seca Raceway, a prototype Veyron spun out of control. In 2003, according to Automotive News, the car still suffered from two major problems: The enormous engine tended to overheat and the car, capable of top a speed of well in excess of 200 miles per hour, was unstable at high speeds. Several reports have placed the car's top speed at about 250 miles per hour. The Bugatti name originated with a company that built high-performance cars from 1910 to 1956. Bugatti now operates in the same Alsace region, now part of France, in which the original Bugattis were made. The company announced that it will build a four-door version of the car in the future, according to a report on Edmunds.com's Inside Line Website. I want this to be my coffin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingtiger1013 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 I want this to be my coffin.[/Quote]With 1001 HP and a lightweight body....it probably will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 I'll take two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASMTrainer Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 With 1001 HP and a lightweight body....it probably will be. I was gonna say the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 I'm thinking, if this thing will do 250mph, but a professional driver can't keep it on an actual race track, then what we got, here, is a car that will do 250 mph once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpillian Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Yet again, this thread is worthless, without pictures... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJeremy Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 put me down for one...Volkswagen got layaway?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 If you can pay for that with your tax return, then you can afford to buy it now. Nice ride though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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