Full Throttle in a Bugatti Veyron
February 26, 2008 by Alborz Fallah
Day one of the Car Advice supercar odyssey began with an official tour of the Bugatti factory and a quick drive.
There is much to say here and we will get to that in detail when we get back, but there is nothing more unbelievable than seeing and walking around the factory that makes the world’s best, fastest and most expensive car.
The factory is actually quite small, with a production capacity of around 2 cars per week, each car taking in excess of 300 hours.
We saw things we shouldn’t have seen, the Bugatti Veyron Hermes and even a more special-edition model that we are not allowed to name (it looked stunning).
We learnt a few things too. For a start, Bugatti doesn’t lose money on every Veyron they make, they actually make a profit. A set of replacement wheels & tyres will set you back around 52,000 Euros.
Every car is the responsibility of five perfectionists at Bugatti, with one assigned each to interior, exterior, chassis, electrics or engine.
After the tour we turned the car on and drove it around Bugatti’s test facility. The sound is simply astounding, not Zonda loud, but much deeper.
Without giving too much away (prior to our autobahn test drive tomorrow), let’s just say, not only does it sound astonishing, but the road presence is second to none.
Tomorrow, Bugatti hands over the keys, opens the gates and lets us loose – so check back in around 24hrs for our thoughts. Keep in mind that we are video taping the whole event so there is a lot more to come.
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Joober – don’t see what your getting at dude. Up there you saying the driving position would make it diffucult get in/out. Now yer saying the oposite. Uh Confused dude.
Hey Folks – Given that we have not heard from Alborz and Co that they may have wrapped the Bugatti around a lamp post.
Seriously lets hope they are still having fun.
Couldn’t help jumping in here and commenting. Spam word is ford…..hey where are the comments on the drive. Waiting to see/hear how it went! Top gear special with the Veyron was awesome so hopefully your drive was as special as watching Clarkeson fang it!
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I am with Hendrik, what he said! :-)
Besides, WE ALL KNOW WHAT A BUGATTI LOOKS LIKE!
Go test the car that beats this, the Ultima GTR720, and @ a fraction of the price!Did you know that is what McLaren copied when it made its own uber sportscar the F1??
Cheers
F-O
Hey Karl, wipe that silly grin off your face and get yourself back here in the real world. I’ll take you for a ride on the back of the ZX14 and then you’ll know what scared really is ;-)
hi i’m italian, i’m a fanatic fan on bugatti….
you are the best!!!!
I spose it would be fun to drive that thing around a race track, but you wouldnt let your mrs or your mates drive it, so it would just be you and the car… Na i would rather buy myself 20 clubsports..