After Bugatti was stripped of the Guinness World Record for the “world’s fastest production car” due to an infraction, the Volkswagen-owned supercar maker went for the gold once more by setting the world record for the world’s fastest roadster with the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. But in an official retraction, of the original retraction, [...]
Driving.co.uk exclusively reports that the British-based company, Guinness World Records, has revoked a rather big accolade from one of its record holders. The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport—the orange and black-colored hypercar driven by Top Gear UK’s James May, which recorded a top speed of 431.072 km/h or 267.85 mph—has been revoked of its title as [...]
The Veyron Super Sport successor has been confirmed by Bugatti, and will be launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September of 2013. Jens Schulenburg, the automakers chief vehicle engineer offered up some details to Auto Express. It may come with carbon fiber wheels to help achieve the goal of lowering overall curb weight by [...]
Here is Jay Leno again – driving another exclusive automobile. Why? Because he can. Hit the jump for the video. Refresher: Power for the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse jumps from 1,001-hp to 1,200-hp and torque jumps to 1,106 lb-ft. The increase power comes thanks to four enlarged turbochargers and intercoolers added to the 16-cylinder engine. 0 to [...]
According to news reports from the UK, Bugatti is already working on a successor to the Veyron supercar. The supercar that succeeds the Veyron will be lighter, faster and could also feature some hybrid technology. “We are working on the next super-sports car,” Bugatti’s Chief Engineer, Jens Schulenburg, told AutoExpress. While Bugatti is still working [...]
The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is the fastest sports coupe in the world but what’s the fastest drop-top? The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. While we may never get our hands on one in our press fleet – the folks at AutoCar decided to pay a visit to Bugatti to drive one and they were nice [...]
According to a new video by Bridge to Gantry and some insiders at the Nurburgring, Bugatti has been hanging around the famous German track with a bunch of its Veyron special-editions. Click here for more news on the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport. Rumors say that Bugatti has been at the track wit ha racing driver in [...]
Bugatti has finally dropped some driving footage of the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, it’s drop-top version of the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. The model made its world debut last month at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. We won’t take too much of your time with a bunch of other talk so just hit the jump for [...]
Following the official public unveiling of the the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, the company has released the official specification of its fast drop-top. According to the spec sheet, power comes from a 16-cylinder engine that produced 1,184-hp with a maximum torque of 1,106 lb-ft. The engine transfers that [...]
While the ‘top-of-the-line’ model of the Bugatti Veyron coupe carries the Super Sport badging, the convertible is officially called the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse – of course, that makes since calling it the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Super Sport might be a bit strange. Power for the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse jumps from [...]
