Earlier this year, early march to be exact, the annual Geneva Motor Show was held in Geneva, Switzerland. This is where the "big dogs" show off their new cars and concept cars. Manufacturers like Lamborghini, Ferrari, Mercedes and Koenigsegg are just some that you can find at the Geneva Motor Show each year.
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| The Aston Martin Vulcan at the Geneva Motor Show 2015 |
However, there is one car that I wanted to talk about today. This car has always been known as the fastest road car ever, although some have beaten the record later on in the years, but you have to consider that this car was set in production in 2005. The car I'm talking about is the Bugatti Veyron. With it's quad-turbo 8 litre 16-cylinder engine ranging from 1001 to 1200 horsepower. This powerhouse does 0-100 km/h in 2.3 seconds. Bugatti was to Volkswagen in 1998 right after the production of the Bugatti EB110 went out of production.
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The Bugatti Veyron will always be remembered as one of the fastest cars on the planet
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Well, I'm not here to talk about history. The reason I brought up Geneva Motor Show earlier in this post, was because this year Bugatti launched the last ever Bugatti Veyron, the Bugatti Veyron "La Finale" they called it, because Bugatti was originally French before it was bought by Volkswagen. This was of course sold to an Arabian oil shiek. This was the 450th Bugatti Veyron. But don't cry for long, since Bugatti is long into it's production on the successor. The Bugatti Chiron. This will feature the same W16 engine combined with hybrid technology, it's said it will have around 1500 horsepower! That will get you to the shops in ludacris speed.
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This is the Bugatti Vision Gran Turisimo and was made for a video game. This is just a one-off for a "thing" for a Play Station video game that involves car manufacturers making one-off's for a video game.
We have no confirmation on how it will look, but it is rumoured to look like the Vision Gran Turisimo above, without all the fancy spoilers. It will go on sale around 2016/2017.
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If you had the money...why buy it? you can't drive it at top speed until you get to the German Autobahn, you can't use it's amazing acceleration because you would be over the speed limit here in Norway before you got into second gear.
ReplyDeleteWhy not buy a classic Jag Mk2 or the original E Type? when you smelt and felt the wood and leather interior you hardly needed to drive it.
I had an MGB.GT for some years in England....let down top. Real wood finishings and leather two-seats and can still remember the smell of it and the luxury of driving it.
Which car would you buy if you had the choice?
I hear you, I don't think I'd own either one of them to be honest, but if I had to choose, it would have been the MG, because the costs to maintain the Veyron (on top of the $3.5 million dollar price tag) is ridiculous. I am no fan of British classic cars myself, but a nice E-Type wouldn't hurt :)
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