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Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4
Manufacturer	Bugatti Automobiles SAS
Parent company	Volkswagen AG
Production	2005-present (approx. 300 to be produced)
Assembly	Molsheim, Alsace, France
Predecessor	Bugatti EB110
Body style(s)	2-door coupe
Layout	mid-engine, all-wheel drive
Engine(s)	8.0 L quad-turbocharged W16
Transmission(s)	7-speed DSG sequential manual
Wheelbase	2710 mm (106.69 in)
Length	4462 mm (175.67 in)
Width	1998 mm (78.66 in)
Height	1204 mm (47.4 in) at normal position
Curb weight	1888 kg (4162.33 lb)
Fuel capacity	100 L (26 US gal/22 imp gal)
Designer	Hartmut Warkuss, and Jozef Kabaň[1]

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is a mid-engine sports car produced by Volkswagen AG subsidiary Bugatti Automobiles SAS introduced in 2005. It is the quickest accelerating and decelerating road-legal production car in the world, and it was the world's fastest car until it was beaten by the SSC Ultimate Aero TT in 2007. Powered by a 1,001 PS (987 hp/736 kW) W16 engine,^[2] it is able to achieve an average top speed of 408.47 km/h (253.81 mph).^[3] The car reached full production in September 2005, and is handcrafted in a factory Volkswagen built near the former Bugatti headquarters in Château St Jean in Molsheim (Alsace, France). It is named after French racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti firm. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... 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History

Development of this vehicle began with the 1999 EB 18/4 "Veyron" concept car which itself had a chassis based on that of the Bugatti 18/3 Chiron concept car. Introduced at the Tokyo Motor Show, it was similar in design and appearance to the final Veyron production car. One major difference was the EB 18/4's use of a W18 engine with three banks of six cylinders. The Veyron's head designer was Hartmut Warkuss with exterior designed by Jozef Kabaň of Volkswagen rather than Giorgetto Giugiaro of ItalDesign who had handled the three prior Bugatti concepts too. 1938 Buick Y-Job, the first Concept car A concept car or show car is a car prototype made to showcase a concept, new styling, technology and more. ... At the October 1999 IAA Auto Show in Frankfurt, Germany the Bugatti 18/3 Chiron was presented to the public for the first time. ... The Tokyo Motor Show is an annual auto show held in November in Tokyo, Japan. ... A W18 engine is an eighteen cylinder piston engine in a W configuration. ... Cylinder with piston in a steam engine A cylinder in the central working part of a reciprocating engine, the space in which a piston travels. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... VW redirects here. ... Giorgetto Giugiaro (b. ... Italdesign-Giugiaro S.p. ...

Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piëch announced the production Veyron at the 2000 Geneva Motor Show. It was promised to be the fastest, most powerful, and most expensive car in history. Instead of the W18, the production model would use a VR6/WR8-style W16 engine. First seen in the 1999 Bentley Hunaudieres concept car, the W16 would get four turbochargers, producing a quoted (metric) 1001 horsepower (see engine section for details on the power output). Top speed was promised at 407 km/h (253 mph), and pricing was announced at €1 million. Ferdinand Piëch (born April 17, 1937 in Vienna) is an automobile engineer and manager. ... 74th Geneva Motor Show The Salon International de lAuto (or Geneva Motor Show) is an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva. ... The VR6 engine is an internal combustion engine configuration developed by the Volkswagen Group. ... A W8 engine is an eight cylinder piston engine in a W configuration, or two juxtaposed V4 engine blocks, coupled to one crankshaft. ... A W16 engine is a sixteen cylinder piston engine in a W configuration. ... Bentley Hunaudieres is a high-performance supercar protoype launched by Bentley on the 1999 Geneva Salon International de lAuto. ... Air foil bearing-supported turbocharger cutaway made by Mohawk Innovative Technology Inc. ... For other uses, see Euro (disambiguation). ...

Development continued throughout 2001 and the EB 16/4 Veyron was promoted to "advanced concept" status. In late 2001, Bugatti announced that the car, officially called the "Bugatti Veyron 16.4", would go into production in 2003. The car, however, experienced significant problems during development. Achieving the required high-speed stability was difficult - one prototype was destroyed in a crash and another spun out during a public demonstration at the Monterey Historics event in Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca. Production of the Veyron was delayed pending resolution of these and other issues. The Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races presented by Toyota (or simply Monterey Historics) is an annual event held at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California. ... Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, was built in the 1950s near Monterey, California. ...

A silver and black pre-production Veyron on display at the 2004 Paris Motor Show.

Piëch retired that year as chairman of the Volkswagen Group and was replaced by Bernd Pischetsrieder. The new chairman promptly sent the Veyron back to the drawing board for major revisions. Neumann was replaced as Bugatti president by Thomas Bscher in December 2003, and substantial modifications were made to the Veyron under the guidance of former VW engineer, Bugatti Engineering head Wolfgang Schreiber. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 704 KB) Photographer: photo taken by nl:User:Cars en travel on 2004-09-25 Upload-History: nl. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 704 KB) Photographer: photo taken by nl:User:Cars en travel on 2004-09-25 Upload-History: nl. ... The Mondial de lAutomobile (Paris Motor Show in English) is an annual auto show in Paris. ... Bernd Pischetsrieder is an automobile engineer and manager and currently serves as chairman of Volkswagen AG. He was born on February 15, 1948, in Munich, Germany and studied Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich from 1968 to 1972. ... Thomas Bscher (pronounced BEE-sher) is an automobile race car driver, manager, and banker. ...

Each Veyron is being sold for €1,100,000 (net price without taxes), prices vary by exchange rates and local taxes (like value added taxes). Prices for the UK or the US are about over £800,000, or 1.2 million American dollars (net). The production costs of the car are approximately £4 million per vehicle^{[citation needed]}. Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Economic policy Monetary policy Central bank   Money supply Fiscal policy Spending   Deficit   Debt Trade policy Tariff   Trade agreement Finance Financial market Financial market participants Corporate   Personal Public   Banking   Regulation        Value added tax (VAT), or goods and services tax (GST), is...

As Bugatti and, therefore, Volkswagen are taking such a loss, it has been compared by automotive journalist Jeremy Clarkson to the supersonic jetliner Concorde in that both were huge engineering achievements, but the car will probably, like the plane before it, be discontinued after proving to be an economic failure. Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster and writer who specialises in motoring. ... For other uses, see Concorde (disambiguation). ...

It will be several years before Volkswagen will be able to see if their investment in developing ground-breaking technology has paid off. One key measure is how much (if any) of the technology developed for the Veyron finds use in mass-produced cars.

Official unveiling

A production Veyron at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show where it was unveiled.

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The official United States launch for the production version occurred at the 2006 Los Angeles International Auto Show in January. The Greater Los Angeles Auto Show is an annual auto show that takes place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. ...

Visual differences between the prototype and production Veyrons are slight, but noticeable marks include the addition of marker lights or reflectors on the front fenders and a more pronounced "dorsal spine" on the hood (reminiscent of the Bugatti Atlantic), especially near the windshield. 1938 Type 57SC Atlantic from the Ralph Lauren collection 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Gangloff Drop Head Coupe from the Ralph Lauren collection 1938 Type 57SC Atlantic engine from the Ralph Lauren collection Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bugatti Type 57 The Bugatti Type 57 and later variants (including the...

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Sales and service

Bugatti originally planned to build 300 Veyrons over five years. In March 2006, Bugatti president Bscher claimed to have 70 firm orders, selling out 14 months of production. The company is reportedly speeding up production in response, with all 70 cars expected to be built in 2006. The March, 2008 issue of Winding Road (confirmed by Autoblog) reports that 220 of the 300 cars to be produced have been sold and 132 have been delivered to customers.

Potential buyers based in and around the London area can expect VIP treatment. One buyer (a freelance writer Arash Farboud) wrote in a column for Lusso Magazine: "Dominic Lancaster, the head of Jack Barclay Bugatti in London, arranged for a private jet to take my wife and I over to the factory at Molsheim, in the top right hand corner of France."^[5] Arash Farboud is a British based Iranian entrepreneur. ... Issue 9 Front Cover Lusso Magazine is a United Kingdom-based quarterly magazine dealing with all aspects of the luxury lifestyle market. ...

Maintenance will be possible at Bugatti dealerships but repair service will require a flown-in mechanic, who the company promises will be available 24 hours a day.

Pur Sang special edition

On 10 September 2007 a special version of the Veyron called the Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron "Pur Sang" was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The difference from a standard Veyron is the body finishing: the Pur Sang has none. Instead it reveals the Veyron's pure aluminium-carbon fibre body. Pur Sang is French, meaning thoroughbred or pure blood (literally). Production will be limited to 5 cars. The car will be included with high-gloss aluminum wheels with a diamond cut finish.^[6][7] is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The International Motor Show or Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA) is the worlds largest motor show. ...

Fbg par Hermès special edition

At the Geneva motor show in 2008 Bugatti announced a partnership with the French fashion house Hermès. The Bugatti Veyron Fbg Par Hermès was the result. It features several new features as well as a redesigned front end. The interior is done in Hermès leather and it comes with a specially designed Hermès suitcase to fit in the trunk.^[8]

Specifications

The quad-turbocharged W16 engine used by the Veyron.

The Veyron features a W16 engine—16 cylinders in 4 banks of 4 cylinders, or the equivalent of two narrow-angle V8 engines mated in a "W" configuration. Each cylinder has 4 valves for a total of 64, but the narrow V8 configuration allows two camshafts to drive two banks of cylinders so only 4 camshafts are needed. The engine is fed by four turbochargers and displaces 8.0 L (7,993 cc/488 in³) with a square 86 by 86 mm bore and stroke. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2016x1512, 1031 KB) Volkswagen W16 Engine Photographer: Florian Lindner camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ3 shutter speed: 1/15s lens aperture: f 2. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2016x1512, 1031 KB) Volkswagen W16 Engine Photographer: Florian Lindner camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ3 shutter speed: 1/15s lens aperture: f 2. ... A W16 engine is a sixteen cylinder piston engine in a W configuration. ... The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration, although modern automotive versions use a 90 degree block angle. ... In automotive engineering, an engine is referred to as multi-valve (or multivalve) when each cylinder has more than two valves. ... For the fictional characters of the same name, see Camshaft (Transformers). ... Air foil bearing-supported turbocharger cutaway made by Mohawk Innovative Technology Inc. ... One complete cycle of a four cylinder, four stroke engine. ...

Putting this power to the ground is a dual-clutch DSG computer-controlled manual transmission with 7 gear ratios via shifter paddles behind the steering wheel boasting an < 150 ms shift time, designed and manufactured by Ricardo of England. The Veyron can be driven by full automatic transmission. The Veyron also features full-time all-wheel drive based on the Haldex system. It uses special Michelin run-flat tires designed specifically for the Veyron to accommodate the vehicle's top speed. Curb weight is estimated at 1,888 kg (4,160 lb). This gives the car a power to weight ratio of 529 bhp/tonne. The Direct-Shift Gearbox (Direktschaltgetriebe) is a dual-clutch gearbox designed by BorgWarner and initially licensed to Volkswagen Group (which owns the Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, and Å koda brands). ... A manual transmission (also known as a stick shift, straight drive, or standard transmission) is a type of transmission used in automotive applications. ... Gears on a piece of farm equipment, gear ratio 1:1. ... Shift time refers to the amount of time without power between gears usually with reference to motor vehicles but can apply to any gearbox. ... Four wheel drive or 4x4, is a type of four wheeled vehicle drivetrain configuration that enables all four wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously in order to provide maximum traction. ... Haldex provides proprietary and innovative technology solutions that improve safety, the enviroment and vehicle dynamics to the global vehicle industry within specific niches. ... Michelin (full name: Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin) (Euronext: ML) based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne région of France, is primarily a tyre manufacturer. ... // A run flat tire is a pneumatic vehicle tire that is designed to resist the effects of deflation and to enable the vehicle to continue to be driven — albeit at reduced speeds (i. ... Kerb (sometimes mis-spelled as curb by Americans) weight is the total weight of a vehicle with standard equipment, all necessary operating consumables (such as motor oil and coolant), a full tank of fuel and not loaded with either passengers or cargo. ...

The car's wheelbase is 2,710 mm (106.3 in). Overall length is 4,462 mm (175.8 in). It measures 1,998 mm (78.7 in) wide and 1,204 mm (47.5 in) tall.

The Veyron's hydraulic spoiler.

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• 3 radiators for the engine cooling system.
• 1 heat exchanger for the air-to-liquid intercoolers.
• 2 for the air conditioning system.
• 1 transmission oil radiator.
• 1 differential oil radiator.
• 1 engine oil radiator.
• 1 hydraulic oil radiator for the spoiler

Performance

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The ignition key of Bugatti Veyron 16.4.

According to Volkswagen (and approved by TÜV Süddeutschland) the final production Veyron engine produces 736 kW (987 hp) which is equivalent to 1001 PS (German horsepower).^[2] However, the car is advertised as producing "1001 horsepower" in both the US and European markets. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Schlüssel. ... Image File history File links Schlüssel. ... TÃœVs (short for Technischer Ãœberwachungs-Verein, Technical Monitoring Association in English) are German organizations that work to validate the safety of products of all kinds to protect humans and the environment against hazards. ...

Top speed was initially promised to be 406 km/h (252 mph) but test versions were unstable at that speed, forcing a redesign of the aerodynamics. In May, 2005, a prototype Veyron tested at a Volkswagen track near Wolfsburg, Germany recorded an electronically limited top speed of 400 km/h (249 mph). In October, 2005, Car and Driver magazine's editor Csaba Csere test drove the final production version of the Veyron for the November 2005 issue. This test, at Volkswagen's Ehra-Lessien test track, reached a top speed of 407.5 km/h (253.2 mph). The top speed was verified once again by James May on Top Gear, again at Volkswagen's private test track, when the car hit 407.9 km/h. When getting close to the top speed during the test he said that "the tires will only last for about fifteen minutes, but it's OK because the fuel runs out in twelve minutes." He also gave an indication of the power requirements, at 249 km/h (155 mph) the Veyron was using approximately 270 BHP (201 kW), but to get to its rated 407 km/h (253 mph) top speed required far more from the engine. Aerodynamic friction or drag is proportional to the square of the speed. That means to cover a given distance at twice a given speed the engine must do four times the work to cover the distance at the given speed. Further, by going twice as fast, the engine must do that work in half the time. Therefore, to go twice the given speed requires eight times the power required to go the given speed. German inspection officials recorded an average top speed of 408.47 km/h (253.8 mph)^[3] during test sessions on the Ehra Lessien test track on April 19, 2005. Categories: Cities in Germany | Towns in Lower Saxony | Company towns | Germany-related stubs ... Cover of Car and Driver from age of psychedelic lettering Car and Driver is an American automotive enthusiast magazine. ... Csaba Csere (pronounced ; in American transliteration Chubba Chedda) is a Hungarian - American former technical director and the current editor-in-chief of Car and Driver. ... Ehra-Lessien is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... For the British body snatcher, James May, see London Burkers. ... Top Gear is a BAFTA,[1] Multi-NTA and Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, mainly cars. ... An object moving through a gas or liquid experiences a force in direction opposite to its motion. ...

The car's everyday top speed is listed at 375 km/h (233 mph). When the car reaches 220 km/h (137 mph), hydraulics lower the car until it has a ground clearance of about 8.9 cm (3½ inches). At the same time, the wing and spoiler deploy. This is the "handling mode", in which the wing helps provide 3425 newtons (770 pounds) of downforce, holding the car to the road.^[9] The driver must, using a special key (the "Top Speed Key"), toggle the lock to the left of his seat in order to attain the maximum (average) speed of 408 km/h (254 mph). The key functions only when the vehicle is at a stop when a checklist then establishes whether the car—and its driver—are ready to enable 'top speed' mode. If all systems are go, the rear spoiler retracts, the front air diffusers close and the ground clearance, normally 12.5 cm (4.9 inches), drops to 6.5 cm (2.6 inches). For other uses, see Newton (disambiguation). ... The pound-force is a non-SI unit of force or weight (properly abbreviated lbf or lbf). The pound-force is equal to a mass of one pound multiplied by the standard acceleration due to gravity on Earth (which is defined as exactly 9. ...

The Veyron is the quickest production car to reach 100 km/h (62 mph) with a proven time of 2.5 seconds. It reaches 60 mph in approximately 2.46 seconds. It also reaches 200 and 300 km/h (124 and 186 mph) in 7.4 and 16.7 seconds respectively. And according to the February 2007 issue of Road & Track Magazine, the Veyron accomplished the quarter mile in 10.2 seconds at a speed of 142.9 mph (230.0 km/h). Other tests, however, have the Veyron hitting 150 mph (240 km/h) in 9.8 seconds (see below), so the quarter mile time is actually faster, making the Veyron the most rapidly accelerating production car in history.

It also consumes more fuel than any other production car, using 40.4 L/100 km (5.82 mpg) in city driving and 24.1 L/100 km (10 mpg) in combined cycle. At full throttle, it uses more than 125 L/100 km (2.1 mpg), which would empty its 100 L (26.4 gallon) fuel tank in just 12 minutes.^[10]

The Veyron's brakes use unique cross-drilled and turbine-vented carbon rotors which draw in cooling air to reduce fade. The front calipers have eight^[9] titanium pistons and the rear calipers have six pistons. Bugatti claims maximum deceleration of 1.3 g on road tires. Prototypes have been subjected to repeated 1.0 g braking from 194 to 50 mph (312 to 80 km/h) without fade. With the car's acceleration from 50 to 194 mph (80 to 312 km/h), that test can be performed every 22 seconds. At speeds above 124 mph (200 km/h), the rear wing also acts as an airbrake, snapping to a 55-degree angle in 0.4 seconds once brakes are applied, providing 0.68 g (4.9 m/s²) of deceleration (equivalent to the stopping power of an ordinary hatchback).^[9] Bugatti claims the Veyron will brake from 400 km/h (249 mph) to a standstill in less than 10 seconds.^[9] Vehicle braking system fade, or brake fade is the reduction in stopping power that can occur after repeated application of the brakes, especially in high load or high speed conditions. ... The term g force or gee force refers to the symbol g, the force of acceleration due to gravity at the earths surface. ... In aeronautics air brakes are a type of flight control used on aircraft to reduce speed during landing. ...

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Final numbers

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Critics and comments

Previews

Gordon Murray, designer of the McLaren F1 (which for many years was the fastest production car ever built) said the following about the Bugatti Veyron in UK auto magazine evo during its development period: Gordon Murray (born 1946 in Durban, South Africa) is a renowned designer of Formula 1 race cars and the McLaren F1 roadcar. ... For the Formula One team, see McLaren The McLaren F1 is a former fastest street legal production car in the world. ... Evo magazine is a British car magazine dedicated to performance cars, from hot hatches to supercars. ...

Murray was impressed with the Veyron after he test drove one, but still apprehensive about it in an article he wrote for Road and Track magazine.^[17] Road & Track is an automobile enthusiast magazine in the United States, founded by two friends in 1947. ...

Reviews

After the car had reached production, Murray went on to write an article for another UK auto magazine, Top Gear, retracting a lot of his past criticism of the car.

He also declared in the article that: "The braking is phenomenal. ... And the primary ride and body control are impressive too" and "It's a huge achievement."^{[citation needed]}

The trend of backtracking on negative comments about the Veyron continued when prominent UK car show host Jeremy Clarkson declared on Top Gear that it was "The best car ever made" after initially saying it was ridiculous and would never exist.^[18] He would later extend this by saying he would spend the night with British reality TV star Jade Goody (whom Clarkson vehemently dislikes) to get his hands on one.^{[citation needed]} Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster and writer who specialises in motoring. ... Top Gear is a BAFTA,[1] Multi-NTA and Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, mainly cars. ... Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody[2] (born 5 June 1981) is a British reality television celebrity, who became famous after appearing on the Channel 4 reality show Big Brother in 2002 when she was 21 years old. ...

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The Veyron was also declared the Grand Award winner for the Autotech category of 2006 by Popular Science magazine. This article is not about the magazine, Popular Science Popular science is interpretation of science intended for a general audience, rather than for other scientists or students. ...

References

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Citations

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v • d • e Bugatti, a brand of the Volkswagen Group since 1998, road car timeline 1910–present
Type	1910s										1920s										1930s										1940s										1950s										1960s			1963–1986	1980s			1990s										2000s
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2		7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Company	Bugatti																																																						Bugatti Automobili S.p.A											Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.
Owner	Ettore Bugatti/Roland Bugatti																																																						Romano Artioli											Volkswagen AG
Touring													Type 30/Type 49													Type 57
																				Type 46
Limousine																		Type 41 Royale
Roadster											Type 13/ Brescia Tourer												Type 55
Coupe																																										Type 101
Sports	Type 13		Type 18 Garros																																													Type 252
Super car																																																											EB110														Veyron