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Spy Shots: Veyron Roadster image surfaces
Just a photoshop, we think, but this image from WorldCarFans gives us a peek at what the 2008 Veyron Roadster might look like. As we reported in July, Bugatti has moved forward with plans for a targa version of its luxury supercar. Rather than a true drop-top, a laminated glass roof panel has been developed by the same people who brought us the folding hardtop with sunroof on the Volkswagen Eos. With no room to store that panel onboard, speculation is that a temporary fabric panel is being engineered to cover the interior in an emergency situation.
As you might imagine for a car capable of 400 km/h, the Veyron Targa will need some beefing up when it loses its roof. Windshield pillars, as well as the chassis will need some additional strengthening. To compensate for that extra weight, Bugatti will most likely use carbon fiber to build the doors and hood. A freshening of the grille and the headlights is also expected. Those lights, btw, will now be doing a Lexus, and turning with the front wheels. The other major change is that the Veyron Targa's top speed will be reduced to a mere 217 mph.
[Source: WorldCarFans]
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tariq 5:58AM (11/21/2006)
"The other major change is that the Veyron Targa's top speed will be reduced to a mere 217 mph."
Thtas tooo slow
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Richard Warren 12:21PM (11/16/2006)
I'll take one.
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USAFMech 12:43PM (11/16/2006)
Doing a lexus? How about doing a Tucker? Or a Citroen? ADAPTIVE headlights have been around a lot longer than Lexus, even in thier current form. And, oh yeah, nice car.
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Juan 12:35PM (11/16/2006)
I'd agree it's a chop - there seems to be some funnyness around the pavement-water boundary.
At any rate, I think the coupe looks better. The nutty styling on this car works well the way it was originally intended, but not so much without the top.
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ruggels 1:30PM (11/16/2006)
here here USAFMech, how quickly we forget those two truly revolutionary cars.
that said, the dropped top speed is a bit of a bummer, sure you'll have punishing 0-60 or 0-200 but 217 with the top off... isn't that closer to what other cars like the zonda offer?
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Runoratsu 1:51PM (11/16/2006)
Bugatti Veyron roadster - computer interpretation / Copyright by AUTOMEDIA - that's what it says underneath the picture on the original homepage. So yes - it IS just a mockup...
Jojo
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Joe 2:05PM (11/16/2006)
Wow, going top speed in this with the top down is sure going to be a lot of fun. The blinding wind hitting you in the face at 200+ miles per house. What a thrill.
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GDUB 2:31PM (11/16/2006)
This car will require a extra tightning of my hair pease.
Finally a Removable top to match my own.
Thanks Bugatti,
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Fast Guy 3:01PM (11/16/2006)
I do not think it is coming, because of the extra weight of the car. And driving without the roof will influence the airintake to the engine.
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emulous1974 4:55PM (11/16/2006)
I'm sorry, without it's fixed roof, it looks like an Audi TT getting it up the butt from a Maserati.
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Spiteful Silence 3:25PM (11/16/2006)
This picture is fake. You can clearly see they used Adobe Photoshop. The car has a slight cartoony look and the reflection on the rear bumper shows trees when the car is at a dock. Also, the seats have been drawn in and the shadow is artifictial.
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Bill Maher is an Idiot 5:34PM (11/16/2006)
Just like a fat girl, you can take her top off--but she's still ugly.
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MV 6:11PM (11/16/2006)
# 11... but does the fact that she's the fastest girl around count?
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