Dopo tante peripezie sta per arrivare una delle auto più dicusse degli ultimi tempi; le consegne dovrebbero iniziare dalla seconda metà del 2005: speriamo sia veramente la volta buona

Bugatti Sends Veyron 16.4 Into Production

After four years of development, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4, as it will now be called, is ready for series production. The most exclusive sports car of all time is following in the footsteps of the legendary Bugatti, those universally-coveted limousines and unbeatable racing cars of the 1920s and 1930s which today are among the most sought-after creations from the early days of automobile construction.

This brings to an end the era of design models and concept cars which since the late 1990s have signposted possible paths to the Bugattis of the future. Design and technological concept have finally become reality in the Veyron model’s final form and will be available from the beginning of 2004 as a strictly limited edition of just 300 cars. Technologically futuristic and packed with creative engineering, the first Bugatti of the 21st century has arrived.

Merging the Past and the Future

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4’s home is in Molsheim-Dorlisheim, the French town where, almost 100 years ago, Ettore Bugatti began to realize his lifelong dream of being a car manufacturer.

The new workshop is not just where the engine and vehicle are assembled and tested, it is also the place where customers collect their Bugattis and drive them out onto the streets for the first time.

The aim is to turn Molsheim into an all-round Bugatti centre once again. While up to 70 new vehicles a year are built by hand in the new facility, neighbouring specially-equipped workshops are the scene of expert restoration work on historic Bugatti vehicles. Both past and future have found a new home here.

High Performance

The car’s safety systems have been designed to cope with its extraordinary performance, acceleration and speed. The single-piece carbon fibre monocoque alone scores maximum points in crash tests, while airbags give the driver and passenger additional protection. The high-speed tires designed specially for the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 (for vmax. > 350 km/h), sizes 265-68 R 500 A (front) and 365-71 R 540 A (rear), incorporate a further innovative safety feature in the form of the PAX System fitted to the wheels and tires, ensuring safe handling even after sudden pressure loss. Another Bugatti Veyron 16.4 component with a safety element is the rear spoiler. As well as providing the necessary downforce during high-speed travel, it acts as a kind of ‘parachute brake’ during emergency braking. Once precisely-defined deceleration forces are registered the spoiler tilts and the additional air resistance this generates reduces the braking distance to that of a lorry.

The Art of the Machine

The W16 alloy engine developed by Bugatti for the Veyron 16.4 will have a special and absolutely unique place in the history of sports car construction. Its design employs the space-saving VR principle with two particularly slender eight-cylinder blocks arranged at a 90° angle to each other.

1001 horsepower equip the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 with a level of acceleration unheard of in the sports car segment, propelling it from 0 to 62 mph in just three

seconds and past the 200 mph mark in a mere 14 seconds. Thanks to its 923 lb-ft, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4’s enormous propulsive power is not exhausted until it reaches

252.3 mph (406 km/h): the maximum speed for which chassis and drive train have been designed. Any further performance escalation is limited by current design and construction.

Also unique is the power transmission via an innovative directshift gearbox. Without any interruption in the power flow, the sequential seven-speed gearbox transmits the engine’s power to the wheels via permanent four-wheel drive. Put simply, this means uninterrupted acceleration from a standing start to maximum speed: a feeling previously known only to jet pilots.

Exclusive, Classical, Functional

Both exclusive and highly functional, the interior of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 will transport you to a world of your own. Superb leather, also two-tone if desired, quality metallic trim and beautifully designed and ergonomically laid-out controls characterize the Veyron cockpit.

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 instruments, with a large central rev counter surrounded by four smaller additional instruments also conjures up memories of the marque’s legendary motor sport past. The deliberate avoidance of superfluous instruments and modern extras are an unmistakable statement of the car’s uncompromising sportiness.

Unchanged on the series version of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is the classical two-tone paintwork. The designers have selected five separate colour combinations for the car: Each of the combinations features the bonnet, roof and rear in the darker of the two colours, with the sides and front wheel arches in the lighter colour.

According to Dr. Thomas Bscher, head of Bugatti, the first Bugatti Veyrons will be delivered to customers in the second half of 2005.

from: www.www.rsportscars.com

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o finalmente era da anni che aspettavo di complrarla, all'inizio i soldi non li avevo, ma d'altronde,

ora che ho avuto gli anni necessari per mettere da parte qualche spicciolino, me la posso certamente permettere e

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MA CHE BRUTTI QUEI CERCHI!!!

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Ma i fari li avranno presi da una Passat?

megale 85 ha scritto:

o finalmente era da anni che aspettavo di complrarla, all'inizio i soldi non li avevo, ma d'altronde,

ora che ho avuto gli anni necessari per mettere da parte qualche spicciolino, me la posso certamente permettere e

personalizzare...ahahahahahaha!!!tutti quegli sfigati con il loro misero ferrarino sbiancheranno davantia alla mia nuova

vw....

Quattroruote la mette per settembre... chissà se verrà messa nelle mani dei giornalisti...

Sono proprio curioso di vedere questo capolavoro dell'ingegneria... di sicuro un progetto esagerato

+ che capolavoro d'ingegneria lo definirei un capolavoro di idiozia o di marketing

nessun ingegnere o nessun presunto tale farebbe mai un auto sportiva da 2500Kg,tutto fuorchè agile,ottimizzata solo x andare dritto ma sopratutto che è costato un vero e proprio bagno di sangue per l'azienda proprietaria