VIDEO: How NOT to Test Drive a $1.25 Million Bugatti

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed)
Oct 27th 2010 at 3:01PM

There's a right and a wrong way to test drive a Bugatti Veyron. The right way: crank it up past 200 mph on the Autobahn with a coked-out supermodel riding shotgun. The wrong way: back it into a Corolla two minutes after taking the wheel. Here we have a demonstration of the wrong way, courtesy of some hapless schmuck in Chicago with good credit but lousy driving skills. It seems the unfortunate fellow was test driving a $1.25 million 2008 black-and-white Veyron 16.4 with a brown leather interior at Chicago's Bentley Gold Coast when he clipped an idling Toyota for no apparent reason while backing out of the dealership. He then proceeded to scrape up the Veyron's front bumper on the pavement while pulling forward to extricate himself. All in all he caused an estimated $30,000 worth of damage, or enough for a couple of brand new Corollas. Adding insult to injury he didn't even buy the Bugatti.

[via JamesList]

Tags: Bugatti, Bugatti Veyron, car crash, Chicago, Veyron, video

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Video

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monet Oct 28th 2010 12:07PM

I love the Corolla's owners comments after being hit... "What the Hell".

Vito Can Spell Oct 28th 2010 11:06PM

Why would anybody test drive a Veyron? What will you find out driving for a few miles in a city? That it doesn't handle as well as your other Veyron? If you want a Veyron, you find a specialist broker to get you one and have a Bugatti/VAG mechanic check it out with a full ppi and certify it. Then you buy it, have it shipped to your home and drive somewhere in the countryside.