Hennesseys Herculean task: Make Bugatti Veyron faster
Out of the “is this really necessary?” department comes news that Hennessey has been commissioned by a Bugatti Veyron owner to develop a new exhaust for the 1001 hp,;million-dollar supercar. The task...
View ArticleCaparo T1 to make public running debut at Goodwood
If Frankenstein was about a car rather than a monster, it would probably feature the Caparo T1 in the lead role. And now, Caparo will finally show a running, driving version of its much-anticipated...
View ArticleSSC Ultimate Aero TT hot on Veyrons heels
The SSC Ultimate Aero TT is getting closer to its goal of surpassing the Bugatti Veyron’s production car top speed record. After the testing team was greeted with a snowstorm at their 12-mile...
View ArticleKoenigsegg CCXR breaks cover packing 1018 horsepower
The latest and greatest from Swedish supercar purveyor Koenigsegg, the CCXR, has made its way onto the Internet. Koenigsegg claims the CCXR can sprint from 0-to-62 in just 2.9 seconds with a top speed...
View ArticleBugattis Project Lydia uber supercar is a no go
You might remember a few weeks back a couple of the cut-and-paste blogs worked themselves into a frenzy over stories published in European magazines about a rumored uber-Bugatti supercar codenamed...
View ArticleCar guy country club
About midway through my first-ever round of golf as a teenager, it dawned on me that I was not a natural and that becoming good at this game would require lots of money that could be better spent on...
View ArticleHow I Got to Drive a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport
While it turns out that driving the Bugatti Veyron is the easiest thing in the world, describing the experience is rather difficult. I can’t even count how many times I’ve heard, “It’s as easy as a...
View ArticleWanted and Desired: 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic
According to the tabloids, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie just purchased a $40 million dollar home in Italy, their third. For that not-inconsequential sum, the world’s #1 supercouple gets a “vineyard,...
View ArticleHow to clean the windows on a $2.6 million Veyron Super Sport
So the Veyroniest Veyron is pretty sweet, eh? Four turbos, sixteen cylinders, 1106 pound feet of twist and a single digit quarter-mile time. Indeed the Veyron 16.4 Super Sport is a 1200 horsepower show...
View ArticleBeyond Veyron: What Does Bugatti Do for an Encore? Just Ask Alfred Sloan
More than 80 years ago, GM boss Alfred Sloan figured out the way to keep his factories humming was to convince car buyers this year’s model is better than last year’s. By 1927, every American who could...
View ArticleSlow Dancing: The Future of the Supercar
The first time I ever hit 100 mph was on a motorcycle. It was a Yamaha XS650 — basically a Japanese copy of a Triumph Bonneville, minus the oil leaks and Prince of Darkness electrics — on a long,...
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