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284/365 2006 bugatti veyron
284/365 2006 bugatti veyron

this car is absolutely sick! its got a top speed of 253mph. i first saw it on top gear and this is the first time i've seen it in person.

for those of you who watch top gear, you'll know that the three hosts absolutely love this car. in typical top gear wackiness, jeremy clarkson drove the veyron from alba in northern italy to london while racing james may and richard hammond who wre travelling in a cessna 182 plane... the veyron won btw. they also raced the veyron against a mclaren F1 in a one mile race... the F1 was quicker of the line but eventually the veyron won the race.

some other interesting facts:

- 0 to 60mph in 2.5 seconds
- 0 to 150mph in 8.6 seconds
- 0 - 248.5mph in 50 seconds
- base price of $1.5 million
- at speeds of 136.7mph, hydraulics lower the car to a ground clearance of 3.5 inches in which the wing and spoilers are deployed.
- to achieve top speed, the driver must stop the car, toggle a lock to the left of the driver seat with a special key and a checklist is used to determine whether the car and driver are ready to enable "top speed" mode. the car is then lowered even further to about 2.5 inches off the ground, the rear spoiler retracts, and front air diffusers are shut.
- per james may of top gear, tires will only last 15 minutes at top speed... which really isn't a concern as the veyron will run out of gas in about 12 minutes.

if you've got ten minutes to kill, check out top gear's youtube video when they prove that this thing can actually reach 253mph or 407kph!

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