Teamspeed Rumormill: New Bugatti Veyron with 1200 HP coming!
#11
Bugatti 18/3 Chiron concept from 1999. It had an 18 cylinder engine made up of 3 banks of 6 cylinders. The one in front is actually the original 18/4 Veyron concept which utilized the same engine. Both of these cars are on temporary loan to the Mullin museum from Bugatti Automobilia.
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#12
Track tests have shown the Zonda to be faster, the most well known being the Top Gear test. And it could be augured that cars at this level of performance can only be measured on the track as that is a controlled environment
The Veyron only comes into its own when it has the space to flex its muscles in a straight line. Compared to most supercars it does defy logic but its sheer weight counts against it when it is up against the likes of the Zonda in a cross country dash. Remember that it almost twice the weight of the Zonda
Its ability to out accelerate every other street car only focuses on a narrow area of its ability, if we all drove on autobahns every day I would retract my statement, but in the real world we don’t.
Last edited by streetrod454; May 18, 2010 at 07:09 AM.
#13
A comparison of supercar speeds in the real world (read: public roads) is as pointless as it gets. Of two very fast cars, the one with the braver (or more stupid) driver will win. The more risk you take, the faster you will be. At some point, it is simply not possible to go faster on public, single-lane roads without the risk of killing oneself getting too high. Even a GT3 driven like hell won't be substantially slower than a Zonda or Bugatti (apart from the Autobahn/Highway when there's very light traffic or none at all).
#14
A comparison of supercar speeds in the real world (read: public roads) is as pointless as it gets. Of two very fast cars, the one with the braver (or more stupid) driver will win. The more risk you take, the faster you will be. At some point, it is simply not possible to go faster on public, single-lane roads without the risk of killing oneself getting too high. Even a GT3 driven like hell won't be substantially slower than a Zonda or Bugatti (apart from the Autobahn/Highway when there's very light traffic or none at all).
That's not to say that these cars are equal in the experiences they offer, merely that tire grip limits everything, so anything well-sorted on street tires will offer a limit that's within the ball-park of anything else, except in straight acceleration.
#15
D! You made our friends at Autoblog again!
1200hp "Super Veyron" winds the rumor mill again — Autoblog
1200hp "Super Veyron" winds the rumor mill again — Autoblog
#18
I have some new information regarding the Veyron Grand Prix. Bugatti will only build 31 Veyron Grand Prixs to honor the 31 Grand Prixs the company has won in their history. Also, the Veyron Grand Prix will not be built at the Molsheim factory but at the VAG prototype facility in Germany so that it doesn't interfere with the veyron grand sport production.




