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The new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport takes production sports cars to a whole new dimension
Wolfsburg/Molsheim, July 4, 2010 – on a beautiful sunny day at 25 degrees the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport achieved a new landspeed world record for production cars, on the proving grounds of the Volkswagen Group at Ehra-Lessien (nearby its headquarters at Wolfsburg). In the presence of the German Technical Inspection Agency (TÜV) and a representative of Guinness Book of Records the Super Sport achieved an average top speed of 431 km/h.
Saturday, 2 pm – Bugatti’s Pilote Officiel Pierre Henri Raphanel puts his helmet and gloves on, pulls the safety belts tight whilst the engineers check the car a very last time: tyre pressure, temperature, all systems go. Then the orange black Super Sport crosses the light barrier, from now on the time will be taken, within one hour the car has to drive from South to North and then in the opposite direction. No one but the driver is allowed to touch the car during this time. The tension rises. A few minutes later we can hear from the left side the sound of a starting jumbo jet coming closer towards us. First we perceive the headlights of the Veyron, then we can recognize the shape of the car, a loud wooosh…. and Raphanel dashes in top speed past us. The GPS-tachometer stops at 427, 933 km/h. Now the same procedure from the opposite direction. This time the car reaches 434, 211 km/h. As average top speed the representatives of the “TÜV”and Guinness generate a value of 431, 072 km/h (268 mph). This even hit Bugatti’s engineering team by surprise.
“We took it that we would reach an average value of 425 km/h,” explains Bugatti’s chief engineer Dr. Wolfgang Schreiber, “but the conditions today were perfect and allowed even more.”
The climax of the Veyron series: the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport
Had a model been especially popular or highly successful in races, Ettore Bugatti’s customers often pushed the master to tease out of the engine a few horsepower more for their future car. Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. had been in a similar situation when their existing customers asked the company to not only design their second model optically differently but to also create a version with a sportier and more extreme driving experience. The result is a car with a uniquely high performance of 1,200-hp (882 kW) offering experienced drivers a whole new dimension of excitement, with a maximum torque of 1,500 Newton metres and a limited top speed of 415 km/h (to protect the tyres) but, the technique of the Super Sport is identical to the record car. The first five Super Sports to come off the production line will constitute a special series of their own, with the same
configuration as the landspeed record car.
The Super Sport is a consequent of the further development of the classic exclusive 1,001-hp Bugatti Veyron 16.4, launched in 2005. This model offers a stunning set of specifications, such as the twin clutch gearbox with seven speeds, the extraordinarily precise driving performance in bends and excellent stability when braking and accelerating.
Continuous work in extreme performance ranges lead to constantly new conclusions, which enabled the engineers at Bugatti to develop the Veyron into a direction in which the driver can reach new dimensions. Every modification is designed to produce an even more powerful car for an agile ride. Four enlarged turbochargers and bigger intercoolers have been used to boost the power of the 16-cylinder engine, and the chassis has been extensively redesigned to maintain safety at extreme speed – thanks to slightly raised main-spring travel, stronger stabilisers, and new shock absorbers with a complex architecture originally developed for racing cars. This gives noticeably more precise control of the wheels and the car as a whole. With lateral acceleration of up to 1.4 G and improved interaction between the tyres and the intelligent all-wheel drive system, the Super Sport offers perfect handling and even more powerful acceleration of 1,500 Newton metres on corner exits.
The body has been fine-tuned to improve aerodynamic efficiency and maintain perfect balance in every situation, while the new fibre structure of the all-carbon monocoque ensures maximum torsion rigidity and passive safety – at reduced weight. The skin is made entirely of carbon-fibre composites, and the new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport is available in 100 per-cent clear-lacquered exposed carbon on request.
Dynamic exterior
Every detail of this car, and not just its use of advanced motorsport technology, harks back to the pioneering spirit of company founder Ettore Bugatti. This brilliant designer came from a family of artists, and his philosophy was always to combine mechanical perfection and exterior beauty. This ethos remains alive and well at the company, and the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport is wholly unmistakeable, with every external modification serving to coax greater performance from the car.
The Super Sport’s flat, elongated silhouette is immediately recognisable. The 16-cylinder engine gets its air from two NACA ducts integrated into the roof, rather than from scoops above the engine. The front air intakes have been expanded and reshaped, with the lower one extending elegantly around the sides to the wheel arch. The revised back looks sportier due to the double diffuser and a centrally arranged exhaust system.
Bugatti has a tradition of making super-sport versions of successful models, usually with racing chassis and supercharged engines. These cars were considered as true racing machines for diehard Bugatti devotees. The most successful were the type 55 and type 57S; only around forty of each were built.
Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. has sold 260 Veyrons and 35 Grand Sports by now, of which 249 Veyrons and 22 Grand Sports had been delivered. The Super Sport will begin production this autumn at Molsheim along with the Veyron and the Grand Sport. The first five cars – known as the World Record Edition – are in a special black exposed carbon and orange finish and have already been sold.
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport will appear for the first time in public in California at the Pebble Beach Concours weekend in mid-August and will be featured at The Quail, Monterey Historic Races at Laguna Seca and on the concept lawn of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
Source: Bugatti Press Release
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Whittie
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If the orange bits were black, it would look amazing.
Also if the black was white, and the orange was black, that too would look amazing 
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taylorboosh
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theyve been watching top gear and like that citroen?
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DannyB
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Awfull. Orange looks tacky.
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taylorboosh
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i think it looks amazing
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Ben G
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the roof is very cool. hate the orange bits.
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Rob R
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needs lowering
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Daimo B
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The car does 271mph and people are moaning about what colour it is.
Im sure you get a choice you numpties 
Can't please anyone can they Moan moan moan moan moan. Whats next, people starting on the handling and braking
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whitter45
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
The car does 271mph and people are moaning about what colour it is.
Im sure you get a choice you numpties
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Tomnova16
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looks like a boat from the roof view, lovely though
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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mwg
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What a beast.
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Steve
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awesome, wonder what car will be the first to hit 300mph!
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Danny jackson
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very nice mite have to order mine maybe later if i can be arsed.. haha keep dreamin.. 
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big eck
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
The car does 271mph and people are moaning about what colour it is.
Im sure you get a choice you numpties
Can't please anyone can they Moan moan moan moan moan. Whats next, people starting on the handling and braking
for once I agree with you.
One of the best cars on the planet and the first thing they said is that they dont like the colour.
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Daimo B
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Ironically, we're now at 271mph. Now in 1988 the LeMans cars hit a maximum of 251mph in testing. So now we're going faster.
Even an F1 cars record max was 225mph (Couthard).
And even the Indycars have only ever reached a max of 256mph (P Tracey).
So this speed is absolutly immense. It blows away the 254mph set by the Veyron, but to actually get another 20mph is simply amazing!!!!!
As Steve said, how long before 300mph in a road car? Or will it ever happen? Tuned porkies etc are all good, but the Veron done 254mph without the modifications. Looks what speeds they are setting with some mild tuning.
Who's gonna be the first to spend another million tuning one at see 300mph 
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P1CK4D
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But for the people who don't like the colour it wouldnt be the best car on the planet would it? As you don't like its colour 
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VXRBennie58
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Smart but I still think a Corsa Redtop would have it
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Scotty_B
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Still an ugly mong.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
Ironically, we're now at 271mph. Now in 1988 the LeMans cars hit a maximum of 251mph in testing. So now we're going faster.
Even an F1 cars record max was 225mph (Couthard).
And even the Indycars have only ever reached a max of 256mph (P Tracey).
So this speed is absolutly immense. It blows away the 254mph set by the Veyron, but to actually get another 20mph is simply amazing!!!!!
As Steve said, how long before 300mph in a road car? Or will it ever happen? Tuned porkies etc are all good, but the Veron done 254mph without the modifications. Looks what speeds they are setting with some mild tuning.
Who's gonna be the first to spend another million tuning one at see 300mph
Will be interesting to see if SSC will pull something out of the hat to regain the title (remember reading something about the SSC being good for 260/270). They only just managed to beat the veyron last time (less than 1mph difference) and 11mph (SSC did 256, Super Sport 267) is a huge difference at those speeds.
I also wonder if Koenigsegg will be trying to compete for this again.....
[Edited on 05-07-2010 by Dom]
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Steve
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Nic Barnes will be competing
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adiohead
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will it have Haldex like the Veyron?
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mwg
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The SSC is awful.
No way it'll be as well engineered or be able to drive it day to day in complete luxury like you could with a Veyron either.
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Steve
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live rear axle matty g
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mwg
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American shite
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All Torque
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Its all about the Callaway Sledgehammer:
Did 254mph in 1988.
I'm waiting for the piston engined land speed record to be broken next, its been 407mph over 1 mile since 2001. About time that was broken.
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