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Click above to view high-res images of this special-edition Veyron in Dubai
All Bugatti Veyrons are special, but some are most special than others. After seeing the seemingly endless parade of special editions of this most exclusive of supercar, George Orwell would have revised his work. Now, following the Sang Noir, Pur Sang, Fbg by Hermes, Grand Sport, a rumored Grand Sport Sang Noir, the Pegaso, a mirror-finish example and even the aftermarket Mansory Vincero, come these snapshots of yet another special edition Veyron.
This one-off, apparently spotted in Dubai's Mall of the Emirates (the same location where the Pegaso edition was seen), appears to have been made by Bugatti at its Molsheim headquarters for what is doubtlessly a very wealthy customer in Dubai. The car is painted in French Racing Blue, the most iconic of Bugatti colors, accented by brushed chrome trim all over and the wheels look similar to those employed on the aforementioned Hermes edition. Company founder Ettore Bugatti's signature is repeated on the door panel as well as in the interior and on the door sill plates. No telling if this special EB edition Veyron has had any mechanical changes, but we wonder how much more special a Bugatti can be expected to get. Considering the concentration of Veyrons in the Emirates, apparently an "ordinary" Veyron just ain't special enough.
[Source: Luxury4Play.com via Autogespot]Yet another special-edition Bugatti Veyron spotted in Dubai originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Click above for image gallery of this rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante
Close your eyes and imagine opening a deserted garage door, only to find a forgotten four-wheeled treasure sitting there in perfect condition. What would it be? We have a feeling we'll get all sorts of answers in the comments section, but for many enthusiasts, the answer would be, without hesitation, the Bugatti Type 57S Atalante. And that's exactly what the children of the late (and appropriately named) Dr. Harold Carr found in their father's garage.
The Atalante is among the most beautiful, the most coveted and the most iconic of Bugattis ever produced. Not to be confused with the even rarer Atlantic, of which only two of the original three remain in existence, the 57S Atalante was made in a limited run of 17 examples, and a quarter of them are housed in a museum in rural France. This one went missing half a century ago, only now to be found again. It was originally owned by Earl Howe, first president of the British Racing Drivers' Club, and changed hands several times before the reclusive Dr. Carr mothballed it. Estimated values for the car are all over the map, with values as high as £6 million (about $8.8M USD) being discussed. Naturally, as rare as it is for a classic like this to change hands, its real value will be determined by how much a well-heeled collector is willing to pay for it when it rolls onto the block in February at Bonhams' "Retromobile" auction in Paris. Follow the jump for all the details.
[Source: UK Telegraph; Bonhams]Continue reading Barn Find of the Decade: 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante
Barn Find of the Decade: 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Click above for a high-res gallery of the Bugatti Veyron Vincero by Mansory
We're convinced the Bugatti Veyron has to have the highest ratio of variants per total production -- Ford Mustang included. There's the Sang Noir, a first and second version of the Hermes, Pur Sang, Grand Sport, and now the Vincero built by Mansory. Not much is known about the car since no information is listed on the tuner's web site, but United Arab Emirates exotic car dealer Prestige Cars has posted the car for sale, listing it as one of three built. Looking at the photos, the Vincero features a carbon fiber hood and engine cover, new black wheels, and an interior that has been reupholstered in black and white with carbon fiber trim. It's not everyone's taste, but we definitely wouldn't kick it out of the garage.
[Source: Prestige Cars via Autogetspot]
Mansory builds mysterious Bugatti Veyron Vincero originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Click above for high-res gallery of pics from the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed
The Earl of March has announced that the theme of the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed (FoS) will be "True Grit - Epic Feats of Endurance." Think monumental drive and determination from motor racing legends like Jackie Stewart, who won the 1968 German Grand Prix with a broken wrist. That sort of thing. The Festival will take place July 3-5 and hopefully we'll be there to cover it for all of you. The 1.16-mile hillclimb is always a delight, with some of the most famous drivers in motorsports history driving the cars (and bikes) that made them household names.
The 2009 FoS will also celebrate 100 years of Bugatti, Audi and Morgan, 60 years of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Motorcycle World Championship, 50 years of Mini and the Daytona Speedway, and the 40th anniversary of Jackie Stewart and Matra's dominant pairing. Like last year, festival attendees will also get to see another edition of the Cartier 'Style et Luxe' mini concours d'elegance, the BP Ultimate FoS-TECH technology pavilion, the Forest Rally Stage and the Junior Festival of Speed. We can't wait.
All photos copyright (C)2008 Frank Filipponio/Weblogs, Inc.
Continue reading 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed theme: 'True Grit - Epic Feats of Endurance'
2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed theme: 'True Grit - Epic Feats of Endurance' originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Click above to see the Veyron do the Top Gear Power Lap
For the past few years, the Top Gear Power Lap has been one of the standards by which we judge the world's fastest supercars. The Stig has piloted everything from the Ascari A10 to the Pagani Zonda around the course, with the Gumpert Apollo S recently taking the top spot with a time of 1:17.1. However, there was always a car absent from the list - the almighty Bugatti Veyron. With four-digit horsepower on tap, the Veyron has the potential to be one of, if not the, fastest car to ever go 'round the Top Gear test track. Well, Top Gear finally got their hands on one and put the Stig behind the wheel to see what it could do. Did it top the Gumpert Apollo? Follow the jump to watch the video and find out. Thanks for the tip, Chad!
[Source: YouTube]
Continue reading VIDEO: Bugatti Veyron finally does Power Lap on Top Gear, is it the fastest?
VIDEO: Bugatti Veyron finally does Power Lap on Top Gear, is it the fastest? originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Preparations for the Pebble Beach Concours are a year-long process and start the day after the Best of Show has been crowned. The organizers are working hard to make next year's show one of the best ever, and have already announced that Bugatti and Bentley will be the featured marques, with Zagato designs, and the 100th anniversary of Morgan and Audi also highlighted. Bugatti was last featured in 2003 and has the largest number of best of show winners of any make, with a total of nine. Entry forms were mailed out a few months early in an effort to bring out the best field of cars possible, and if history is anything to go by, the selection of cars will be nothing less than impressive. Full details in the press release after the jump.
All photos copyright (C)2008 Drew Phillips / Weblogs, Inc.
Continue reading Bentley and Bugatti to be featured at Pebble Beach in 2009
Bentley and Bugatti to be featured at Pebble Beach in 2009 originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Click above to view the mirrored Veyron in high-resolution
Visitors to Wolfsburg, Germany are in for a treat. The Lower Saxony city is home to Volkswagen, and in 2000 the auto giant built a veritable automotive theme park there to rival anything from California to the Persian Gulf. Called Autostadt (German for "car city"), the site attracts some two million visitors each year. The park holds several world records; serves as an accredited source of extra-curricular education; and encompasses a customer center, factory tour, test track, movie theater and various pavilions showcasing Volkswagen's history, production techniques and numerous subsidiaries.
The latest pavilion to open at Autostadt is the "Premium Clubhouse" in which this mirror-finish Bugatti Veyron stands as a center-piece. Chromed way beyond the level of other shiny superlikes, like the chromed Ferrari 599, McLaren's grand prix car, the chrome SLR or even Bugatti's own Pur Sang edition, the reflective Veyron sits in a mirrored room designed to blur the line between the observer and the observed as visitors see their reflection repeated infinitely in the space around them. Sounds like a real trip to make the actual trip worthwhile.
[Source: Carpages]
Continue reading Mirror-finish Bugatti Veyron marks new pavillion at Autostadt
Mirror-finish Bugatti Veyron marks new pavillion at Autostadt originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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If the current list of Bugatti Veyron derivatives isn't confusing enough, the automaker is developing yet another variant to be available to customers in April 2009. The new supercar is an open-top Veyron Grand Sport 'Sang Noir' (French for 'black blood') -- it's essentially an evil-looking unpainted carbon-fiber version of the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport targa. The exposed version will be very limited in production (remember, only 15 Sang Noir models are to be built in coupe form), and likely limited to a top speed slightly below 253 mph. Considering the first Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport went for $3.19 million at auction, we can only imagine where these will be priced.
[Source: Car Magazine Online, photo by Car Magazine]
Bugatti developing Veyron Grand Sport Sang Noir edition originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The whisperers have it that Bugatti may be borrowing from Bentley for a new sedan. What they can't seem to pinpoint is exactly what kind of sharing the two marques will be doing, and whether or not the resulting super Bug will be a supremely high-powered four-door to compete with the Rolls-Royce Phantom. If the two brands do indeed share something, like the next Arnage's platform, for instance, that might make sense. But just a few months ago, Bugatti said that its next product would be even more expensive than the Veyron, and lead man Josef Paefgen has also said that there will be no inexpensive Bugatti.
A $400,000 sedan wouldn't be inexpensive, true, but compared to $1.6 million for a Veyron, it's a flat-out bargain. Besides, the $242,000 Arnage T, after all the bespoke options, would come perilously close to a $400K Bugatti in price, and the next Bentley Arnage is growing in order to fight the Phantom. So if a Bugatti sedan with Bentley underpinnings were that close in price to a Rolls Phantom... then who's Bentley meant to get in the ring with?
[Source: TopSpeed via German Car Blog]Rumormill: Bugatti and Bentley join forces to battle Rolls-Royce originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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You might remember the original Parmigiani Fleurier Bugatti Type 370 from our original Top 10 list of car watches. The splendidly complex (and fittingly expensive) timepiece features a unique sideways-mounted manual barrel movement that displays the time on the side so as to obviate the necessity for the driver to - heaven forbid - remove his hand from the wheel to see the time.
In honor of the Veyron Fbg par Hermes, only twenty of these new Faubourg editions - so named for Hermes' famous headquarters in Paris - will be offered in either brushed white gold with dark brown dial and strap or rose gold with light brown, to match the car's original colors. While it may seem like a ridiculous luxury for the rest of us, this epitome of the "if you have to ask" mantra will surely be a must-have for owners of the Veyron Fbg.
[Source: Sybarites]
One Good Turn Deserves Another: Veyron Faubourg timepiece by Parmigiani Fleurier originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Top Gear drives three Veyrons in Abu Dhabi
You might think that owning a single Bugatti Veyron would be enough. But one collector in the Netherlands already owns two, and he's setting his sights on another. And not just any other, but the very last of the 300 being made.
Harrie van de Moesdijk already owns a blue Veyron and a white one, and wants the final one painted red and delivered to his garage to make a red, white and blue tricolor - the colors of the Dutch flag, to say nothing of the United States, France and the myriad other countries that use the combination on their national banners. Moesdijk (yeah, don't ask us how to pronounce that, either) might have a hard time securing that final Veyron, though, as it will surely command a premium over the already seven-figure price of the super-exotic hyper-car.
[Source: AutoTelegraaf via Motor Authority]
Dutch collector eyes final Veyron to form tricolor "flag" originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Click above for high-res gallery of the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport
The Bugatti Veyron is already considered to be the supercar supreme with a rarefied 300 unit production run for the 1,000-hp beast and a top speed of 253 mph. The Veyron's already ridiculous stats will be getting a boost if you believe a "secret and confidential" memo stating that Bugatti will end the Veyron's production with a bang. The rumored GT edition of the Veyron will have mad sick power to the tune of 1,350 horsepower and 1018 lb-ft of torque, and upgraded ceramic brakes with new active aerodynamics to control all that power. Apply all that force to the pavement and you'll hit 62 mph in a mere 2.4 seconds while being able to stop the car from there in another 2.2 seconds, and its new top speed will reportedly be 264 mph. To keep the mighty Veyron planted to the cement, the rumored GT will also receive an upgraded electronic stability program. That would make abundant sense considering power is being increased by 30% over the "base" Veyron.
If you are one of the 200 or so people to already own a $1.4 million dollar Veyron, you reportedly won't be left out in the dark, either. According to the alleged memo, all Veyrons will be able to be retrofitted with the upgrade. The memo states that the Veyron GT would be available March 2009 and be the last iteration before the next-gen Veyron arrives around 2012.
[Source: Motor Authority]Rumormill: Veyron GT with 1,350 HP and 264 mph top speed coming originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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What if in an alternate universe Bugatti says, "We're not going out of business, we're doing a new model in the same market as the Veyron," but it doesn't know what that model will be? There's another luxury car company in the family called Porsche that's looking to get into the 4-door game. So Bugatti says, "Hey, we did this design study of a 4-door wagon-y thing a while back, have a look," and Porsche takes a peek and says, "Hey, maybe we can work with this," and then Bugatti says, "If it all works out, maybe, you know, since you own us now we can share things and stuff and stop losing so much money on each car," and Porsche says, "Be quiet, we're working..." and, well, you get the picture.
There's no reason to think Porsche had the EB112 concept in mind when it penned the Panamera. But if Porsche did happen to be inspired by Bugatti's long gone concept, it would provide some sort of rationale for why the Panamera looks like it does. And that would be a start, no? For more of your own comparisons, EB112 vs Panamera. Thanks for the tip, Mike S.!
If the Panamera succeeds... perhaps the Bugatti EB112 will, too? originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Click above for hi-res gallery of the Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermes
We know what you're thinking, because we're in the same lamentable position ourselves: you'd totally order up that uber-exclusive Hermes edition Veyron, but you're not a big fan of the brown and tan paint scheme. Fortunately Bugatti has heard your cries, brother, and announced the availability of new color options for the Veyron Fbg.
The announcement actually came from Monterey but was quickly overshadowed, somewhat ironically, by the unveiling of the open-top Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport and the subsequent auction of its first example for $3.2 million. The unveiling of the new-tint Hermes Veyrons took place at the Quail motorsport gathering on Monterey Peninsula, where Bugatti revealed the four new color schemes available: "indigo blue and vermilion", "indigo blue and lime green", " black and garance red" and "Prussian blue and blue jean". We're not entirely sure what all these colors are, exactly, and given that Bugatti put them in quotation marks, we're not sure they're sure, either. They undoubtedly would have shown us pictures of all four, but given that these 1.5 million euro hyper-exotics are made to order and available only from the end of the year, we doubt examples of each color option have been made yet. Of course they all come decked out with the H-pattern grille, eight-spoke wheels, lavish calfskin interior and exclusive package of specially-made Hermes luggage.
Follow the jump for all the details, and check out the gallery below to see the new black and "garance red" Veyron Fbg par Hermes, which we like to call the "Autoblog Edition".
[Source: Bugatti]Continue reading Bugatti releases new palette for Veyron Hermes
Bugatti releases new palette for Veyron Hermes originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Click above for a high-res gallery of the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport.
The big question for Bugatti is: What comes after the Veyron? Seriously, there isn't much that could top the 1,000-or-so horsepower, quad-turbo, 16-cylinder engine that's carried around in the back of the most gorgeous body ever with an equally exquisite interior. How about a revised model with 1,200-horsepower and 1,106 lb-ft of torque? Yeah, that'd do nicely. Rumors indicate that an über-Veyron could make an appearance at the very end of this current generation's production.
Despite consistent rumors of the firm's eventual demise after that, head-honcho Dr Franz-Josef Paefgen says that another supercar and possibly an ultra-lux saloon (four-door to all you poor people) could be in the cards for 2012. In an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions, alternative-fuel powerplants will also be on the drawing board. We know that parent-company VW has plenty of worthy powerplants in its parts bin, and the idea of giant torque funneled through an all-wheel drive system has us saving our millions already.
[Source: Autocar]Super Veyron and eventual replacement coming around 2012 originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
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Amount of the Doors : 2
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Sizes and mass : Length x width x height, mm : 4380 x 1994 x 1206 : Wheel base, mm : 2650
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Monday, April 10th, 2006
Details info:
Type : coupe
Amount of the Doors : 2
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Sizes and mass : Length x width x height, mm : 4420 x 2000 x 1500 : Wheel base, mm : 2650
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Amount cylinder : 18
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Volume of the engine, sm3 : 6255
Maximum engine size, sq / ls : 414 / 550
Frequency of the rotation under maximum power about/mines : 6800
Maximum turning moment, Nm : 650
Frequency of the rotation under maximum turning moment about/mines : 4000
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Monday, April 10th, 2006
Details info:
Type : coupe
Amount of the Doors : 2
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Sizes and mass : Length x width x height, mm : 4399 x 1941 x 1115 : Wheel base, mm : 2550 : Mass, kgs : 1787
Type of the engine : gasoline
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Design of the engine : Quad V-figurative
Наддув : turbo
Amount cylinder : 12
Amount valve on cylinder : 5
Volume of the engine, sm3 : 3500
Maximum engine size, sq / ls : 456 / 611
Frequency of the rotation under maximum power about/mines : 8250
Maximum turning moment, Nm : 651
Frequency of the rotation under maximum turning moment about/mines : 4200
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