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The Bugatti Veyron

Posted by michael on from the conspicuous-consumption dept.

An anonymous reader writes "OK, most /.ers cannot afford the Veyron, but reading this article at HowStuffWorks is still fascinating. How do you fit 1,000 horsepower into a compact engine? How do you keep a passenger car on the road at 250+ MPH? The article links to a set of videos on the Veyron engine that are also very good. Are there any cars out there better than this?" There's also a story by Popular Science.

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  1. Automotive Vaporware by eericson · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anyone care to put money on this car making it to market?

    The Bugatti Veyron is the last gasp of Piech's reign at VW (He had a thing for supercars and old nameplates). It's been plauged with reliablity issues and has cost VW a fortune to develop.

    (Kinda sounds like Rhapsody a bit, doesn't it?)

    -E2

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