Bugatti
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A 1938 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic owned by fashion icon Ralph Lauren was awarded the ‘Best Of Show’ title at this past weekend’s 2013 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. Thousands of visitors descended upon the shores of Lake Como in Italy for the event which was packed with some of the most desirable classics the world has ever known as well as some never-before-seen creations. As for this Bugatti 57SC Atlantic, it was personally presented by Lauren and was a favorite among the Concorso jury members as well as the general public. It is one of just two examples still in...
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It’s Finally Happened: Bugatti Veyron Joins Dubai Police FleetWith the likes of a Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari FF, and even an Aston Martin One-77 joining the ranks of the Dubai Police fleet, it was only a matter of time until the world’s fastest car, the Bugatti Veyron, donned the outfit’s green and white livery. This isn’t the...
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Watch Bugatti’s Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse Break A Land Speed Record: VideoBugatti now has two world records under its belt: the production car land speed record and the production car land speed record for an open-top car. While the first record, which stands at 267.8 mph, was set almost three years ago by the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, the second was set only this...
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Bugatti Veyron Super Sport Is Once Again The World’s Fastest Production CarA week ago Bugatti was stripped of its production car land speed record by Guinness World Records because the version of its Veyron Super Sport sold to the public was different to that which accomplished the original 267.8 mph speed record. It was different in that its speed was electronically...
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Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse hits 254 mph--with top downThe week hasn’t been good for Bugatti. It started off with the Veyron Super Sport being stripped of its production car land speed record by the officials At Guinness World Records due to the version of the car being sold to the public having its top speed limited below the 267.8 mph record...
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Bugatti Stripped Of Top Speed Record, Teases New Performance OfferingThe Bugatti Veyron Super Sport has been stripped of its production car land speed record by Guinness World Records, almost three years after the record was granted. In July of 2010, Bugatti tester Pierre-Henri Raphanel took a 1,200-horsepower Veyron Super Sport to a top speed of 267.8 mph (the...
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All Bugattis are equal, but some are more equal than others. That’s certainly true for the special edition versions the automaker has been rolling out at auto shows around the globe. The latest are a trio of Veyron Grand Sport convertibles that appeared at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, two of which are based on the 1,200-horsepower Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. Like most Bugatti special editions, the focus here is on heritage and paint jobs. You won’t see any power upgrades, but we doubt anyone finds the standard cars lacking in this department. Of the three new special editions, the...
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Bugatti’s Top Salesperson Moves 11 Veyrons In A YearBugatti has recognized its top salesperson, 39-year-old Anita Krizsan, who previously worked at the Jack Barclay dealership in London and has since moved to another dealership in mainland Europe. The manufacturer of the Veyron supercar has listed her as the “global benchmark” in sales...
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Bugatti marks the 80th anniversary of the Type 59 racerThe Bugatti Type 59 marked the French automaker’s last foray into Grand Prix racing in the 1930s. Although Bugatti’s Type 35 dominated competition in the late 1920s, the firm’s later efforts (such as the Type 51, Type 54 and Type 59) simply couldn’t compete with state-backed...
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Ultra-Rare Bugatti Veyron Pur Sang And Mercedes CLK GTR Up For SaleAre you flush with cash after having won a sizable Powerball jackpot? Looking for a safe investment that you can still derive pleasure from, as opposed to just staring at a stack of gold bars? JamesList currently a pair of cars worthy of consideration for your automotive investment portfolio. First...
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Bugatti Veyron Gearbox Order Extended Through To The End Of 2014Bugatti has extended the order for its Veyron supercar’s unique seven-speed dual-clutch transmission through to the end of 2014. This adds another year of production for the transmission, which previously was ordered by Bugatti only until the end of 2013. This also raises the important...
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Bugatti ‘Super’ Veyron To Reach 288 MPH?The fastest version of the Bugatti Veyron, the Super Sport, already holds the land speed record for a production car with its top speed of 268 mph, but Bugatti looks set to smash its own record with a new model built to commemorate the end of the Veyron’s production. It’s hard to...
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Earlier this week Bugatti unveiled a new special edition Veyron based on its open-top Veyron Grand Sport model. The move was part of the automaker's celebration of Art Basel Miami Beach, which is on now and runs until December 9. The new special edition is the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Venet, which was developed together with French artist Bernar Venet, and it's billed as the “fastest artwork ever.” The car is described this way as its exterior features the artwork of Venet, and with a top speed of 252 mph courtesy of a 1,001-horsepower, quad-turbocharged engine, it certainly...
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Bugatti partners with French artist for new Veyron Grand Sport VenetWhen it comes to exclusive cars, you can’t get much more exclusive than the Bugatti Veyron, and even among these rare beauties is the set of special edition models of which only a handful are produced each year. The latest is the Veyron Grand Sport Venet, a car Bugatti bills as the...
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Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse Rafale Debuts At Sao Paulo Auto ShowThe fastest and most powerful convertible in the world, the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, has made its official South American debut on the eve of the 2012 Sao Paulo Auto Show in Brazil. And to mark its arrival, the people at Bugatti have decided to reveal a new special edition, which no...
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Special Edition Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport CrashesIt’s very rare that we come across a Bugatti Veyron crash; probably because so few of the cars are in existence, and even then they’re unlikely to be driven much during the year. However, every now and then some gruesome images of a wrecked example turn up. The latest is this image of a...
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Special Edition Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse At Pebble BeachThe Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse is the fastest and most powerful roadster ever released to the public. It is the combination of the record-breaking Veyron Super Sport with the more lifestyle-oriented Veyron Grand Sport, and it retails for about $2.3 million, should Bugatti decide to build...
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Bugatti Type 64 Coupe, V-12 BMW Z3, Bertone Pirana Concept: Top Photos Of The WeekThis week our news stories included everyone from Ricky Gervais to Chris Harris, but along the way we brought you some pretty awesome photos, too.. In fact, we've chosen the cream of the crop this week just for you. Our favorite photos this week ended up including mostly vintage vehicles rather...
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Automotive designer Jean Bugatti was the man behind the styling of such classic Bugatti automobiles as the Type 41 Royale and the Type 57. Despite his artistic gift, Bugatti was an engineer who also helped develop designs for twin-cam engines and independent suspensions for the French automaker. Jean Bugatti died in 1939, at age 30, in the crash of a Type 57 racer. While there’s no telling what may have been had Bugatti’s life not been cut short, one dream that never saw fulfillment was the aerodynamic 1939 Bugatti Type 64 Coupe, based on chassis number 64002. Bugatti had created...
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Bugatti Spaceship Crash Lands For Comic-ConAutomaker Bugatti already has a lengthy history in building some of the finest (and fastest) vehicles, aimed at buyers for whom money is not a concern. If the upcoming science fiction saga Elysium is accurate, Bugatti appears to have quite a future, too. Set in the year 2159, Elysium tells a...
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Bugatti Considering Hybrid System For Veyron SuccessorNot much is known about Bugatti’s successor for the Veyron supercar. That’s probably because the Veyron itself is still being built and the model after it, due around 2014, will be a production version of the Bugatti Galibier sedan concept. This means that the Veyron’s successor...
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Bentley And Bugatti Get New Boss In VW Group Manager ShuffleA major reshuffle of senior executives at the Volkswagen Group has seen Wolfgang Dürheimer, the former Porsche exec who’s been in charge of the prestigious Bentley and Bugatti brands for a little more than a year, move to Ingolstadt, Germany, to head up Audi’s research and...
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Ferrari FXX Evoluzione, Bugatti Veyron And Peugeot Le Mans Racer Up For GrabsThe auction to end all auctions is taking place this month in Monaco. Hosted by RM Auctions, the caliber and sheer variety of vehicles going under the hammer are unmatched by anything we’ve ever seen in the recent past, so if you happen to be in area on the dates of May 11 and 12 head down to...
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Bugatti Teases The Galibier 16C Four-Door Concept, Again: VideoFor a car that doesn’t really exist and may never hit the market, Bugatti’s Galibier 16C has received an amazing amount of coverage in the media. Since its unveiling as a concept in 2009, the car has been the subjected to more rumor, speculation and innuendo than any other concept...
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