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The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4
is a
mid-engined
grand touring car. The Super
Sport version is the
fastest road-legal car in the
world, with a top speed of
431.072 km/h (267.856 mph).[4]
The original version has a top
speed of 408.47 km/h (253.81
mph).[5]
Designed and developed by the
German
Volkswagen Group and produced by
Bugatti Automobiles SAS at their headquarters in
Château St. Jean in
Molsheim (Alsace,
France), the Veyron's chief designer was Hartmut
Warkuss, and the exterior was designed by Jozef Kabaň of
Volkswagen, with much of the engineering work being
conducted under the guidance of former Peterbilt
engineer and now Bugatti Engineering chief Wolfgang
Schreiber.
The car is named after French racing driver
Pierre Veyron, who won the
24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the
original
Bugatti company. It was named Car of the Decade
(2000–2011) by the
BBC television programme
Top Gear.
A number of special variants have been produced,
including two
targa tops.
Above courtesy of
Wikipeda
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Bugatti Official Site
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