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chad.dawkins @ May 5th 2008 1:37PM
The Veyron was designed backwards(even the guy who designed the F1 says that). They drew the car, gave it an arbitrary HP number and an arbitrary top speed. The design of the Veyron isn't conducive to a high speed car. You ever notice how the CCR/X, S7, SSC and even the F1 all look very similar to each other?
That's because they were designed in the wind tunnel and they helped make the car cut through the air easier. The Veyron was just designed which is why it's drag coefficient is so horrible. So they had to devise ways where the car would lower itself, cut off vents, have spoilers that adjusted itself, and other things in order to let it generate downforce and/or make it more aerodynamic.
Even after all that you have to consider that the Veyron is a 4000 pound car. So they made a car that is fat and unaerodynamic outperform anything else. That is why the Veyron is so impressive. It's not simply putting a big engine in a light car. People have also said that it is dramatically more stable than any other car at high speeds.