Bugatti Veyron 16.

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Written by cellularcompar on Feb-4-09 6:10pm/4/2009 12:40 GMT
From: harishussain.info
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is the ´fastest, most powerful and most expensive´ street-legal production cars in the world.
It’s the quickest to 100 km/h, it has the highest top speed, and it can absolutely dominate a track. The name
´Veyron´ is attributed to the French racing driver Pierre Veyron who won the title ´24 hours of Le Mans´ in
1939 for Bugatti. The car is a sheer technological wonder. Other vehicles on the road appear to stop as the
Veyron whooshes past with the ease of a Formula One car. It is a sobering realization that the grand prix racer is
not as fast as a Veyron.

Bugatti Veyron 16.4

Bugatti Veyron 16.4
Specifications & Performance:
The Veyron features a 736-kilowatt W16 power plant displaces 8.0 liters, 16 cylinders in four banks of four
cylinders, or the equivalent of two narrow-angle V8 engines mated in a “W” configuration. Each cylinder has 4
valves for a total of 64, but the narrow V8 configuration allows two camshafts to drive two banks of cylinders
so only 4 camshafts are needed. The engine is fed by four turbochargers and displaces 8.0 L (7,993 cc/488 in³)
with a square 86 mm by 86 mm (3.4 in. × 3.4 in.) bore and stroke, and features ten radiators for:
i- 3 radiators for the engine cooling system.
ii- 1 heat exchanger for the air-to-liquid intercoolers.
iii- 2 for the air conditioning system.
iv- 1 transmission oil radiator.
v- 1 differential oil radiator.
vi- 1 engine oil radiator.
vii- 1 hydraulic oil radiator for the spoiler

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 W16

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Engine
It produces 1001 horsepower that’s fed by four turbochargers and 922 lb-ft of torque are delivered to all four
wheels via a beefed-up seven-speed version of VW/Audi’s excellent dual-clutch sequential gearbox (DSG). Has
a 16” carbon ceramic brakes which is bigger than Ford Focus’s wheels, and these breaks can stop the car from
250 km/h in just 10 seconds. It uses special Michelin run-flat tires, designed specifically for the Veyron to
accommodate its top speed, which reportedly cost $25,000 per set.
The car can hit 100 Km/h in just 2.5 seconds, 160 Km/h in 5.5 seconds, and 250 Km/h in 9.8 seconds. Getting
to 320 Km/h takes 18.3 seconds, and 400 Km/h takes 42.3 seconds. A special key is required to “unlock” the
Veyron’s top speed of 250+ mph. The car is then lowered to just 3.5 inches from the ground. A hydraulic
spoiler extends at speed, and it can also serve as an air brake.
Despite extensive use of carbon fiber and aluminum, the Veyron is, at 4,160 lbs, but even its harshest critics
admit its handling is surprisingly sharp. It is slightly less than 176 inches long (no longer than a Kia Spectra)
and almost 79 inches wide, it is surprisingly compact. The Veyron provides a level of comfort far beyond that
of the Ferrari Enzo and Porsche Carrera GT, neither of which can match its acceleration, top speed or braking.
The ride over poor surfaces is amazing for such a taut high-performance car. The steering is so precise that the
Veyron feels almost as nimble as a Miata. The interior is exquisite; details like vents and door pulls are made of
machined and polished aluminum.
The fuel economy is 9 miles per gallon in the city and 18 highway estimates. At maximum speed, the car would
theoretically run out of fuel in 12 minutes.
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Interior
Criticism & Comments:
Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson publicly stated the Veyron was ridiculous and would never be built, only to call it
“best car ever made” after he drove it. He famously characterized it as
“utterly, stunningly, mind blowingly, jaw droppingly brilliant…”
Gordon Murray, designer of the McLaren F1 (which for many years was the fastest production car ever built)
said the following about the Bugatti Veyron in UK auto magazine evo during its development period:
“The most pointless exercise on the planet has got to be this four-wheel-drive 1,000 horsepower (750 kW)
Bugatti. I think it’s incredibly childish this thing people have about just one element—top speed, standing
kilometre or 0–60. It’s about as narrow minded as you can get as a car designer to pick on one element.
It’s like saying we’re going to beat the original Mini because we’re going to make a car 10 mph (16 km/h)
faster on its top speed—but it’s two feet longer and 200 kilos heavier. That’s not car designing—that just
reeks of a company who are paranoid…”
However, Murray was impressed with the Veyron after he test drove one although still apprehensive about it in
an article he wrote for Road and Track magazine.
After the car had reached production, Murray went on to write an article for another UK auto magazine, Top
Gear, retracting a lot of his past criticism of the car.
“One really good thing, and I simply never expected this, is that it does change direction. It hardly feels
its weight. Driving it on a circuit I expected a sack of cement, but you can really throw it at the tight
chicanes…”
He also declared in the article that “The braking is phenomenal. … And the primary ride and body control
are impressive too” and “It’s a huge achievement.”
The price is $1.2 million before taxes in the United States.