Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Bugatti Veyron
I just learned there is such a thing as the Bugatti Veyron. I doubt if I will ever see one and certainly never own one. The Bugatti is made by VW and will sell for $1 million. It is billed as the fastest factory produced car and I can certainly see that. It can go from 0 to 62 mph in 2.5 seconds and can hit a top speed of 252.9 mph. There is a rear-mounted 16-cylinder engine which is rated at 1001 horsepower and spoilers to prevent the car from spinning out of control. The company hopes to sell 300 of these cars in the next 5 years and will lose money on each of them. For this reason, they will make fewer than one per week. The sense of this escapes me, but I predict some will just have to have one of these.