Top Speed

[Nitetimes]

price also assures exclusivity.

Mark

Not really, there are quite a few car that are way out of my budget so it's really not that exclusive.

[asianflava]

price also assures exclusivity

No, the name does, ever heard of a mass produced Bugatti?

[tonyj]

And for 850,000 pounds, does it come with the tow package so yo can pull a tear behind it? I could make it to Lake Bistineau from Corpus in 3 hours including pee stops! Okay, I know . . . add an extra half hour for the Houston traffic. I was about to put in an order for one of these, but that guy in Georgia stole my lucky lotto numbers.

[angib]

And for 850,000 pounds, does it come with the tow package so yo can pull a tear behind it?

Hey, it's worse than that - some silly fool has gone and run the exhaust out through the receiver, so you're going to have to have a new exhaust made when you find the Lotto ticket.

Andrew

[caseydog]

That's probably only $75K in damage. But what's with the red and black paint.

That is a classic Bugatti paint style -- and colors.

At Pebble Beach/Monterey car week last summer, I saw tow of them on the road. There was one in the center of the Michelin Booth at SEMA recently, surounded by a Konnegsegg, a Fisker, a RUF RT-12, a Macleren F1, a Saleen Twin-Turbo, and some others I can't think of right now. Their booth featured 200-plus mph cars that come with Michelin Tires.

The only 200+ cars I have actually driven are a RUF GT2 Conversion, and a Murcielago. John Hennessey has offered me a drive in one of his insane Vipers -- I gotta find time to go do that. I have a business colleague with an Enzo, but he won't let anyone else drive it -- the selfish *%&$#. I have never actually driven over 200, though, it is a goal of mine. I've made it to about 155.

The big problem with towing would be wind resistance. Like someone else said, most of a car's power goes to "cutting a hole" in the air as speeds go up. Even if you could put a hitch on a supercar, the wind resistance would kill your speed, and overheat your driveline.

Now, VW-Audi have a V-10 Turbo Diesel that, if you put it in the right vehicle (such as a Veyron), could set some trailer towing records.

CD

[bledsoe3]

And for 850,000 pounds, does it come with the tow package so yo can pull a tear behind it?

Hey, it's worse than that - some silly fool has gone and run the exhaust out through the receiver, so you're going to have to have a new exhaust made when you find the Lotto ticket.

Andrew

I thought that was the receiver.

[caseydog]

The black & red paint is original and reminiscent of an older Bugatti.

Here is one. Not a great shot, but it's what I had handy...



CD

[asianflava]

Here's the American attempt at the record. It's supposed to go 273MPH.
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/14/ssc- ... -car-title