Bugatti Veyron Review
March 17, 2008 by Anthony Crawford
There was dead calm from everyone, as I climbed into the driver’s seat of the world’s fastest and most expensive car. Not difficult at all really.
You open the doors using a regular door handle and climb into the extraordinarily comfortable racing style seats.
Only, these pews are carbon-fibre backed and covered in the finest leather I have ever sat on, from Austria of all places.
Firing up this monster requires nothing more than a twist of the key, which activates all the electronic systems, waiting for the audible “she’s right to go” beeps, and then one firm stab at the start button.
I’m trying not to smile in the presence of Julius and my own Car Advice colleagues as 1001 horsepower and 1250 Newton metres sits idling so deeply, that it’s making the ground vibrate around the car. The feeling that you are in control of so much power, waiting to be unleashed on public roads is a trip into another world – you’ve got to remain on high alert anytime you’re behind the wheel of the Veyron.
We have been blessed with a typically overcast European day, so my first taste of driving the Veyron will be at a crazy 5km/h as I move the car around the Bugatti compound, under precise instructions from our photographers.
Five kilometres per hour might seem absurd in the Veyron, but that’s the beauty of this car. You can sit in peak hour traffic or travel between countries faster than France’s TGV (very fast train) listening to Bach on the ultra high end Burmester audio system. I’ve got to be honest with you though; I didn’t switch on the sound system for fear of missing just a moment of all sixteen cylinders – live in concert.
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