RE: Driven: Bugatti Veyron Super Sport
Discussion
Decoy said:
In the hypothetical situation of say winning 112million on the euro millions this would be a necessary purchase, soon followed by stripping everything out of it and getting it down the lowest weight possible. Literally bare interior, 1 seat, no dash, no luxuries
One of the early test cars looks a lot like that - was at the Schlumpf museum last year. Looked very goodsounds amazing....but why relate it to an F1 car....when in reality an F1 car would mince it on breaking, cornering and acceleration (900bhp/600kg vs 1200bhp/1800kg)
Yes the Veyron would be faster top speed, but there would be no circuit in the world where the car could get fast enough...
Amazing feet of engineering anyway - wow!
Yes the Veyron would be faster top speed, but there would be no circuit in the world where the car could get fast enough...
Amazing feet of engineering anyway - wow!
Sutters Autocar review said:
But the number to end all numbers concerning the Super Sport, the one that will stop you in your tracks and make you either laugh or cry, is this; in the same time that it takes a McLaren F1 to get from rest to 200mph, the Veyron SS can go from zero to 200mph and back again – and then do zero to 60mph as well. Think about that for a moment – and then think about it for a little while longer.
F**king hell!Beefmeister said:
Sutters Autocar review said:
But the number to end all numbers concerning the Super Sport, the one that will stop you in your tracks and make you either laugh or cry, is this; in the same time that it takes a McLaren F1 to get from rest to 200mph, the Veyron SS can go from zero to 200mph and back again – and then do zero to 60mph as well. Think about that for a moment – and then think about it for a little while longer.
F**king hell!
Beefmeister said:
Sutters Autocar review said:
But the number to end all numbers concerning the Super Sport, the one that will stop you in your tracks and make you either laugh or cry, is this; in the same time that it takes a McLaren F1 to get from rest to 200mph, the Veyron SS can go from zero to 200mph and back again – and then do zero to 60mph as well. Think about that for a moment – and then think about it for a little while longer.
F**king hell!Dear Bugatti,
If there is a real problem with the Veyron it's that it wants to be a limo and a supercar.
Supercar: mid-engined, most accelerative, fastest, etc
Limo: Luxurious, comfortable, secure handling, 'easy' to drive, reasonably quiet.
Please either make it a supercar by reducing the weight, upping the quality of noise, communication to the driver, and edginess of the driving experience, (making a 'Balboni' RWD version)' or make it a limo by putting the engine in the front, giving it four seats - like an uber Bentley.
Or better yet make both ;-) Your customers might not want to buy it, but at least I'll know how to rate it on PH!
If there is a real problem with the Veyron it's that it wants to be a limo and a supercar.
Supercar: mid-engined, most accelerative, fastest, etc
Limo: Luxurious, comfortable, secure handling, 'easy' to drive, reasonably quiet.
Please either make it a supercar by reducing the weight, upping the quality of noise, communication to the driver, and edginess of the driving experience, (making a 'Balboni' RWD version)' or make it a limo by putting the engine in the front, giving it four seats - like an uber Bentley.
Or better yet make both ;-) Your customers might not want to buy it, but at least I'll know how to rate it on PH!
Riggers said:
Beefmeister said:
Sutters Autocar review said:
But the number to end all numbers concerning the Super Sport, the one that will stop you in your tracks and make you either laugh or cry, is this; in the same time that it takes a McLaren F1 to get from rest to 200mph, the Veyron SS can go from zero to 200mph and back again – and then do zero to 60mph as well. Think about that for a moment – and then think about it for a little while longer.
F**king hell!
JohnGoodridge said:
Please either make it a supercar by reducing the weight, upping the quality of noise, communication to the driver, and edginess of the driving experience, (making a 'Balboni' RWD version)' or make it a limo by putting the engine in the front, giving it four seats - like an uber Bentley.
You'd probably need to be doing 200mph to put all the power down if it was RWD. I don't think 4WD or even the weight is the problem, as such. After all the Murcielago isn't much lighter (and it only has half the power) and is 4WD and that rarely gets accused of being "dull".
Edited by kambites on Wednesday 27th October 16:10
This has to be up there with the Keonigsegg supercars as being as dull as dishwater to look at but probably immensely fun to drive.
And I don't believe it can get from 0-200-0-60 in the time it take the McLaren to get from 0-200mph; I thought the McLaren F1 can get to 200 in 26 seconds with a normal Veyron taking 20 seconds to get to 200mph?
Feck, just checked Wiki apparently the SS can do the quarter mile in 7 seconds!
7 SECONDS??
And I don't believe it can get from 0-200-0-60 in the time it take the McLaren to get from 0-200mph; I thought the McLaren F1 can get to 200 in 26 seconds with a normal Veyron taking 20 seconds to get to 200mph?
Feck, just checked Wiki apparently the SS can do the quarter mile in 7 seconds!
7 SECONDS??
130R said:
If I had the money this would be my daily driver
Me too. I think it requires so much money however that my lifestyle and tastes might be different from what I know!I had been fortunate enough to have a passenger ride in a regular Veyron, and it's unbelieveable, although not a "racing" experience, really a superluxury one.
But obviously if you can afford it, you can also afford something like a more raw toys for the days you want it!!
Wammer said:
Does anyone else think they only did this version as they saw how badly spanked the old version was (up to 200mph) by the Mclaren F1 on Top Gear.
From memory when I read about this race in the Top Gear magazine, Hammond admitted it wasn't a proper full blooded launch in the Veyron. Racking my brain to remember, but I think he bounced it off the limiter or perhaps the TCS bogged it down. I'll see if I still have that issue tonight.I also seem to remember that when the Veyron came out Clarkson reckoned that you could let a McLaren F1 accelerate to 100mph, let the Veyron starting accelerating, and the Veyron would reach 200mph before the McLaren.
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