Have a look at the new Bugatti’s Veyron. What for a car :-) The Veyron is produced at Molsheim – France, at about 80km from where I am living. This is a “back-to-the-roots” process because Molsheim is the historical place of Bugatti since 1910.
Specifications
- Engine: W16 (two W8 engines mated together), 4 turbochargers, 8.0l
- Power: 1’001 metric horsepower
- Torque: 1’250 Nm
- Transmission: DSG with 7 gear ratios, all wheel drive
- Weight: 1’888 kg
- Time 0-100 km/h: 2.5s (!!)
- Time 0-200 km/h: 7.3s
- Time 0-300 km/h: 16.7s
- Average top speed: 407 km/h
- City driving: 40.4 l/100km
- Combined cycle: 24.1 l/100km
- Price: about 1.1 million euros
Some articles
Great Wikipedia’s article about the history of Bugatti and the Veyron itself.