The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is currently the most powerful, most expensive, and fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a proven top speed of over 400 km/h (407.5 km/h or 253.2 mph).
Bugatti Automobiles SAS is an automobile manufacturer in Molsheim, Alsace, France. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG and was founded in 1998 as a successor to the legendary Bugatti company.
At the urging of then-chairman, Ferdinand Piëch, Volkswagen purchased the rights to produce cars under the Bugatti marque in 1998. This followed the purchase of Lamborghini (for VW’s Audi division), the Rolls-Royce factory in Crewe, England, and the Bentley marque.
VW commissioned ItalDesign’s Giorgetto Giugiaro to design a series of concept cars to return the marque to prominence. The first example, the EB 118, was a two-door coupé and was introduced at the Paris Motor Show in 1998. It was followed by the four-door EB 218 touring sedan, introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in 1999. Later that year, the 18/3 Chiron was shown at the IAA in Frankfurt. The final Bugatti concept was not an ItalDesign one: VW introduced at the 1999 Tokyo Motor Show — the VW-designed EB 18/4 GT.
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is currently the most powerful, most expensive, and fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a proven top speed of over 400 km/h (407.5 km/h or 253.2 mph). It reached full production in September 2005. The car is built by Volkswagen AG subsidiary Bugatti Automobiles SAS and is sold under the legendary Bugatti marque. It is named after racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti firm.
Vehicle type: mid-engine, all-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 2-door coupe
Base Price:($1,440,800)
Engine type: quad-turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 64-valve W-16, aluminum block and heads, direct fuel injection
Displacement: 7993 cm³ (488.8 in³)
Performance ratings :
* Zero to 60 mph (97 km/h): 2.5 s
* Zero to 100 mph (161 km/h): 5.5 s
* Zero to 150 mph (241 km/h): 11.3 s
* Zero to 200 mph (322 km/h): 22.2 s
* Zero to 250 mph (402 km/h): 55 s
* Zero to 100 km/h: 2.5 s
* Zero to 200 km/h: 7.3 s
* Zero to 300 km/h: 16.7 s
* Zero to 400 km/h: 55 s
Top speed (Electronically Limited): 253 mph (407.5 km/h)
Theoretical Top Speed: 257mph (414 km/h)
Fuel economy:
* EPA city driving: 8 mpg U.S. (30 L/100 km)
* EPA highway driving: 15 mpg U.S. (16 L/100 km)
* Steady 253 mph (407.5 km/h): 2.1 mpg U.S. (115 L/100 km) so it will empty its 100l tank in 12 minutes
