The EB 18/4 Veyron was a mid-engine sports car styled in-house under the direction of Hartmut Warkuß. In October 1999, Bugatti unveiled a fourth concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show. The third and final car, the 18/3 Chiron, was a mid-engine sports car presented at the 1999 International Motor Show in Frankfurt. The next car, the EB218, was a 4-door saloon presented at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show.
The first car, the EB 118, was a 2-door luxury coupé presented at the 1998 Paris Motor Show.
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To succeed the EB 110 model produced under the previous ownership, the automaker quickly released a series of concept cars whose technological advancements would culminate in the form of the Veyron 16.4.īetween October 1998 and September 1999, Bugatti introduced a series of Giugiaro-designed concept vehicles, each with permanent four-wheel drive and powered by the Volkswagen-designed W18 engine. In May 1998, Volkswagen AG acquired the rights to use the Bugatti logo and the trade name Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. The Bugatti Veyron was discontinued in late 2014, but special edition models continued to be produced until 2015.īugatti Veyron EB 16/4 Concept, a modified version of the 18/4 Veyron In December 2010, Bugatti began offering prospective buyers the ability to customise exterior and interior colours by using the Veyron 16.4 Configurator application on the marque's official website. Several special variants have been produced.
The Veyron includes a sound system designed and built by Burmester Audiosysteme. The Veyron's chief designer was Hartmut Warkuß and the exterior was designed by Jozef Kabaň of Volkswagen, with much of the engineering work being conducted under the guidance of chief technical officer Wolfgang Schreiber. The Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse was the fastest roadster in the world, reaching an averaged top speed of 408.84 km/h (254.04 mph) in a test on 6 April 2013. The Super Sport version of the Veyron is one of the fastest street-legal production cars in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph). The standard Bugatti Veyron also won Top Gear 's Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005. It was named Car of the Decade and best car award (2000–2009) by the BBC television programme Top Gear. The original version has a top speed of 407 km/h (253 mph).
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It was named after the racing driver Pierre Veyron. The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engine sports car, designed and developed in France by the Volkswagen Group and Bugatti and manufactured in Molsheim, France, by French automobile manufacturer Bugatti. Super Sport (Coupé), Grand Sport Vitesse (Roadster): 883 kW (1,201 PS 1,184 hp).
Standard (Coupé), Grand Sport (Roadster): 736 kW (987 hp 1,001 PS).