Bugatti Veyron Review
March 17, 2008 by Anthony Crawford
But first things first. We had been up thirty-six hours and desperately needed a good solid meal. Food is what France does best, although low budget trips can be a nasty thing.
We drove back into Strasbourg and found the only place open, which happened to be covered in pictures of black and white cows.
We couldn’t get in fast enough. I had been talking up steak and chips or “steak frites” as the French call it, all day and this was the specialty of the house. For the equivalent of AUD$22.00 we had a king’s feed of steak drenched in garlic butter, with proper French fries. A bona fide heart stopper!
We arrived back at the not so salubrious Hotel Le Bugatti, which whilst pleasant enough, had a pungent odour in the foyer which none of us could locate the source of.
On the way in to Molsheim, we had noticed some beautifully picturesque countryside behind the town and decided to take the little PUG on what we thought would be a short reconnaissance mission.
Whilst we found some amazing shoot locations, darkness was descending and without maps or sat nav, it would be several hours before we would return to the hotel, despite being only 20 mins north of the town.
A quick check of camera and video equipment and we hit the sack. That’s three of us in one room to save on accommodation costs and Karl in a private room, which he ruthlessly claimed, the moment that option was raised by the hotel manager.
On approach to the security gate early the next morning, we got a sign from above of what was to come. A couple of fast moving Eurofighters buzzed the Bugatti compound with afterburners ablaze, going vertical!
I believe that it’s luxurious like a Maybach and the automated seven-speed makes possible everyone to drive it. In a world full of expensive caprices you may have a wild dream with Bugatti Veyron 16.4.
Those photos are amazing. thank you for them. I had never seen the veyron so close in some places, like the back of the bucket or the pedals, and i had searched a lot. thank you
Good onya boys! :) Nice website you’ve got here…so how do you think the Merc SL 55 driver (that wanted to take on the Veyron) must’av felt when VW spooled up and boosted into the next country?
Now, any chance of a ‘Veyron Title Battle’ :)
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Quote=”You can sit in peak hour traffic or travel between countries faster than France’s TGV (very fast train) listening to…”
Regarding the TGV it set the train speed record at 515km/h some years ago. It has since broken it’s own record, but regularly travels between 300 and 400km/h. The Veyron drinks the whole tank in less than 20mins on speed runs, but I take your point. ;-) It’s damn fast and is just as happy dawdling down to the corner shop.
I’d be over the moon for a “ride” in a Lambo let alone driving a Veyron. Lucky buggers and thanks for the great review.
Fascinating article and a truely peerless car. It’s close to perfection with the letdown being the interior. Not so much retro as dated. Why make a modern technological wonder and give it a 50s look inside??!
its a god dam looking car and a fast beuty
Who is this other AW. WTH using my username.
I will never EVER be able to describe how much I love that car.
I am willing to have my life cut short for 3 years just to get a taste of this damn thing!!!
Hello my good guys,
I think about how would you feel and write if you could drive my Bugatti Linea Vincero Mansory. Your review is ok, thanks for normal people that you can give them that idea of feelings. Good night my dear fellow, good night…
thank’s for any information
I think other than sheer fascination with this thing, I hope that one day Australia with our own imagination, can build a machine like this. Once we get over our John Simpleton mindset and lack of motivation to succed as a country not just as individuals then we will be on the right path, we do not have the capability now but we do have the capability to gain that capability. Most of us also dont have the capability to start a car company but those who do in this country also just cant be bothered it seems, this is the naive, take-it-for-granted mindset that we can just continue this western way of life without making a meainingful contribution to sustaining and improving it, other than silly little under-done efforts. To start with we should actually get a few Veyrons into Australia.
Is this the only car to have gotten six starts by CA