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The Super Sport version of the Veyron is one of the fastest street-legal production cars in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph). [7] The Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse was the fastest roadster in the world, reaching an averaged top speed of 408.84 km/h (254.04 mph) in a test on 6 April 2013.
Notably, the top speeds of the Veyron and the McLaren F1 were recorded along this straight. In Episode 2 of Season 9, aired on 4 February 2007 on BBC Two's Top Gear, presenter James May reached 407.5 km/h (253.2 mph) in a Bugatti Veyron thus breaking the world land speed record for a road legal vehicle. [2]
Examples of the difficulties faced were highlighted in a two-week long dispute regarding Bugatti's record set in 2010, and Hennessey's 2013 claim that their own top speed run – slower than Bugatti's, lacking the required two-way average, and lacking the minimum 25 car production run – was the real record, due to an issue regarding ...
On April 29, 2005, the Veyron 16.4 reached a top speed of 253.81 mph—but the French marque had more in store. 15 Years Ago, Bugatti Set the Speed Record. How Hitting 253 MPH Changed the Marque ...
Tesla Model S P90D w/Ludicrous Speed Upgrade ... 10.2 s at 237.4 km/h (147.5 mph) [93] 375 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport ... Bugatti Veyron:
It reached a top speed of 407 km/h (253 mph). At the time, the Veyron was the most potent and fastest supercar ever built. In acceleration tests, it reached a speed of 100 km/h (62 mph) after 2.5 s, 200 km/h (124 mph) after 7.3 s, and 300 km/h (186 mph) after 16.8 s.
Bugatti Veyron: 2005 736 kW (987 hp; 1,001 PS) Internal combustion: Fastest road car in 2005 Ferrari SF90 Stradale: 2020 735 kW (986 hp; 1,000 PS) Plug-in hybrid: Up to 2000 units per year planned. [42] [43] Denza Z9/Z9 GT BEV 2024 710 kW (952 hp; 965 PS) Electric: LaFerrari: 2013 708 kW (949 hp; 963 PS) Hybrid electric: 710+ units produced. [44]
Three decades later, as CEO of Volkswagen Group, Piëch championed the development of the extraordinarily ambitious Bugatti Veyron, featuring a turbocharged W16-cylinder engine with 1,001 horsepower (746 kW) and a top speed of 407 km/h (253 mph). Although some of these specifications do not exceed those of the Porsche 917/30, they are still ...