Bugatti, much more than just a car

Founded in 1909 by Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti and celebrating this 2009 its first centenary, the French-Italian company of luxury and racing cars has always been loyal to its creators’ motto: “Nothing is too expensive, nothing is too beautiful”.

The model EB16.4 Veyron, known as Bugatti Veyron, is again on the top of the list drawn up by Forbes magazine including the most expensive cars in the World with the considerable price of 1.3 Million Euros. Veyron is a fantastic sports car equipped with a 16-cylinder W-shaped engine powered by four Mitsubishi turbos and 1,001 horsepower, which enable it to reach 406 km/h and a top speed of 420 km/h, according to the few privileged who have tried it out.

The car can be repaired just by Bugatti mechanics that will travel by plane to any corner of the World in case of breakdown. So Veyron is undoubtedly considered a real Engineering jewel. It is equipped with ten radiators and two water circuits of 40 and 15 litres respectively. It can easily brake from 400 km/h to stopped position in less than 10 seconds; its tyres have been specially designed by Michelín and each one has a price of 1,800 Euros: the ones at the front axle are 265/680 ZR500 and the ones at the rear axle are 365/710 ZR540. And for speed lovers, this sports car goes from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.5 seconds.

For the time being Bugatti has produced just 300 units of this model. However, for the most exclusive buyers the company has created the Grand Sport version with an estimated value of 2.21 Million Euros. The convertible version of the car will be launched in August 2009.

But although this new Bugatti is considered as the most expensive car in the World, an old model of the firm could be auctioned next 7th February for the prohibitive sum of 6 Million Euros, the greatest amount ever paid in an auction for a car. It will also be the highlight piece in Retromobile 2009 in Paris, a Bugatti Tipo 57S Atalante, one of the 17 that the company manufactured around the World in 1937. Until these days it has been put away in an English doctor’s garage who last used it around 1960. His relatives have found it after his death.

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