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Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet?
Wired has an amusing writeup that accurately captures the most recent ridiculous addition to Bugatti's automobile catalog. The $2.1 million Veyron sports over 1,000 horsepower, a 16-cylinder engine, and a top speed of 245 mph. The guilty conscience comes for free. "That same cash-filled briefcase could buy seven Ferrari 599s or every single 2009 model Mercedes. You could snap up a top-shelf Maybach and employ a chauffeur until well past the apocalypse. Hell, in this economy, $2.1 million is probably enough to make you a one-man special-interest group with some serious Washington clout."
does it run linux?
Add to that the great technical restrictions an F1 car is built under: minimum weight, minimum ground clearance, maximum engine size, etc. This to keep the sport safe: these restrictions are simply to keep the speeds down. Without those restrictions F1 would go much faster, and accidents of course would be far worse. Bugatti doesn't have those technical restrictions, so it's indeed no surprise that you can build a car that accelerates faster and has a higher top speed than a F1 car.
He has a black belt in keyboardarate.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
The Ferrari FXX is faster and better performing than the Bugatti Veyron. Just saying.
I'm fairly sure I disagree with your disagreement. Wait, what are we talking about again?
Vote monkeys into Congress. They are cheaper and more trustworthy.
I have absolutely no idea, but you are so wrong.