Posted Dec 1st 2010 8:00PM
Bottle-green VANS T-shirt, jeans and brown loafers to drive a $2+ million Bugatti?! Where's the sense of occasion? You need to be wearing Armani, Prada or something out of Saville Row, to at least look halfway up to par in that, mate. Then again, this unit's combination of bright orange and black is just hideous. Like a massive exotic Bug. Wait...it is!
Amazing technological achievement, but it leaves me cold. And yes, it'll blow your mind when you put the foot down, but public roads are not meant for anything this fast. Like MR harris finds out, it's frustrating. I'd much rather pay for a ride on a Mig-25 Foxbat with one of those crazy Russian jet-fighter pilots at the helm. You don't run out of room, don't have to slow down, and when that crazy bast**d hits the afterburners you'll know what real power means. That, my dear petrolheads, will be the ride of your life! (yours for roughly 20 grand)
I'd like to meet the genius producer that decided it would be a great idea to put the $10,000 tires on gravel.
December 02 2010 at 4:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI like the reference to the Italian job at the start of this vid. 'On Days Like these'
December 02 2010 at 11:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAlthough I realize the SS is the top dog with respect to performance, I find it UGLY. I prefer the standard version (can't believe I just referred to a Veyron as "standard")
IMO, the Veyron succeeds on many levels. It's obviously the world's fastest but, I also think the car is much more than a 4-wheeled cruise missile. It's just so distinctive. You know, the car simply makes a unique statement. Nothing else even remotely looks like it, and that is very powerful to me. Every time I see one, I just can't help being impressed by it. To this day, I still smile like a kid every time I watch that video of James May doing the high-speed run in it. This car appeals to something very deep within me, and obviously many others. Bugatti can't be praised enough for this car IMO.
Better to compare this to the space shuttle than other 4 wheeled vehicles. I loved the driveway treatment at the end of the video.
December 02 2010 at 8:10 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI am sorry, I just don't see the value in this car.
I like the Veyron as you can tell, but this one especially is not worth $2.2 million.
It looks 90% them same as the regular one and goes 4% faster, but costs $500,000 more.
The regular one is overpriced also.
You are no more likely to go 257 mph than you are 267 mph so the top speed it moot.
It would be one thing if these Veyrons held their value, but they don't as evidenced by some used ones selling for below one million dollars. Add in the astronomical maintenance costs and it makes even less sense.
I think a Murcielago is a better buy than the Veyron any day and gets more looks.
Even a Reventon would be a better buy.
Qoute of the year:" 5 seconds (of throttle) makes you one of the fastest moving objects in the continent you are in." Fabulous.
December 02 2010 at 5:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhat the hell happened at 3:59? Was he so busy talking about the car that he forgot to turn the wheel? My beater of a honda civic wouldn't have lost traction in that corner.
December 02 2010 at 12:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThat wasn't a loss of traction, that was him turning in and allowing the tail to rotate a bit: You can't do that in your civic.
December 02 2010 at 10:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI didn't see any tail rotation. It looked like he was reacting to the other vehicle.
I can get the tail to rotate on my civic with a bit of help from the e-brake :-)
