While gas prices continue to go up and the economy continues to go down, some could care less and would rather buy the fastest gas-guzzling cars on the road no matter how much they cost. Forbes has teamed up with Tom duPont to find the world’s fastest cars for their latest Top 10 list.

“A Bugatti test driver took a $100 bill and plastered it on the dashboard,” recalls duPont, who was invited to strap into the passenger seat for a demonstration drive. “He told me I could have it if I could grab it once we took off.”

As many of you know the amazing Bugatti Veyron goes from 0-60 in 2.5 seconds with a top speed of 253mph.

“The car accelerates so fast that you can’t touch [the $100 bill],” he said. “You can’t move your hands.”

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Bugatti is still working on the 300 production run it has planned for the current-generation, but that has not stopped the company for offering exclusive special editions of the Veyron along the way.

Joining the Bugatti Veyron Pur Sang and the more recent Bugatti Fbg par Hermes, Bugatti has released yet another special edition called the Veyron Sang Noir. Paying homage to the Bugatti Atlantique 57, the Bugatti Veyron Sang Noir features a new grille, an all-black body, new alloy wheels, headlights with a black background and an orange interior.

Pricing? Well we’re sure you’ll have to drop at least more than $1.5 million for this special edition.

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Bugatti Veyron Sang Noir:

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In the beginning of this month, Bugatti’s spokesman Georges Keller confirmed that the Volkswagen owned company will indeed be producing a targa-top version of the Veyron. The 6.0L W16 engine will be tuned down a bit to produces a total of 987-hp.

Top speed will be limited to 217-mph due to the convertible nature of the car, but that shouldn’t disappoint you much since we doubt you’ll be traveling at that speed on your daily drive to work.

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Last time we saw a video of one of the five Bugatti Veyron Pur Sangs, it was racing through the streets of the United Arab Emirates and we hardly got a good look at the car.

Number two of the five was spotted earlier this month and some local car show. If you know where the video is from, do drop us a line in the comments section.

We’d like to give a special shout out to YouTube commenter Lethaone who writes:

“hawhaw I’ll take it from there if you like.” What a douchebag.

Refresher:Weighing in at 1,888 kilogrammes, the Pur Sang produces 1,000 horsepower giving it a power / weight ratio of 4.15 lbs per horsepower. Top speed is clocked in at 248 mph.

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Bugatti has announced its entry into the Chinese market at the 2008 Auto China in Beijing. At the company’s media conference, Dr. Franz-Josef Paefgen, President of Bugatti , officially declared Bugatti’s entry into the Chinese market.

“We are delighted to be here”, said Paefgen. “It is a historic moment for the legendary Bugatti brand; it is the first time that Bugatti presents a car in mainland China.“

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Bugatti spokesman Georges Keller confirmed that the brand will be producing a Veyron convertible. Keller said that the Volkswagen owned company will introduce a ‘targa’ version of the Veyron next year.

A former Bugatti executive also said that the company will offer a variant with a removable hardtop “because there was no other solution which could fit with its safety cage.”

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Check out this video from The Wall Street Journal showing the $2.4 million Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès.

Designed by Gabriele Pezzini in partnership with Hermès, the technical part of the Veyron 16.4 was left totally untouched while the car’s personality was magnified by a lavish and distinctive Hermès style.

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We’ve always wondered what all these tuner cars we write about look like on the road. Thanks to autoblog.nl, we now have pictures of the Le Mansory Bentley Continental GT hanging out on the streets.

Power comes from a 6 liter W12 engine with twin-turbochargers producing 641-hp. The 0-62mph sprint comes in at 4.6 seconds with a top speed of 205mph. The Le Mansory widebody kit includes complete new front spoiler integrated with LED daylights, extreme air intakes, new side and rear skirts with a new spoiler and carbon fiber elements.

Only 24 units of the Le Mansory Bentley Continental GT were made so this sighting is pretty exclusive.

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Usually when automakers look to increase production they do it by thousands of units. Well exclusive and prestigious automakers like Bugatti work differently. Volkswagen owned Bugatti is looking to boost production of the Veyron super car by 5 units this year. An executive at Volkswagen Group said that Bugatti is looking to increase production from 85 this year to 90 units.

In order to increase production Bugatti could shorten the summer break at its Molsheim plant in France. Vacation will be reduced to one week from three weeks the executive said.

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Busy man Simon Cowell has his plate full, judging the remaining nine of the American Idol top 10. But when he’s not out dissing and breaking an aspiring singer’s hearts, Cowell keeps busy with his impressive collection of cars.

Cowell recently spent $2 million to add both a Bugatti Veyron and a Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe to his collection. The American Idol judge was photographed by the paparazzi this week in his Veyron while checking up on the workers building his 8,000 square-foot home.

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After presenting the Pur Sang at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year, Bugatti is back with the ‘Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès’ at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. Designed by Gabriele Pezzini in partnership with Hermès, the technical part of the Veyron 16.4 was left totally untouched while the car’s personality was magnified by a lavish and distinctive Hermès style.

The name “Fbg par Hermès” comes from the historic Hermès headquarters on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, in the heart of Paris’s eighth arrondissement: the “Fbg” appellation evokes the house’s “faubourg” address.

The Bugatti Fbg par Hermès will go on sale at the end of 2008 with a price tag of 1.55 million euros. It will be available in two colors including ebony and étoupe, or ebony and brick.

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It doesn’t get any better or blacker than this. A 2008 Bugatti Veyron with a black exterior, black interior (with red stitching) and black alloy wheels is on sale on eBay Motors for $1.85 million. Symbolic Motor Car Company of La Jolla, California is running a two day ‘Buy it Now’ or ‘Best Offer’ auction for the car which has 40 miles on it.

If you don’t know already the car is powered by an 8.0-liter W16, fuel-injected, DOHC, 64 valve, quad-turbocharged engine which produces 1,001 horsepower. The engine is mated to a 7-speed sequential semi-automatic gearbox with paddle manual shifting.

Of course none of us here at eGMCarTech has that kind of money to be rolling around in something like this. Maybe some of you guys do.

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Where else would you expect to find the one of the five Bugatti Veyron Pur Sangs but in the land where license plates sell for $14.3 million. No idea where the other five Pur Sangs are, but we wouldn’t be surprised if another one turned up in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates.

The Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang is made of carbon and aluminum giving it a two-tone color without any paint involved. Weighing in at 1,888 kilogrammes, the Pur Sang produces 1,000 horsepower giving it a power / weight ratio of 4.15 lbs per horsepower. Top speed is clocked in at 248 mph.

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