Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Bugatti Veyron 16 4 Grand Sport Vitesse The Boundless in all respects
He is the highest trump card in every car Quartet: Who holds the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 on the hand, making each stitch. The latest version of the high-flyer, the Grand Sports bursting with superlatives.
Nothing less than the fastest and most powerful roadster in the world behind the strange name Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse. It accelerates from zero to 100 in just 2.6 seconds; 200 km / h are compared to 7.1 seconds on the clock. And where other sports cars, the air outside are at least 300 things slowly thin, stormed the two-seater from Molsheim merrily. Only at 410 km / h is really the end.
Made possible by a motor, as it has not seen the car world in the last 50 years, at least on the Street: 16 cylinders, 8.0 liters and turbocharger, which draw more air in one hour than a person breathes in the month, represent 1,200 hp and 1,500 Nm of torque, which can not be a halt to two tones weight.
These data many already know from the closed Bugatti Veyron supercar - but this car will take only a few. For a total built the luxurious VW subsidiary only 300 coupes and 150 roadsters. And because it has more than two-thirds are sold, there will be more than 100 times the Vitesse. It could actually move the car at any - at least as long as he has a halfway civilized mind.
Because with a slim lead foot and a strict morality is rolled in the Bugatti relaxed and serene then as a Porsche Boxster. From the rear you only hear a slight murmur, even at 60, 70 defines the terms of a double clutch automatic hardly felt a seventh gear, the wheel will be with the little finger, and the electronically adjusted suspension every bump ironed smooth.
But alas, it also lowers the foot only by half a degree too far: Easy and surprisingly easy to handle as much as two meters wide, the low-flying aircraft will still be, and even a fairly large balance of driving comfort is maintained. But then the Bugatti Veyron into a fury that knows no stopping. With an infernal din and roar off the engine drowned out every word. The head bangs during kick down formally against the non-free so soft padded sport seats and carbon shell of the landscape flies by, as if someone had turned the motion.
When overtaking you need little more than a glimpse and see the cars go backwards in the mirror afterwards. Each line is a trial for the morale and empty highway traffic to the race track, where you can compete even with the ICE or an airplane. At least theoretically, the Bugatti Veyron, the Munich-Berlin creates in less than two hours. The main attraction of the lawn you can enjoy yourself in a Bugatti but not always, usually limited to the electronic madness to 375 km / h
Who wants to exit his car full, it must be unlocked only with a second key, and then takes a hell of a long straight or a high-speed oval with banked curves. For as soon as you touched turns the steering wheel or the brake, the limit is reactivated. Criticism is petty in the face of pure luxury truck. Normal standards are not in a car of this caliber. Clearly one would expect from a super sports car is now a navigation system.
And the antiquated manual seat adjustment facility. Even millionaires need more storage space than the compartment for wallet and credit card. And that the carbon hood of the roadster remains at home must be sealed and the emergency top like an umbrella spanned only up to 160 km / h, one could criticize. But what the customer cares if he has for serious trips on average still 32 other cars in the garage?
Therefore, the consumption of 23.1 liters and CO2 emissions of 539 g / km, hardly more than a footnote worth: Finally, a Veyron driving in an average of only 1820 km.
Conclusion: A dream quartet in the car
insanely fast and yet so easy to sail as a small car, uncompromisingly sporty and yet so luxurious as a large sedan - the Bugatti is unique and unmatched in all respects. This is unfortunately also for the price: Because of the Veyron costs € 2.0111 million with its more than 250 VW Polo, will remain a dream car for most people ever dream. Except maybe in the Top Trumps.
Data Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse
Motor and drive:
W16 petrol engine with turbocharger
Displacement: 7993 cc
Max power: 882 kW / 1,200 hp at 6,400 rev /
Maximum torque: 1,500 Nm at 3,000 - 5,000 rpm /
Drive: all-wheel drive
Transmission: 7-speed dual-clutch automatic
Dimensions and weights
Length: 4,462 mm
Width: 1,998 mm
Height: 1,190 mm
Wheelbase: 2,710 mm
Curb weight: 1.990 kg
Load: 250 kg
Boot capacity: NA
