Bugatti Veyron: Scaling Everest in world's fastest car

Saturday, November 05, 2005

Bugatti Veyron: Scaling Everest in world's fastest car

Bugatti's boss wants to see the Bugatti Veyron in the hands of "car people, not the Beckhams".

Dr Bscher said: “This car is a technical achievement of the highest order. Veyron shows the world our technological capabilities. It is a car to make us proud. There is nothing else on the road that compares. It is not a race car, though it will do a fabulous lap time at Le Mans, yet it is as comfortable as a Bentley, and you can do the shopping in it.”

So who will buy it? Well, the rich, certainly, but not necessarily the famous. Bugatti sees the car as being sold primarily to real car fans. Dr Bscher said: “The people we have as customers are car people. I am not interested in having the Beckhams of the world as customers. I want people who understand the car to buy the car.”