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

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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.

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Bugatti Details New Veyron Super Sport at Pebble Beach Debut

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Visitors to the annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance this summer were treated to a wide variety of octane-drenched eye candy, but arguably none as enticing as the new Bugatti Veyron Super Sport.

The ultimate Veyron was announced a few weeks ago when Bugatti took it to a record 268 mph top speed on a closed track. Now that the Super Sport has made its debut, however, the prestige auto marque has graced us with a few more details to fill in the remaining blanks.

To start with, Bugatti will build only 40 examples of the Super Sport, those forty counting towards the 300 total Veyrons that will be built in all before the model rumbles off into the history books. Second, customer models of the Veyron SS will be speed-restricted to 258 mph – which is still faster than just about anything else out there, but 10 mph short of the record speed. Sources speculate that the reason behind the limit comes down to fuel consumption and tire durability, though we doubt any owners will be putting it to the test, anyway.

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Presenting the new Bugatti Veyron Super Sports: the World's Fastest Car

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Feast your eyes, ladies and gentlemen, on the new Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. Now we know what you're thinking: Bugatti's rolled out dozens of special editions of its iconic supercar over the past few years. But this is a different kettle of fish altogether.

For the long-anticipated Veyron Super Sports – which follows in the tire tracks of upgraded Super Sports models from the marque's history – Bugatti has tweaked the engine to produce an extra 200 horsepower over the "standard" model's 1000. The resulting 1200-horse output, combined with revised aerodynamics, was enough for Bugatti to claim the land speed record at 267.81 miles per hour, achieved at parent company Volkswagen's proprietary Ehra-Lessian test track in the presence of officials from the Guiness Book of World Records and the German Technical Inspection Agency, making it official.

The Veyron Super Sports will be unveiled officially next month at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, after which full details of customer availability will be announced. For now we know that the first five production models will be painted the same black and neon orange paint scheme as the test vehicle you see here.

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Dutch Police Impound Bugatti Veyron After Owner's Son Caught Speeding

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Cosmetics and Fragrance

If you had a Bugatti Veyron in your garage, would you let your 20-year-old son drive it? Then again, if your dad had a Veyron, would you be able to resist the temptation to play Ferris Bueller for the day? In either case, you might want to give it a second thought.

Reports coming in from Holland indicate that local police have impounded one such supercar when the 20-year-old of the owner took it out for a ride, flying by law enforcement at 50 miles per hour over the speed limit. No word on whether the car will ever be returned to its owner, but if it does, we'd suggest he keep those keys well hidden from now on.

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2010 Geneva Motor Show: The Supercars

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A car show just wouldn't be a car show if we didn't catch a glimpse at some of the most exotic, unobtainable and superlative supercars ever to grace black tarmac. And the Geneva Motor Show never disappoints.

Surrounded by countries producing the finest precision performance machines this side of the Space Shuttle, the Geneva show plays common ground to such notables as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bugatti and Koenigsegg, to name just a few. This year they all came to the city by the lake to display their latest innovations. Follow the jump to read and view what they had in store for us.

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Robb Report Awards Mercedes SLS AMG 2010 Car of the Year, Bugatti Veyron Car of the Decade

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The time has come for luxury mag Robb Report to issue its latest Car of the Year. Being that the end of 2009 also marks the end of a tidy little decade, the editors at the magazine took the opportunity to bestow one important car with the title Car of the Decade – the first time in the 17 years that Robb Report has been handing out automotive awards that it's granted two in one year. So, who won?

First up is the Car of the Year, which goes out to the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. In taking the award, the SLS AMG beat out 11 other worthy contenders to the throne. Certainly not a terrible choice by any means, though this particular blogger has yet to find himself lodged behind the Gullwing's leather-wrapped steering wheel. Moving on, then.

Robb Report's Car of the Decade trophy has been awarded to the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport. A good choice? Click here to read Autoblog's take on what it's like to pilot a $2,000,000 drop-top cruise missile. Yeah, as good a choice as any, we'd say. Click past the break to read more commentary from the magazine and click here to visit the new RobbReport.tv, where you'll see a series of videos recorded during the crew's testing in Napa Valley.

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Bugatti Veyron for sale with Matching Transporter

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) —

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In a perfect world, we'd all be driving our Bugatti Veyrons day in, day out. But this isn't a perfect world, and we don't always have perfect weather. Particularly in Holland, where this particular Veyron is listed for sale.

The price is a princely €895,000 ($1,264,815), but it comes with a special bonus : a Mercedes Atego transport truck, painted the same shade of French Racing Blue to match. If we had one, we'd rather be driving the Veyron, but for rainy days, this looks like a decent alternative. Have a closer look on JamesList.

Gallery: Bugatti Veyron with matching Mercedes Atego transporter

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Bugatti Preparing 3 New Concepts to Replace the Veyron

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) —

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The Bugatti Veyron is a tough act to follow. It packs over 1000 horsepower, can hit speeds in excess of 250 miles per hour and costs over a million euros. The trouble is, with 250 out of 300 already built and no more special editions on the way, the Veyron is reaching the end of its production cycle. That means the top-shelf Volkswagen subsidiary has got to make a new model, and to make sure it gets it right, reports indicate that the company will display three individual new concept cars to gauge public opinion in order to determine what form it should take.

One of the concepts is dubbed Bordeaux, a four-door ultra-luxury high-performance sedan, expected to debut in the near future as the company rounds out its centenary celebrations. What the other two are, however, remains to be seen. Some speculate on a two-door GT or an evolution of the Veyron formula. In any event, the Veyron's successor will most likely carry its 8-liter quadruple-turbocharged sixteen-cylinder engine, which cost the company big bucks to develop and would be a shame to waste at the end of the Veyron's run. Beyond that, your guess is as good as ours. But you can bet it'll be expensive, exclusive and very fast indeed.

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The End of the Line for Special Veyrons

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) —

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Here at Luxist we've enjoyed bringing you news of what seemed like an endless array of special-edition Bugatti Veyrons, from the Pur Sang and Sang Noir through the Fbg par Hermes, the open-top Grand Sport, the Bleu Centenaire and the subsequent four Centenaire editions. And this past weekend at Pebble Beach, the Alsatian marque once again marked its centenary with another special edition, the Grand Sport Sang Bleu. But reports now indicate that this will be the last of the special-edition Veyrons before Bugatti unveils its successor. So enjoy these images of the Sang Bleu, with its blue-tinted carbon fiber and removable roof panel. Because if the reports are accurate, it will be the last.

Gallery: Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Sang Bleu

Gallery: Bugatti Veyron Special Editions

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Jenson Button Puts his Bugatti Veyron Up For Sale

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Jenson Button is one fast driver. After years of driving in Formula One, the current championship leader is also filthy rich, and can afford pretty much any car he wants. He hit a blistering 246 miles per hour in his Honda RA106 F1 car at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah back in 2006, but there's one car that's faster: the Bugatti Veyron. And last year he bought one.

Now, however, with his garage already packed with a Ferrari Enzo, Audi RS6 Avant (the world's fastest station wagon), BMW M5 and Mercedes CLK DTM and C63 AMG, and with the first two Honda Jets earmarked for his new charter business, Button is apparently looking to make some space. So after selling several of his Ferraris as well as a Ford GT and Porsche Carrera GT – the fastest and most expensive supercars ever made by those two companies respectively – Button is putting his all-black Veyron up for sale. His asking price is £900,000, or about $1.5 million – pretty much the going rate for a Veyron, and you can check it out in the gallery below.

Gallery: Jenson Button's Bugatti Veyron

[Source: AutoTrader via F1 Fanatic]

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Another Pur Sang Offered Up in the Great Veyron Sell-Off

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Earlier this year we reported on two ultra-exclusive $3 million Bugatti Veyron Pur Sangs, the world's most expensive production vehicle of which only five were built, being put up for sale. The first of the special edition cars with exposed carbon fiber and aluminum bodywork, which sold out within 24 hours of their original announcement, was offered up in Abu Dhabi. The next one surfaced a couple of weeks later in Frankfurt, Germany where the car was originally unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Now a third Pur Sang has been listed for sale via global online luxury marketplace JamesList in Munich.

With the other two Pur Sangs already on the block as previously noted, only two of the cars seemingly remain in private hands. Also back in April we noted that 18 Veyrons were on offer via JamesList; that number has now swelled to 23, or nearly one-fifth of all Veyrons built to date. The cheapest is a 2005 model with 29,000 miles on it offered at €789,000 or about $1.09 million. Obviously the pitiful economy means many people are having to try and unload these agonizingly expensive automotive status symbols.

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Bugatti Starts Production of Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) —

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The world is not lacking for high-priced convertibles. Between exotic machinery like the Ferrari California, Mercedes SL, Bentley Continental GTC, Rolls-Royce Phantom DHC and Pagani Zonda F Roadster, to name just a few, there are plenty of epically fast and monstrously priced open-air motors to choose from. And this is the grand-daddy of them all: the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport. Initially revealed at the Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance at Monterey Beach, California, last year, the targa Bugatti is just now entering production, with the first deliveries taking place as early as next month. Only 150 examples will be made, with the first 50 going to existing Veyron owners at a price approaching $2 million, minus pocket change. As fast as the Veyron burns fuel and rubber, its owners will need it.

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Bugatti to Celebrate 100th Anniversary with Quartet of Special-Edition Veyron Centenaires at Lake Como

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Hard to believe that with owners selling off their unique Veyrons, Bugatti is still producing new special editions. But so the case would appear to be as the most premium of premium automotive marques gears up to celebrate its 100th anniversary this weekend with not one, but four new versions of its seven-figure supercar.

Following up on the one-off Bleu Centenaire edition which Bugatti unveiled at the Geneva show last month, the new Centenaire edition is scheduled to debut at the prestigious Villa d'Este auto show on the shores of Lake Como where, as we reported earlier, Ralph Lauren will also be demonstrating his very special Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic to commemorate the marque's centenary. Each of the Veyron Centenaires pays tribute to one of Bugatti's pre-WWII driving aces, each hailing from a different country and represented by a different color: Sir Malcolm Campell's in British Racing Green, Achille Varzi in Italian Racing Red, Jean-Pierre Wimille in French Racing Blue (Bugatti's signature color) and Hermann zu Leiningen in an off-white to represent Germany. No word yet on pricing, but prospective buyers can expect to pay an extra premium over the – ahem – "ordinary" Veyron's million-euro asking price. Stay tuned for more.

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One of Five Bugatti Veyron Pur Sangs for Sale in Abu Dhabi

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All Veyrons are special, but some are more special than others. As if a $1.5 million supercar weren't special enough, Bugatti has come out with what has seemed like an endless array of special editions to further differentiate the rare cars one from another. It all started with the Pur Sang edition, a Veyron with its bare aluminum and carbon-fiber body exposed like an heiress on a Mediterranean beach. Only five were made, and were sold within 24 hours of its announcement. It seems like the sheikh who bought this one, however, is in need of some extra cash, and has put his up for sale for an undisclosed price at an Abu Dhabi dealership. Interested parties with an extra couple million to spare should contact the dealership directly.

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Bugatti Veyron Gets The Golden Touch In Kuwait

by Ariel Adams (RSS feed) —

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It is true that the Midas touch usually ends up appearing more like a beating from the 'rod of distaste.' Not always though, and thankfully this splendid Bugatti isn't actually suffering from Gold sheet metal, but rather a decadent paint job. With a slathering of two-tone gold paint, this owner of this charming speed demon pampers it like a new born - an almost 2 million dollar new born. Kept in a special climate controlled garage in Kuwait, this gold Veyron is a pride of the desert.

With needs like an occasional $10,000 detail job, this isn't the type of super car you just ignore until you get the itch to drive fast. Instead, the proud owner will likely be spending much of his time with a delicate cloth buffing the Veyron's flanks while whispering to it in soft German. The occasional drive through the boulevards of Kuwait with the luxurious gold paint job may not necessarily be to show off, but rather as camouflage to blend in with the sand while pushing the Bugatti's massive 1001 horsepower 16 cylinder engine to its over 200mph limit.

Gallery at Zero Customs.

Via Motor Authority.

Ariel Adams publishes the watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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