Bugatti Veyron: Faster than a jet plane

Friday, September 16, 2005

Bugatti Veyron: Faster than a jet plane

South African website "Motoring" has a nice round-up about the Bugatti Veyron.
The price already sounded impressive in Euro, but in South African Rand, it's even more!
Expect to pay R10m for it! Wow!!!

VW is preparing one of the boldest ventures in its history by producing the fastest and most expensive car yet made, the Bugatti Veyron.

With a speedometer reading to 420km/h, an engine packed with 1001hp (aboput 750kW) and a price of €1.2-million (nearly R10-million), the Bugatti Veyron will obviously not for everyone.

To put that speed into perspective, if you could maintain it from Cape Town to Johannesburg, you'd be in Jozi faster than a passenger you'd dropped at the airport - if you include waiting, boarding and disembarking time.

"Only a few thousand people in the world can afford to purchase a dream like this," said Christophe Piochon, head of quality control for the car, "and they usually wish to remain discreet.