The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is once again the world’s fastest production car, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Last week Guinness stripped the record from Bugatti after complaints from rival hillbillies carmaker Hennessy claiming the Veyron Super Sport had its speed limiter removed and was therefore not “production” spec.
A statement from Guinness can be read after the break.
[Source: Autoblog]
Hmm, something’s not quite right here. Just days after Hennessey reckoned that their Venom GT should be acknowledged as the world’s fastest production car Bugatti, who set the record almost three years ago, has had their title rescinded.
In effect, Hennessey accused Bugatti of cheating because the Veyron Super Sport used to set the record had had its 415km/h speed limiter removed, thereby allowing it to reach a verified top speed of 431km/h (267.8mph).
In an official statement the Guinness Book of World Records stated:
“It has come to the attention of Guinness World Records that there was an oversight in its adjudication of the ‘Fastest production car’ which was set in 2010 by the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport,†said Jaime Strang, PR Director of the company.
“As the car’s speed limiter was deactivated, this modification was against the official guidelines. Consequently, the vehicle’s record set at 431.072 km/h is no longer valid. Following this, Guinness World Records is reviewing this category with expert external consultants to ensure our records fairly reflect achievements in this field.â€
Bugatti is standing firm, though. “Guinness knew the Veyron’s speed limiter was deactivated but that for safety reasons, cars subsequently sold to customers would have their speed limiters activated [set at 258mph],” a spokeswoman said. “It’s not a hard blow if we lose this title. The Super Sport is more than just a world-record car.â€
[Source: Driving.co.uk]
Want to build your own Bugatti Veyron? Well, thanks to the official configurator on the Bugatti website you can. We’ve shown you a few images of our Veyron 16.4 carbon grey/gray green combo here, but really, you should let yourself run wild. You can even make your own Grand Sport or Super Sport if you wish.
And don’t forget to export your specs to a PDF file. You know, just in case.
To help get you in the mood Bugatti has teamed with Jeremy Clarkson to produce a short promo video, which you can see after the break. Have fun now!
The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is a stupidly quick car; we know this. It has a top speed over 431km/h and can reach 100km/h in just 2.5 seconds. Here, in this short teaser video, Chris Harris explains what that speed feels like.
Recent reports suggest Bugatti will shelve sportscars for luxury saloons once the Veyron has reached the end of its production cycle. With that in mind, now seems a good time to pay homage to the all-conquering Veyron. So, over the last couple of days AUSmotive has raided the Bugatti press archive and come up with 75 images of the 431km/h Super Sport.
Not content with just pics, there’s a couple of bonus PDF downloads to be had after the break as well. There’s some great detail images included; let’s face it, this is probably as close as many of us will ever get to a Veyron. Enjoy!
Well, with 1200 horsepower, 1500 Newton metres of torque and costing around £2,000,000 what else would you expect him to say?
Him is Steve Sutcliffe from Autocar and the car is the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. Yep, that’s the one that set a new landspeed record back in June. The magic number then was 431km/h and that stands as the fastest speed set by a production vehicle.
In case you haven’t already done the sums, the Aussie dollar conversion is around $3.2 million.
Check out Sutcliffe’s review after the break. Lucky sod!
The 1200bhp Bugatti Veyron Super Sport recently set a new world record for the fastest production car ever made. The average top speed recorded during the record run was an astounding 431km/h. But what is it like around the Top Gear track? Watch the clip from episode 15×05 below and see just how the Super Sport claimed another prized record; it now sits atop the Top Gear Power Lap board.
James May also returned to the driver’s seat of the Veyron to experience the “Bloody Nora” speeds all for himself.
On 26 June 2010 this lairy orange and black Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, with 1200hp (882kW) if you don’t mind, set a new landspeed record for production vehicles. The bar has now been set at 431km/h. Astonishing!
Following normal protocols for such records the top speed is calculated as an average of two runs in opposite directions set within a one hour time limit. In its first pass the Super Sport logged a top speed of 427.933km/h. The second was recorded at 434.211km/h.
“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 record was set by Bugatti’s chief test driver Pierre Henri Raphanel at Volkwagen Group’s Ehra-Lessien proving grounds, near Wolfsburg. The new mark has been verified by the German Technical Inspection Agency (TÃœV) and the Guinness Book of Records.
More after the break.