Bugatti Veyron Speed
June 30, 2006 by Alborz Fallah
The Bugatti Veyron is not only the most expensive road car in the world (at $1.24 million USD) but it is by far the fastest. If the 0-100km/hour wasn’t fast at 2.8 seconds, and if 0-160km/hr (0-100miles) wasn’t good enough in 5.5 seconds, then perhaps the fact that it can get to 160km/hour, and back to a complete stop in 9.9 seconds should raise a few eyebrows. To give you some comparison, the BMW M6 does this in 15 seconds!
For a car that weighs 1800kg, to not only reach 160km/hr but to be able to stop in under 10 seconds is an astonishing achievement (hence the $1.2 million price tag). Autocar magazine (UK) recently gathered a group of the best cars (and bike) and put them to the 0-160km-0 test. Results are below:
Competing Cars 0-160-0 Time (in seconds)
- A1 GP 8.40
- Bugatti Veyron 9.90
- Suzuki GSX-R1000 10.70
- Ariel Atom S’Charged 11.00
- Ariel Atom 450 11.05
- Atom Private Owned 11.05
- Caterham CSR260 11.95
- Brooke Double R 12.50
- Porsche 911 Turbo 12.50
- Ford Focus WRC 13.57
- Lambo Gallardo 13.65
- Ascari KZ1 13.80
- Corvette Z06 13.80
- Alpina B6 14.80
- BMW M6 14.95
- TVR Tuscan 2 15.00
- BMW M5 15.20
- Audi RS4 15.80
- Aston V8 Vantage 15.81
- BMW Z4M Roadster 15.95
- Porsche Cayman S 16.46
- Lotus Exige S 16.60
- Nissan 350Z 18.80
- Vauxhall Astra Sprint 18.85
- Vauxhall Astra VXR 19.05
- Renault Megane F1 20.55
- Mazda 6MPS 21.00
- Ford Focus ST 21.35
- Vauxhall Vectra VXR 22.35
- Vauxhall Astra Thurlby 22.65
Print it: 
Saw an epodode of Top Gear on the way over here,Captain Slow is no longer ….slow.
He took it out on the secret VW track in Germany ,to see just how fast it is…Hows 407 klm an hour???? Thats faster than a F1 car. Yep it is the worlds fastest production car.