Showing posts with label Bugatti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bugatti. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Bugatti Renaissance Design Concept: Veyron Supercar Reinterpreted



We're not sure when or if Bugatti will inform a direct successor to the 1,001-horsepower Veyron, but if the VW Group-owned company does, John Mark Vicente, a river graduate of the Communication Design program at the Emily Carr University, would like to believe that it may look something like this. Named the Bugatti Renaissance, the conceptual offering builds on the qualities of the 16-cylinder supercar.





Source:carscoop

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Super Car: Bugatti Veyron

Story source: Super Car


Make:Bugatti

Model:Bugatti Veyron

Acceleration:2,9 sec.

Top speed:406 km/h.

Transmission:automatic

Design:8,0 litre

Displacement:7993 cc

Maximum Bhp1001

hp / 6000 rmp T

Weight:1890 kg


After four years of development, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4, as it will now be called, is ready for series production. The most exclusive sports car of all time is following in the footsteps of the legendary Bugatti, those universally-coveted limousines and unbeatable racing cars of the 1920s and 1930s which today are among the most sought-after creations from the early days of automobile construction.

This brings to an end the era of design models and concept cars which since the late 1990s have signposted possible paths to the Bugattis of the future. Design and technological concept have finally become reality in the Veyron model?s final form and will be available from the beginning of 2004 as a strictly limited edition of just 300 cars. Technologically futuristic and packed with creative engineering, the first Bugatti of the 21st century has arrived.

Merging the Past and the Future

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4?s home is in Molsheim-Dorlisheim, the French town where, almost 100 years ago, Ettore Bugatti began to realize his lifelong dream of being a car manufacturer. The new workshop is not just where the engine and vehicle are assembled and tested, it is also the place where customers collect their Bugattis and drive them out onto the streets for the first time.

The aim is to turn Molsheim into an all-round Bugatti centre once again. While up to 70 new vehicles a year are built by hand in the new facility, neighboring specially-equipped workshops are the scene of expert restoration work on historic Bugatti vehicles. Both past and future have found a new home here.

High Performance

The car?s safety systems have been designed to cope with its extraordinary performance, acceleration and speed. The single-piece carbon fiber monocoque alone scores maximum points in crash tests, while airbags give the driver and passenger additional protection. The high-speed tires designed specially for the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 (for vmax. > 350 km/h), sizes 265-68 R 500 A (front) and 365-71 R 540 A (rear), incorporate a further innovative safety feature in the form of the PAX System fitted to the wheels and tires, ensuring safe handling even after sudden pressure loss. Another Bugatti Veyron 16.4 component with a safety element is the rear spoiler. As well as providing the necessary down force during high-speed travel, it acts as a kind of ?parachute brake? during emergency braking. Once precisely-defined deceleration forces are registered the spoiler tilts and the additional air resistance this generates reduces the braking distance to that of a lorry.

The Art of the Machine

The W16 alloy engine developed by Bugatti for the Veyron 16.4 will have a special and absolutely unique place in the history of sports car construction. Its design employs the space-saving VR principle with two particularly slender eight-cylinder blocks arranged at a 90° angle to each other.

1001 horsepower equip the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 with a level of acceleration unheard of in the sports car segment, propelling it from 0 to 60 mph in just three seconds and past the 200 mph mark in a mere 14 seconds. Thanks to its 923 lb-ft, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4?s enormous propulsive power is not exhausted until it reaches 252.3 mph (406 km/h): the maximum speed for which chassis and drive train have been designed. Any further performance escalation is limited by current design and construction.

Also unique is the power transmission via an innovative directshift gearbox. Without any interruption in the power flow, the sequential seven-speed gearbox transmits the engine?s power to the wheels via permanent four-wheel drive. Put simply, this means uninterrupted acceleration from a standing start to maximum speed: a feeling previously known only to jet pilots.

Exclusive, Classical, Functional

Both exclusive and highly functional, the interior of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 will transport you to a world of your own. Superb leather, also two-tone if desired, quality metallic trim and beautifully designed and ergonomically laid-out controls characterize the Veyron cockpit.

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 instruments, with a large central rev counter surrounded by four smaller additional instruments also conjures up memories of the marque?s legendary motor sport past. The deliberate avoidance of superfluous instruments and modern extras are an unmistakable statement of the car?s uncompromising sportiness.

Unchanged on the series version of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is the classical two-tone paintwork. The designers have selected five separate color combinations for the car: Each of the combinations features the bonnet, roof and rear in the darker of the two colors, with the sides and front wheel arches in the lighter color.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

2007 SSC Ultimate Aero

The world's faster production car since September 2007. Built by, the Americans, that's a surprise. SSC which stands for Shelby Super Cars beat the Bugatti Veyron by 2.83 seconds. Not bad, in my opinion I don't like the styling of the Ultimate Aero, it is old and ugly, also the Bugatti, I believe it needs to be something better for the amount you are paying. The Ultimate Aero is about 1 million less than the Bugatti. Also it boasts with better technology, a Twin Turbo V8 engine which out performs the Bugatti's V12.

Engine
Power bhp: 1183
Torque lb-ft: 1094
Red Line at RPM: 7200
Type: V8 Twin-Turbo

Performance
Acceleration 0-60 mph: 2.78 Seconds
Top Speed: 255.83 mph

Base Price:
2007 SSC Ultimate Aero
- $654,500

Saturday, March 1, 2008

2006 Bugatti Veyron 16.4

The fastest car in the world, after the McLaren F1. The Bugatti Veyron 16.4’s home is in Molsheim-Dorlisheim, the French town where, almost 100 years ago, Ettore Bugatti began to realize his lifelong dream of being a car manufacturer. The new workshop is not just where the engine and vehicle are assembled and tested, it is also the place where customers collect their Bugattis and drive them out onto the streets for the first time. Since the late 1990's many concepts were made for the fastest Bugatti and it's finally here.

Engine
Power bhp: 1001
Torque lb-ft: 923
Red Line at RPM: 6500

Performance
Acceleration 0-60 mph: 2.5 seconds
Top Speed mph: 253

Base Price 2006 Bugatti Veyron 16.4:
$1,700,000