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Bugatti have a prestigious history that is intertwined with luxury machines and performance icons. These two qualities are clear for all to see in the Veyron that they produce today. Bugatti’s racing heritage is something the company is very proud of and the next car in their line-up of six “Legend” special editions continues to celebrate the past.
The third model in Bugatti’s Legends series is named the Meo Constantini after a double Targa Florio champion. Based upon the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, this car dons a beautiful French racing blue and polished aluminium colour combination. In my personal opinion it is the best looking Veyron thus far. The colour scheme mimics that of Meo’s Type 35. Inside the lavish interior sports various historical engravings including fantastic Type 35 sketch style embroidery in the door lining.
Just three of these 1,200BHP, £1,700,000 car will be produced.
There is no denying that the Bugatti Veyron is one of the greatest technological master pieces of the past decade. A 250MPH, 1000BHP+ supercar for the road that has the tranquility of a Rolls-Royce? Yes please! However, Bugatti are beginning to wind down production of the legendary Veyron and in the process will produce some very special variants.
To be based upon the record breaking Grand Sport Vitesse model, Bugatti will build 6 special edition models celebrating people who have greatly contributed to the brands history. The first of these honors Jean-Pierre Wimille, a Bugatti racing driver who won Le Man in both 1937 and 1939. Finished in blue carbon, the car replicates Wimille’s racing colours. Other additions to this special edition include a unique interior and badging. The 1184BHP W16 engine remains untouched. Only 3 of these cars will be produced.
Last week the Bugatti Veyron was rather unceremoniously stripped of its “worlds fastest production car” title by Guinness. The record keepers justification was based upon the record setting cars safety limiter being turned off, something only 8 of the production cars were capable of doing. Each Super Sport Veyron is capable of reaching its record breaking speed but on the grounds of safety, not limitation, Bugatti peg the car at 258MPH. Undeterred, the legendary brand launch themselves back into the record books.
The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse becomes the worlds fastest open-top car setting a speed of 254MPH. Driven by Chinese racing driver, Anthony Liu, the car is mechanically identical to any other Vitesse but does sport a fresh black and orange paint job. Making its debut at the Shanghai motor show, only 8 world record edition cars will be produced at a cost of £1,690,000 each.
The Bugatti Veyron is an incredible piece of engineering and a true testament to the might of Volkswagen. This incredible car was produced by men and women who didn’t listen to those who said it was impossible, they took on the laws of physics and won. The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is the fastest road production car in the world, or at least it was until today…
The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport officially held the record at an astonishing 267MPH making it faster than the SSC Ultimate Aero TT that topped the original Veyon. However, the Super Sport set the record with its speed limiter disengaged, something that the Guinness World Record blokes are now not too happy about. The cars that found their way to customers were electronically limited to a slightly lower speed on safety grounds, no less capable, just limited. As of today the Veyron has been stripped of its title. Wrong or right, those are the facts…
The Bugatti Veyron is an undeniable statement that mankind can take on the laws of physics and win. To create a machine that can accelerate and travel at biblical speeds is an achievement in itself, but to do this and incorporate levels of refinement that you would expect from Rolls-Royce, makes the Veyron one of a kind. The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is the worlds fastest and most powerful road production car there has ever been, but the genius engineers that created it aren’t quite done yet!
Rumour has it that Bugatti are looking to give the Veyron possibly the greatest sendoff an automobile has ever had. As production of this legend winds down to a 350 unit limit they want to have one final crack at the whip and go even faster. The Super Sport managed 267.8MPH but with the addition of 400BHP, an increased engine capacity and lashings of carbon fibre, could result in a predicted top speed of 288MPH. The total of 1,600 ponies is also responsible for an organ crushing 0-60MPH time of just 1.8 seconds.
How much of this supposed inside information comes to the road we don’t know, but what we do know is that is anyone can do it, it will be the mighty Volkswagen group.
After the Bugatti boffins’ reality-defying feats at this year’s Geneva Motor Show with the unveiling of the Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse, a mesmerising roadster that could punch at the same weight as its hard top Super Sport brother, the VW owned outfit are at it again. This time though, there is no sign of any enhanced aerodynamics, tweaked engine packages or advanced breaking systems. Nope, just a lick of paint.
By Bugatti standards it may not seem like the most exiting release ever, but this special edition Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse is certainly a colourful addition to the family. Adorned in the Bianco and Light Blue livery made famous by the multiple Grand Prix winning 1928 Bugatti Type 37A, it is one of the more subtle looking Veyrons in the stable. Understated it may appear, but the less garish exterior masques the gargantuan 1200 BHP 7.9-litre W16 engine first developed for the Super Sport, that makes the Grand Sport Vitesse the fastest production roadster in the world. 0-62 MPH remains the same at a wrinkle-inducing 2.6 seconds and on the track the Vitesse will still happily take you to 255 MPH and back.
Technology may have moved on light-years since the days of this car’s illustrious 1928 forerunner, but one thing besides the paint work hasn’t changed; it is still as all-conquering today as it was 84 years ago.
This unique special edition will go on sale for £1.37 million later this year.
Ok, picture the scene… You are young, wealthy and you have landed yourself the keys to a Bugatti Veyron. This magnificent machine with 1001 raging horses on tap is at your disposal and so you decide to take it out of its cage and stretch its legs.
But here comes that stubborn wakening of reality that slams into your face with elegance of a giraffe with only on leg. Yes you do have a Veyron, but it does belong to your parents. Also the lucky stretch of road that you have decided to bless with the Bugatti’s tyres is in Denmark. Now the Danes are very big on their road safety and so when you decide to push that borrowed 16.4 litre engine 50MPH over the speed limit, they aren’t going to be best pleased.
The unnamed Dane of 20 years old has had his parents Bugatti Veyron confiscated by the authorities. It isn’t clear if he had permission to use the car or if he will even see it again! Let’s put it this way, the police are not going to be in a hurry to give back the key to the £850,000 monster are they?
