Super Cars January 2015 | Page 4

History

of the bugatti veyron

The 16.4 from the Bugatti Veyron refers to the engine's 16 cylinders and 4 turbo charges. The original Bugatti Veyron was recorded with an average speed of 253.81 mph. There are 3 different variants of the original Bugatti Veyron's 16.4,: the Grand Sport, Super Sport, and the Grand Sport Vitesse. The Grand Sport version is a limited semi-converible version It has a pice of 1.9 million dollars

The car producer Bugatti was purchased in 1998 by volkswagen group to bring the brand back to life. Volkswagen made a decision to start the car production again in 2001. The name ''Veyron'' originally comes from the last name of Pierre Veyron in honor of him. He was a Bugatti developer and engineerer.