Bugatti EB 16/4 Veyron

[mooooo]

again... it didn't need 16 cylinders.. they wanted it to have 16 cylinders... in fact they wanted it to have 18. but 16 turned out to be easier as all they had to do was bolt together 2 4L w8 blocks.... i think the whole exercise was for bragging rights... "we have the fastest, biggest engined, badass car available".... sure they could have shaved weight off everywhere, used a smaller, lighter, less powerful engine. but they didnt want to.....
well thats my thoughts anyways

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by mooooo

again... it didn't need 16 cylinders.. they wanted it to have 16 cylinders... in fact they wanted it to have 18. but 16 turned out to be easier as all they had to do was bolt together 2 4L w8 blocks.... i think the whole exercise was for bragging rights... "we have the fastest, biggest engined, badass car available".... sure they could have shaved weight off everywhere, used a smaller, lighter, less powerful engine. but they didnt want to.....
well thats my thoughts anyways

thats why i dislike it... it could have been a much better/more eficient design.

[mooooo]

Originally Posted by clutch-monkey

thats why i dislike it... it could have been a much better/more eficient design.

fair enough.
but 406 km/h man............................................... ............................
who cares about efficiency when the thing does 406 km/h?????

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by mooooo

fair enough.
but 406 km/h man............................................... ............................
who cares about efficiency when the thing does 406 km/h?????

if they weren't so grandiose about it, it would have gone faster

[mooooo]

Originally Posted by clutch-monkey

if they weren't so grandiose about it, it would have gone faster

sure... they could have shaped it like a bullet, made it weigh 600 kgs, put a highly strung, high revving engine in it, made it run on nitro and corner like its on rails etc etc etc etc.....
the point is, they were given a shape. then a performance figure... 400+ km/h with 1000+ bhp...... then they had to make the two work in a package that was marketable... something which, imho, i think they have done damn well.

but again.... everyone is entitled to their own opinion.....