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212 mph was attained legally (on an Autobahn) in Germany.
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"212 mph was attained .. on an Autobahn"
IIRC, they would have gone faster, but had to keep slowing down for the 155mph limited traffic, which at nearly 60mph slower proved a bit of an obstacle! :-)
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"I hope the brakes are good"
They are, I gather. It has an air-brake as well, if you're doing more than about 130, which both adds drag and downforce to the rear wheels, so they can apply more braking effort - neat.
George Kacher's review was a very good read. Lots of info, my favourite being that at the usual rev-limiter maximum (for lesser vehicles) of 155mph, the Bug still has over 700hp in hand. Woo-hoo!
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"my favourite.."
More than one, really. The other is the fuel consumption at full chat, which came out at 2.8mpg*! Not surprising when you realise that two thirds of the energy released does not reach the wheels, but has to be dissipated as heat, i.e. 1000hp through the radiators (all four of them) and 1000hp as hot gas, via the turbos and out through the exhaust.
*Or a gallon every 40 seconds.
That should work the tree-huggers up into a nice froth... :-)
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SO they finally got this one out then after all the problems and the sacked test drivers after a trail of wreckage......
I like em quick, just for the sake of being quick and because they can, but this one I think is a widow maker.
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It's very beautiful indeed. A showroom in Berlin has one parked in the window, along with a Flying Spur and other Bentleys. It looks very nice indeed...
No touching/sitting allowed though...
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I'm a bit of a tree hugger but I think the Veyron is a beautiful car, a work of art even. It is just a toy, both serious and ridiculous at the same time. But above all it is a bit of self-indulgence by VW, who own Bugatti.
Actors crave recognition from their peers, as do rock stars and sports stars. Car manufacturers are the same. The Veyron thumbs its little horse-shoe nose at Mercedes, Ferrari, Porsche and even those other VW-owned supercar makers, Lamborghini and Bentley.
However, in the real world the days of the EEV (excessively excessive vehicle), whether it be a Hummer or a Lambo, are numbered. When the Maybach super-luxury car was under development a 1000 bhp V24 version was envisaged, using two Mercedes V12's in tandem. It never came to pass, mercifully!
Cheers, Sofa Spud
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I knew it reminded me of something!
Wouldn't a Veyron make a perfect weekend car for Smart owners?
I'd have matching red/black or blue/black for both.
cheers, Sofa Spud
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Apologies for keeping this thread going single handed, but...
Urgent! Before you order your Veyron:
I'm just studying the photos of the Veyron in the latest issue of Car magazine. It might exceed 250 mph, accelerate from 0-60 in 2.5 seconds and cost the best part of £1 million, but the designers seem to have forgotten something;
Where does the front number plate go? The Veyron is a road car, after all. Since it can't go in the middle because of the grille, do you fix it to one side, Alfa Romeo style? It doesn't look like there's room for that either, and the 'bumper' section is curved anyway.
In any case, the offset 'trade-plate' look shouts 'Alfa Romeo' these days, and people might mistake it for an Alfa. How about a stick-on reg. no like E-type Jaguars used to have? Err...no!
Square 2-line plate clumsliy overlapping side grille? Maybe!
Cheers, Sofa Spud
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I reckon you culd get away with mounting it JUST under the grille if the screws were at the top of the plate. Other than that, it would have to be the side. The top of the grille it too high. I'm pretty sure the 156 curves around as does the plate but I'm not certain.
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Don't think you will be seeing many on the road, so front number-plates are probably irrelevant. There'll be straight into heated garages and collections (apart from the odd one on Ebay!).
Has a seven-speed DSG box to four-wheel drive, by the way.
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"Since it can't go in the middle because of the grille"
That doesn't seem to stop RX-8 owners putting their plates right across the air intake, which is a lot smaller than the Bug's. I've often wondered if it causes problems - it certainly spoils the appearance...
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"using two Mercedes V12's in tandem"
From an idea by...
aeroflt.users.netlink.co.uk/profile/d335spec.htm
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