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I don’t know what that is in the back, but it appears to be eating a perfectly good Miata.
The logo on the grill isn’t big enough.
I think you meant to say that Bugatti is building uglier, breezier Veyrons, and not the other way around.
Mr. RF,
“Not to mention less practical.”
Joking, right? Do you know of anyone buying a Veyron who considered practicality relevant>
What possible purpose does the rearview morror serve? It doesn’t look like one could see a damn thing other than the rear deck with it.
To be honest, I think it is cool…
But I also have to admit that the shot from the rear is a little skewed, and so reminded me of a garbage truck (high-mounted RR tail-lights)…
From the rear, it also looks like the front end of some object travelling in the wrong direction, and from the B-pillar forward, the windscreen and FF 1/4 remind of a Smart Roadster…
And I am wondering about that top … why is it the more expensive and exclusive the top, the lousier it is (see Lambo’s)…
There really is nothing like cruising with the top down at 250MPH.
Look at the width of those panel gaps aft of the passenger compartment…
I know it’s ugly… but did you see Top Gear’s Veyron top speed run at VW’s test track? 253 MPH (406 KPH)? I figure if you’re sittin’ inside the thing it’s sorta like putting a bag over its head…
These just in:
Brera building homelier Alfas.
and
Corvette building bankrupter Chevys.
It’s worth mentioning that Ettore built light, agile cars with just enough power (and great brakes) to dominate on any course with a modicum of turns. Think of a Lotus Super Seven.
He left it to Fiat, Bentley and the Germans to build horsepower brutes….”Msieu Bentley makes the fastest trucks in Europe”.
In a day without power assists, race car drivers were generally built; they had to be. Not so with the Bugattis…they were even raced successfully by women in competition with men.
So….Veyron is making rocket sleds with Bugatti’s name on them…but not the spirit of his cars.
So. Damn. Ugly.
“So….Veyron is making rocket sleds with Bugatti’s name on them…but not the spirit of his cars.”
Interesting. Never thought of that. But it makes sense. From that perspective, the McLaren F1 should have been a Bugatti, then? It certainly has the price….
“Not to mention less practical.”
this had me laughing out loud.
That photo (and veyron version) really makes clear how gargantuan the powerplant in that car is.
VW-Ronco infomercial:
We’ve got a THIRD more cylinders than even our closest competitors! That’s right, 4 MORE cylinders. That’s in addition to the 12 cylinders you’re already getting!
Most of our competitors don’t have ANY turbos! We’ve got TWO turbo right on this side! Think that’s unbelievable? Call now and we’ll double it! That’s right, TWO more right on the other side! Installed free! That’s FOUR turbos!
Now you’re thinking how many radiators I get with this, 2, 4, 6? Surely that’s more than enough. But I’ll guarantee you’ll want more! How bout I give EIGHT, count ’em, EIGHT top of the line radiators?
But wait! If you’ll call in the next 15 minutes, and promise to tell your friends, we’ll throw in 2 more radiators, cus you can never have enough! That’s right, TEN radiators!
“Veyron Busy Building Uglier, Breezier Bugs”
How about: VW Busy Building Uglier, Breezier Bugs
Not that I agree with the ugly bit.
Breezier? A 400kmh wind would be a category what hurricane?
I agree that it is utterly impractical [you’ll have to store the roof next to the one from your C3 Pluriel daily in the garage], but it’s no uglier than the Veyron ordinaire which I think is a handsome ride.
As for Stewart Dean’s complaint about its pork vs tradition, he does seem to be forgetting the Royale.
agenthex :
Thank you for making me laugh today. I almost spit my dinner all over the keyboard.
As for Stewart Dean’s complaint about its pork vs tradition, he does seem to be forgetting the Royale.
The Royale was a limousine, and an exquisitely built one with a blueprinted engine. You had to pass a personal interview with Il Padrone to be allowed to buy it…and he refused people that didn’t have class, including IIRC, King Leopold of Belgium, who was a pig.
Bugatti came from a family of artists, and he viewed himself as much a master of style as an master artisan of machinery. He put his hand to quite a lot of projects:
= an early TGV railroad locomotive that blew the windows out of train stations when it slashed by in time trials
= an early streamlined race car, the “Tank”
= a gorgeous wooden speedboat complete with a Bugatti rowboat
You could think of him as something like a cross between Yves St. Laurent and Carroll Shelby
By now it should be obvious that the latest Veyron is nothing Ettore would have put his stamp on.
Nice one Hex!
That is an ugly car, but if it’s like the Veyron in performance, I would still want one (not that I would buy one, I would rather have a turboprop for the money). There is something about those things, though. And they are things. They are ugly, but in a purposeful way. It grows on you.
I’ve seen this film before. This is the part where Largo jettisons the “cocoon” and fights with 007 just before Domino harpoons him and she and Bond jump overboard !
Yeah, for the greenbacks involved, the styling should be obscenely great instead of obscene. Ugh.
Veyrons are ultra cool cars but 253 MpH is not a reality where I live. I can’t think of any place on the Eastern Seaboard where you can actually get this car up to 200 MPH without being arrested.
Simpler solution would be a used GE J79 bolted to the roof of a Bug. Speed limited only by fender detachment.
My vote goes to RogerB34, for his elegant, yet powerful, answer. There beats an engineer’s heart in the truest American spirit, much as the WWII Sherman was powered by Chevy (and Cadillac) engines. One might even say that the Bug would be one in the same with its BugSwatter: once the the J79 had spooled up, it would be but seconds before it went splat.
Saying this is “uglier” is like saying Donald Trump used to be wealthier…
…the understatement of the year.
It’s absolutely hideous and for those who must have extraordinarily small genitalia.