Bugatti Veyron
You have heard about it, you have known about it and you have been crazy about it but with the production now discontinued, it is unlikely you can have it and brag about it. The car that set the bars on what truly defines a great super car, the legendary, iconic, and perhaps the greatest car of the last decade, is the 2015 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport. In this 2015 Bugatti Veyron review, we cover everything from the overview, specs, features, interior, safety to help you learn more about the Super Sport 16.4.
Bugatti Veyron
Bugatti Veyron
An Overview of the 2015 Bugatti Veyron Review
The car with its nearly unrivaled speed, power, and performance, the Veyron has become famous worldwide and has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from its reviewer and drivers. It has won both “Car of the Decade and best car award (2000–2009)” as well as” Best Car Driven All Year award’ from Top Gear, and with a max speed of 267.856 mph, set the record for the fastest street legal production car in the world according to Guinness. It is more likely a person would know what a Veyron is rather than whether Europe is a country or continent!
The Veyron is named in honor of the Buggati’s test and race driver, Pierre Veyron, who along with his co-driver won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939. Everything from the engine to the beautifully crafted interior was assembled by hand, a painstaking 300 hours of work by twenty of Buggati’s skilled engineers. Hence, it is no wonder that it was priced at $1,914,000.
The Bugatti Veyron was a car few could afford but for those lucky (or rich) enough to drive the magnificent beast, it offered an unforgettable experience and source of pride.
This review covers the standard version of the Veyron. The later models and special variants are not discussed for the sake of uniformity.
Performance
Bugatti Veyron Performance
Bugatti Veyron Performance
Most of the technical work was done under the supervision of Volkswagen’s engineering chief Wolfgang Schreiber and as such you can see fine professional German engineering inside the car. The Veyron holds the titanic 8.0-litre, quad-turbocharged, W16 cylinder engine with each cylinder having four valves, making a total of 64.
W16 cylinder engine capable of producing tremendous power, a max of 1,006 bhp and a torque of 922 lb-ft, and the kerb weight is 4,162 lb giving it a good power/weight ratio of 523 bhp per ton. This allows allowing the car to quickly get to the record braking speeds it is famous for.
To prevent the engine from overheating, the car makes use a total of twelve radiators and numerous air vents. In fact, the engine at full throttle breathes 47,000 liters of air per minute!
The car has terrible fuel economy. At full speed, it gulps down 1.33 gallons of oil per minute. This doesn’t only make a great impression on bystanders, but also makes environmentalists worried!
The transmission is dual-clutch direct-shift gearbox computer-controlled automatic with seven gear ratios, providing a great shift time of just 50 milliseconds. The replacement for the transmission is very pricey, a massive $ 120,000, so it’s best you keep it properly maintained (unless maybe money isn’t a problem for you).
Despite the ballistic speeds, the driver remains in control of the car even when pushed to the limit. At speeds of 140 mph or greater the spoilers and wings of the car deploy a down force of a impressive 770 lb-ft to ensure the car remains on the ground and doesn’t fly off. The hydraulics also work to lower the car and increase balance.
The handling is sharp and very responsive. In fact it is so good, after driving, and even Gordon Murray the McLaren F1 designer changed his mind about the Bugatti Veyron.
In order to decelerate this four wheel jet-like vehicle, the 400 mm carbon ceramic brake system reinforced with silicon carbide ( which by the way is one of the strongest material in the world after diamond) is used, having a braking potential of 1.3 g. This makes the car capable of decelerating from 250 mph to 0 mph in less than ten seconds!
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