Bugatti Veyron
The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engine sports car, designed and developed in Germany by the Volkswagen Group and Bugatti and manufactured in Molsheim, France, by French automobile manufacturer Bugatti. It was named after the racing driver Pierre Veyron.
| Bugatti Veyron 16.4 | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. |
| Production |
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| Assembly | France: Alsace, Molsheim |
| Designer | Jozef Kabaň |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Sports car (S) |
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| Layout | Mid-engine, all-wheel drive |
| Related | Audi Rosemeyer(engine) Bentley Hunaudières |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 8.0 L (488 cu in) quad-turbocharged Volkswagen WR16 |
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| Transmission | 7-speed Ricardo dual-clutch automatic |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,710 mm (106.7 in) |
| Length | 4,462 mm (175.7 in) |
| Width | 1,998 mm (78.7 in) |
| Height | 1,204 mm (47.4 in) |
| Kerb weight | 1,838–1,990 kg (4,052–4,387 lb) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Bugatti EB 110 |
| Successor | Bugatti Chiron |
The original version has a top speed of 407 km/h (253 mph). It was named the 2000s Car of the Decade by the BBC television programme Top Gear. The standard Veyron also won Top Gear's Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005.
The Super Sport version of the Veyron is one of the fastest street-legal production cars in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph). The Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse was the fastest roadster in the world, reaching an averaged top speed of 408.84 km/h (254.04 mph) in a test on 6 April 2013.
The Veyron's chief designer was Hartmut Warkuß, with the exterior being designed by Jozef Kabaň of Volkswagen. Much of the engineering work was conducted under the guidance of chief technical officer Wolfgang Schreiber. The Veyron includes a sound system designed and built by Burmester Audiosysteme.
Several special variants have been produced. In December 2010, Bugatti began offering prospective buyers the ability to customise exterior and interior colours by using the Veyron 16.4 Configurator application on the marque's official website. The Bugatti Veyron was discontinued in late 2014, but special edition models continued to be produced until 2015.