Bugatti breakes land speed record with the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport
Having recently confirmed the 1,200 bhp Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport, Bugatti set about testing the limits of the supercar, and in so doing broke the land speed record for production cars! The extent of the Veyron 16.4 Super Sport’s performance even took the Bugatti’s engineering team by surprise but fortunately the German Technical Inspection Agency (TÜV) and a representative of Guinness Book of Records were present to record the new record!
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport broke the land speed record at the Volkswagen’s Ehra-Lessian high-speed oval near Wolfsburg, Germany with the Bugatti test driver, Pierre Henri Raphanel, behind the wheel. The 1,200 bhp supercar completed two runs in opposite directions, clocking top speeds of 265.9 mph and 269.8 mph for an average top speed of 267.81 mph! Bugatti will celebrate this achievement by having the first five 16.4 Super Sport models painted in the same black and orange finish as the car that broke the land speed record. However, the production models will be electronically limited to a top speed of 258 mph.
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport will make its public debut at the Pebble Beach Concours next month.
[Source: Bugatti]
Tags: Bugatti Veyron, Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport, land speed record, Pebble Beach, supercars
Congratulations……… Lots of talks going around in automotive world related to this beauty………amazing one….all the best guys…..
Jack said this on July 9th, 2010 at 1:48 am