Bugatti Veyron

Bugatti Veyron 16.4
Overview
ManufacturerBugatti Automobiles S.A.S.
Production
  • 2005–2015 (450 produced)
  • 2005–2011 (Veyron 16.4; 252 produced)
  • 2009–2015 (Grand Sport; 58 produced)
  • 2010–2011 (Super Sport; 48 produced)
  • 2012–2015 (Grand Sport Vitesse; 92 produced)
AssemblyFrance: Alsace, Molsheim[1]
DesignerJozef Kabaň[2]
Body and chassis
ClassSports car (S)
Body style
  • 2-door coupé (16.4, Super Sport)
  • 2-door targa top (Grand Sport, Grand Sport Vitesse)
LayoutMid-engine, all-wheel drive
Related
Powertrain
Engine8.0 L (488 cu in) quad-turbocharged Volkswagen WR16
Power output
  • Standard (Coupé), Grand Sport (Roadster): 736 kW (1,001 PS; 987 hp)[3]
  • Super Sport (Coupé), Grand Sport Vitesse (Roadster): 882 kW (1,200 PS; 1,183 hp)[4]
Transmission7-speed Ricardo dual-clutch automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase2,710 mm (106.7 in)
Length4,462 mm (175.7 in)
Width1,998 mm (78.7 in)
Height1,204 mm (47.4 in)
Kerb weight1,838–1,990 kg (4,052–4,387 lb)
Chronology
PredecessorBugatti EB 110
SuccessorBugatti Chiron

The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engine sports car, designed and developed in Germany by the Volkswagen Group and Bugatti and manufactured in Molsheim, France, by French automobile manufacturer Bugatti. It was named after the racing driver Pierre Veyron.

The original version has a top speed of 407 km/h (253 mph).[5][6] It was named the 2000s Car of the Decade by the BBC television programme Top Gear. The standard Veyron also won Top Gear's Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005.

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).[7] 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.[8][9]

The Veyron's chief designer was Hartmut Warkuß, with the exterior being designed by Jozef Kabaň of Volkswagen. Much of the engineering work was conducted under the guidance of chief technical officer Wolfgang Schreiber. The Veyron includes a sound system designed and built by Burmester Audiosysteme.[10]

Several special variants have been produced. 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.[11][12] The Bugatti Veyron was discontinued in late 2014, but special edition models continued to be produced until 2015.

Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport
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  2. ^ "Staff change at Škoda Auto design department" (Press release). Škoda-Auto.com. 10 December 2007. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2009. Jozef Kabaň . . . Commissioned by the Volkswagen Group, he became responsible for developing the design of the Bugatti Veyron in 1999, and then worked in that position from the time of the first sketches until the point of launching mass production.
  3. ^ "Veyron 16.4". Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference ds-2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Veyron 16.4". Bugatti. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
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  8. ^ "Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse WRC (2013) – page 2". Net Car Show. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  9. ^ "Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse World Record Car Edition officially announced". World Car Fans. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  10. ^ "Burmester Audiosysteme & Bugatti". Burmester Audiosysteme. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Bugatti.com – Veyron 16.4 Configurator". Bugatti.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  12. ^ "Bugatti Veyron Configurator Goes Online". AutoEvolution.com. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.