For many years the Mclaren F1 was the swiftest road car in the planet, but changes have been a foot over the last few years. The most recent to challenge this number one spot is the Bugatti Veyron. Made by Volkswagen this is probably going to be the best driving experience from a road vehicle you'll get in your lifetime.
Ferdinand Piech the chairperson of VW invented the idea of manufacturing an automobile with one thousand hp that could do over 200mph, for those where cash was no object. The outrageous price ticket of £700,000 or approx $1,100,000, is only compounded by the fact it costs considerably more to make. Yes VW, will be loosing millions of dollars to sell this automobile, and is why the opinion is, that no other manufacturer would build a road vehicle you might buy, that would match this performance and style.
Lets look at a few figures then;
1001, Horsepower!
fourteen radiators, Yes 14!!
$3,200 to make an indicator stalk!
Tyres specially developed by Michelin, $1800 each!
922lb of torque!
229 miles per hour or 370kph ( believe it or not the normal configuration is proscribed )
But change the engine and you can get;
253mph, which is 407.5mph
10 seconds to stop from 250mph!
100ltr fuel tank that can be emptied at top speeds inside twelve minutes!
This is a major achievement in engineering, especially from a turn out that does not have a background in Formula One like Mclaren and Ferrari and it makes you wonder what they could achieve if they were to enter that field.
The car also looks shocking. Without the badge, you would not be ready to tell if it was Italian or German, but you would know it couldn't be anything else but these 2. At certain angles it seems like a teardrop, with only its open griddle that appears like a goldfish's open mouth to smash that line. I fact if I had anything bad to say about the automobile it might be that I am not sure about this front griddle. There are some that would say front griddle gives it a "growl", maybe so. But to me the growl is too respectful, it either shouldn't be there, and had kept more of its lines or it should have been a "roar"; after all this is the fastest road automobile in the world.
The aerofoil at the rear, keeps this monster on the road, and automatically raises itself at certain high speeds, a bit of a give away if you are speeding down a highway and the cop following you knows you are breaking the road limit for no actual reason than your aerofoil is up. However the excellent reports is there is no police car on earth going to catch you, the bad news is it would not be hard to track down the owner. First, there's not going to be plenty of these is any community and 2nd even your Granny would turn her head to see one of these beauties driving down the road.
This car promises to be one of the most talked about motorcar for a long time to come. And if you can't afford the to buy best driving experience of a whole life, you can at least dream.
How fast can your car travel at top speed? Compare you car to some of the fastest cars in the world at www.thesupercars.org and also have a look at Bughatti Veyron.
