Hello and welcome to car respective
Of course, you've probably heard of Bugatti
But probably not because of the Chiron or the EB 110 today I take a look back at the car
That wowed the world upon release the Bugatti Veyron. Let's have a look
So, what is the Bugatti Veyron?
Well it's origins date all the way back to 2001 when the decision was made by Bugatti to make a brand new
Supercar. the first road worthy prototype was unveiled in August of 2003.
This prototype was mostly the same to the final version bar a few minor details
The final concept was designed in Germany by Joseph Kaban with the help of Volkswagen. The car was built
however, in Molzheim, France.
The Veyron subtitle was named after Pierre Veyron, an engineer at Bugatti and the
16.4 stood for it's 16 cylinders and four turbochargers.
The Veyron, as I've already said, was powered by an eight-litre quad turbocharged W16 engine. For some explanation,
a W16 engine is basically two V8 engines connected by a crankshaft forming a W shape with 16 cylinders
This engine type is quite unique however, as only Volkswagen produces it with the Veyron and the Veyron's predecessor,
The Chiron being the only notable car to use it a one-off French car called the Jimenez Novia, launched in 1995, also used it,
however, it wasn't very popular. The Veyron, according to an official inspection company, can output a total of
987 brake horsepower while Bugatti themselves state it can output 1006 brake horsepower,
Along with being able to achieve six thousand revs per minute
At release in 2005
German inspection officials concluded that,
upon testing of the Ehra-Lessien Circuit in northern Germany on the 19th of April, that the original Veyron 16.4 could reach a total of
253.81 miles per hour, or
408.47 km/h as well as being able to go from nought to 60 miles per hour in around two and a half seconds.
Upon driving the beast, Top Gear's James May was able to reach
252 miles per hour almost breaking the top speed.
He also reflecting that, at top speedm the Veyron sucked-in 45,000 litres of air per minute,
Which is the equivalent of what a human breathing in four days!
In Fact, just to be able to achieve the absolute top speed of the Veyron. the driver has to manually flick a switch
Which will ask the driver whether they and the car are ready to attempt to top speed only when these things are checked
Can you go in excess of 213 miles per hour.
But the cost is something else! Since you won't be able to walk into your local Bugatti dealer and purchase a car,
Buyers had to go online and place an order. Since mere hundreds of the car were produced each year
You could have to pay a deposit of upwards of $350,000, and the shipment alone could cost around $40,000.
However
For a base model of the Veyron, you'd be set back around
$1,700,000, and the payments don't even finish when you have the car. An oil change,
Which requires the engine to be dismantled, cost $20,000 a time and for a set of four new tyres,
you'd have to pay between
$30,000 and $40,000. There are other cost too, such as maintaining the leather inside, but I'd be here all day going through them all.
It was fair to say that the Veyron quite popular, so popular infact that
Bugatti decided to update and refine certain aspects of the car and so became the Veyron Grand Sport, released in 2009.
However, it wasn't too dissimilar from its predecessor.
However, a faster more powerful Veyron was released in 2010 known as the Veyron Super Sport.
Only thirty units were made worldwide and this version could output a total of
1200 brake horsepower also achieving
267,86 miles per hour, or 415 kilometres per hour,
although it was electronically limited to 258 miles per hour to prevent the tires from disintegrating.
These speeds have made this car the world's fastest world production car ever made.
To top even that
However, the Veyron Super Sport World Record Edition was released in 2011 and only five units were produced worldwide
The only difference to the Super Sport is the special paint job
however, only seen on the world record edition. The final rendition of the Veyron was the Bugatti Veyron Vitesse, once again
once again not spotting too many differences from the Super Sport the final Vitesse ever made and also the final Veyron ever made was subtitled
La Finale, i.e the end in English. Between 2005 and 2015 Bugatti only produced
550 units worldwide making it quite an exclusive car
So that is the Bugatti Veyron, a very exclusive and expensive car,
Yes, but one that you can't help Marvel at, although the closest I'll ever come to driving one is through a number of racing games.
But what do I think of the Veyron? Well, I have to admit- it's ugly
I do not like how this car looks, however
I think it's become quite an icon for the supercar in the last 10 or so years, and I've got to be honest
I've become quite a fan of it!
So, although it doesn't have the looks, it has the speed the luxuries and of course the exclusiveness that a supercar should have.
Well, there's that. This is just an unscripted bit at the end. But basically just wanna thank anyone who's watching this video.
This is a new project I'm starting. I just look back on old cars. In fact, this is the second episode
*teenage noise* I had to reboot
After the first episode because it was out for a few months
Literally, no one watched it but after watching it, I just thought no, this is horrible. I took it off took it off air and
Now, hear we are again. I still have my hopes. Anyway, see you next time guys. Thanks