07 September 2008

Veyron - nicely plated

Eye candy maximus at the Pebble Beach Concours was the Veyron display. As every enthusiast knows, the Bugatti Veyron is a legend in it's own time:

$1M (U.S.) ++ price tag;
1K+ HP;

250+ MPH top speed;

12 cylinders, 4 turbos, all-wheel drive; air brake, modal performance settings.


Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But in case you are concerned that your next Bugatti purchase will have you looking like every other owner driving up and down the streets of America, the thoughtful folks at Bugatti have brought you all a special edition - the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Pur Sang (
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/supercars/bugatti-veyron-pur-sang-pure-blooded-exclusivity/) and were kind enough to bring one to the show. At more than $2.4M (U.S.), this brushed aluminum beauty will have most owners intimidated when taking it out for a cruise on our highway's, byway's and drive-through's. So Bugatti has apparently included a motorized spinning platter so that you can just ogle your Veyron from infinite angles in the safe confines of your garage.

Those Bugatti
folks think of just about everything.

Every vantage point is a perfect one when your car does the spinning:


Another fine view...


An extra million (U.S.) buys a very subtle logo:


But why limit yourself to just one? Buy one of the standard models as well, for those Costco runs, or as your airport car when you need to leave your basic transportation at overnight- or long-term parking.

For those 253 MPH runs to Costco and Ikea:


Verde

2 comments:

Dave said...

I'm pretty sure that the Veyron has 16 cylinders in a W-16 configuration.

Verde said...

Oooh, right you are. Mia culpa. I was doing a VW W6 x 2 calculation. Clearly an error. Thanks for the correction.