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On a beautiful sunny day at 25 degrees the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport achieved a new landspeed world record for production cars, on the proving grounds of the Volkswagen Group at Ehra-Lessien (nearby its headquarters at Wolfsburg). In the presence of the German Technical Inspection Agency (TÜV) and a representative of Guinness Book of Records the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport achieved an average top speed of 431 km/h.

Saturday, 2 pm – Bugatti’s Pilote Officiel Pierre Henri Raphanel puts his helmet and gloves on, pulls the safety belts tight whilst the engineers check the car a very last time: tyre pressure, temperature, all systems go. Then the orange black Bugatti Veyron Super Sport crosses the light barrier, from now on the time will be taken, within one hour the car has to drive from South to North and then in the opposite direction. No one but the driver is allowed to touch the car during this time. The tension rises. A few minutes later we can hear from the left side the sound of a starting jumbo jet coming closer towards us. First we perceive the headlights of the Veyron, then we can recognize the shape of the car, a loud wooosh…. and Raphanel dashes in top speed past us. The GPS-tachometer stops at 427, 933 km/h. Now the same procedure from the opposite direction. This time the car reaches 434, 211 km/h. As average top speed the representatives of the “TÜV”and Guinness generate a value of 431, 072 km/h (268 mph). This even hit Bugatti’s engineering team by surprise.

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Everyone must have heard of the 1001+ horsepower Bugatti Veyron as the most powerful supercar in the world, that’s until the 1183 horsepower SSC Ultimate Aero arrives on scene. But now Bugatti is making a comeback with a 1200 horsepower Veyron, or are they? For now it is just rumors but I’ll keep you updated and let you know if this is true.
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As the climax of its centenary celebration ceremonies, Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. presented customers and opinion-makers with the Bugatti Galibier Concept, intended to be the most exclusive, elegant, and powerful four door automobile in the world last weekend in Molsheim. At the historic site where Ettore Bugatti once laid the cornerstone of his company, Bugatti’s current president, Dr. Ing. Franz-Josef Paefgen emphasised that the Bugatti Galibier 16C is one of several concept studies with which the company is considering for the future of the Bugatti marque.

Art – Forme – Technique: those are the brand values to which Ettore Bugatti and his son Jean oriented themselves in order to develop even more powerful engines and even more noble body designs for each new model, which were without equal in quality, handling, speed and elegance. In the process, they experimented again and again without compromise with new materials; thus was Bugatti one of the first manufacturers to use aluminium parts for bodies, engine blocks and wheels.
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Continuing its 100th anniversary celebrations Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. has chosen the prestigious Pebble Beach weekend to present a further highlight to pay tribute to this legendary brand : The company proudly unveils the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Sang Bleu – an exclusive, one-off Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport, honouring the marques precious heritage.

Innovation and Harmony

The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Sang Bleu has ventured into new areas. Instead of applying two paint colours or paint and material to highlight the two tone design the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Sang Bleu exclusively concentrates on materials – carbon fibre and aluminum – an innovative combination never realised before. This unique approach opens a new dimension of « Art – Forme – Technique », the company’s core values.

The colour combination commissioned for the Pebble Beach car is blue carbon fibre with polished aluminum. The visual carbon fibre is tinted in royal blue to emphasize the refined volumes and surfaces of the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport. The rear airscoops are tinted in the same nightblue – offering a dramatic view from above – and thus fluidly integrate into the overall design philosophy of this unique model.
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All the Bugatti vs. ……. videos that I have seen makes the Bugatti seem like a bully who’s always picking on the weaklings. For-crying-out-loud, the Bugatti has a W16 engine-16 cylinder, which is fed by four turbochargers and produces 1001-horsepower. The acceleration speed from 0-60-mph is just 2.6 seconds, reach 200 and 300 km/h (124 and 186 mph) in 7.3 and respectively 16.7 seconds, and hit a top-speed of more than 250-mph (405+ km/h). If the Bugatti is such a beast, why is it that the challengers are often some little puppets that don’t even have half as much power as the Bugatti?

It is sad seeing an Audi R8 challenging a Bugatti. Come on, 420-horsepower vs. 1001-horsepower, is that even a challenge? There are cars out there that the Bugatti can challenge, like the SSC Ultimate Aero for example; that would be a much better race. Or, even though the Ascari A10 does not have the power to wipe the floor with the Bugatti, that’s the kind of cars it should be challenging. The Ascari A10 can accelerate for 0-60-mph in less than 3 second and hit 100-mph in a little over 6 seconds, pick a fight with that and leave the damn BMW M3 and Nissan GT-R alone.

Bugatti Veyron vs. Nissan GT-R
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