State of the Game: Supercars - Gizmag
Volkswagen experimented with several different Bugatti-badged concept cars, including coupe and sedan models, before settling in on the Veyron design and launching it in 2005 . The Veyron 16. 4's 987-hp 8. 0-liter quad-turbo W16 engine was rather... Its world-record top speed needled in at 267. 8 mph (431 km/h) in 2010 (in 1,183-hp Super Sport trim), and its 0-62 mph (100 km/h) accelaration time has long penned in at a blistering 2. 5 seconds. Bugatti released the very last Bugatti Veyron earlier this year, a special-edition Grand Sport Vitesse "La Finale" designed to commemorate the retirement of perhaps the greatest supercar of all time. The world should find out for sure when the highly anticipated car debuts sometime in 2016, likely at a major European auto show like Geneva or Paris. The Need for Speed Continues Like the Veyron before it, the Bugatti Chiron is expected to hit the market with potential to blow the world speed record away. Source: www.gizmag.com
