Bugatti Veyron: now cooked
Testing of the Bugatti Veyron is now officially finished and the car is ready, according to Autocar.
The car has been unveiled, and the company has released official photos. The car has also, said the report, "silenced the critics by smashing the top speed record for road cars with a spectacular two-way average speed of 252.95mph at parent company Volkswagen’s Ehra Lessien test track in Germany." That's 12mph faster than the McLaren F1's 240.1mph record, which was set in 1998.
The four-wheel drive Veyron features 922lb-ft of torque channelled through a seven-speed, dual-clutch gearbox and propels the 1,888Kg Bugatti from to 62mph from Zero in a gobsmacking 2.5seconds.
PHers Gerald Styles spotted the car in high-altitude testing last week -- his pictures and story are above and here.
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