Posted on 12/10/2005 9:10:44 AM PST by liberallarry
A superlative on four wheels, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is not only the world's fastest production car but also the most expensive: $1.25 million before taxes and richly deserved gas-guzzler penalties. Also, the most powerful: Its 8.0-liter 16-cylinder quad-turbo engine produces about 1,000 horsepower and churns it through a high-tech all-wheel-drive system and gob-smacking foot-wide tires. Also, the quickest: The Veyron accelerates to 60 mph in 2.1 seconds, faster than a Formula 1 car, but then it's just getting started. In 20 seconds — about the time it takes a fast reader to get through this paragraph — it reaches 200 mph. In 53 mind-blowing seconds, the Veyron reaches its marquee speed: 253 mph.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
How are the brakes?
Brakes?
We don't no brakes!
(Warning: Graphic photo of two million dollar cars crashed by teenagers while racing. Not for the faint hearted......)
http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/111424.html
Big deal. Where can you legally drive this thing?
Who cares about gas? ...the insurance would drive you into the poorhouse.
Graphic? I expected to see body parts, squished brains and blood. But it only shows the smashed up cars after they were carted away. Not very graphic. But thanks for the warning, I guess...
Lord have mercy. Is this thing actually street legal in the U.S.?
Just DAMN!
Don't worry, daddy will buy them new ones..
For the price, I could buy ten Ford GTs. < /dream on>
How much dough?
R O T F L M A O
Brakes, you wanna know about brakes? Well here ya go!
The Veyron has a lot of other tricks up its carbon-fiber sleeve. When the brakes are activated at high speed, the rear wing tilts to 70 degrees, creating what is effectively an air brake — should the 15-inch carbon-ceramic disc brakes not prove to be enough. Here is a fun fact: In a panic stop from 253 mph, the Veyron comes to a halt in less than 10 seconds — hard enough to pull the sunglasses off your face
The braking system is similar to the Soyuz: a set of parachutes and retro-rockets.
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