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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

15 Interesting Facts About Bugatti Veyron

Bugatti Veyron is a very special car.  It’s the pinnacle hypercar everybody knows for the past few years until recently Ferrari, Mclaren and Porsche has shown us their flagship hypercar for example LaFerrari, P1 and 918 Spyder. But there’s still many interesting facts to remember about the Veyron. Some you might already know for instance ; 1. At 250 mph, the Veyron’s tires will last only fifteen minutes.  Its 26.4-gallon fuel tank goes dry in twelve minutes. 2. It has a W16 engine (2 V8 engines put together) with 4 turbocharges spooling up the power to 1000hp. 3. At the Veyron’s 253-mph top speed, the Veyron consumes 47,000 litres of air per minute — as much air as one man breathes in four days. 4. Bugatti Veyron is split into three parts and only held together with 14 bolts. 5. It is the first production car advertised with over 1000hp. 6. It takes 15 hours to build one radiator for the Veyron – each car has a total of 12Only 300 Veyron will ever be made, out of which 240 have already been sold out, and every single car is completely different from the other.. 7. Once being road tested for 500 kilometres, each car is put in a light tunnel and inspected and polished for two days solid. 8. It uses fuel pumps that can pump fuel eight times faster than a normal car. 9. It takes 8 days to weld a Bugatti Veyron fuel tank. 10. The Veyron uses special Michelin PAX tires found on no other car. The rear wheels are 14.5 inches wide, twice as wide as a normal car. If you require replacements the car needs to be shipped to France, a process that costs $70,000. 11. For the $2,426,904 a Super Sport costs, you could also buy 10 Ferrari 458 Italias and have $127,654 left over for lunch. 12. VW Groups loses 6.25million USD for each Veyron has been sold. 13. When the air brake is at an angle of 55 degrees it generates 70% of the braking force of an average car. 14. The brakes can withstand heat of up to 1800°C. 15. Only 300 Veyron will ever be made, out of which 240 have already been sold out, and every single car is completely different from the other.

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