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    Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 Super Sport 2010-

    Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport

    Landspeed worldrecord with the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport

    The new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport takes production sports cars to a whole new dimension

    Wolfsburg/Molsheim, July 4, 2010 – on a beautiful sunny day at 25 degrees the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport achieved a new landspeed world record for production cars, on the proving grounds of the Volkswagen Group at Ehra-Lessien (nearby its headquarters at Wolfsburg). In the presence of the German Technical Inspection Agency (TÜV) and a representative of Guinness Book of Records the Super Sport achieved an average top speed of 431 km/h.

    Saturday, 2 pm – Bugatti’s Pilote Officiel Pierre Henri Raphanel puts his helmet and gloves on, pulls the safety belts tight whilst the engineers check the car a very last time: tyre pressure, temperature, all systems go. Then the orange black Super Sport crosses the light barrier, from now on the time will be taken, within one hour the car has to drive from South to North and then in the opposite direction. No one but the driver is allowed to touch the car during this time. The tension rises. A few minutes later we can hear from the left side the sound of a starting jumbo jet coming closer towards us. First we perceive the headlights of the Veyron, then we can recognize the shape of the car, a loud wooosh…. and Raphanel dashes in top speed past us. The GPS-tachometer stops at 427, 933 km/h. Now the same procedure from the opposite direction. This time the car reaches 434, 211 km/h. As average top speed the representatives of the “TÜV”and Guinness generate a value of 431, 072 km/h (268 mph). This even hit Bugatti’s engineering team by surprise.

    “We took it that we would reach an average value of 425 km/h,” explains Bugatti’s chief engineer Dr. Wolfgang Schreiber, “but the conditions today were perfect and allowed even more.”

    The climax of the Veyron series: the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport

    Had a model been especially popular or highly successful in races, Ettore Bugatti’s customers often pushed the master to tease out of the engine a few horsepower more for their future car. Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. had been in a similar situation when their existing customers asked the company to not only design their second model optically differently but to also create a version with a sportier and more extreme driving experience. The result is a car with a uniquely high performance of 1,200-hp (882 kW) offering experienced drivers a whole new dimension of excitement, with a maximum torque of 1,500 Newton metres and a limited top speed of 415 km/h (to protect the

    tyres) but, the technique of the Super Sport is identical to the record car. The first five Super Sports to come off the production line will constitute a special series of their own, with the same
    configuration as the landspeed record car.

    The Super Sport is a consequent of the further development of the classic exclusive 1,001-hp Bugatti Veyron 16.4, launched in 2005. This model offers a stunning set of specifications, such as the twin clutch gearbox with seven speeds, the extraordinarily precise driving performance in bends and excellent stability when braking and accelerating.

    Continuous work in extreme performance ranges lead to constantly new conclusions, which enabled the engineers at Bugatti to develop the Veyron into a direction in which the driver can reach new dimensions. Every modification is designed to produce an even more powerful car for an agile ride. Four enlarged turbochargers and bigger intercoolers have been used to boost the power of the 16-cylinder engine, and the chassis has been extensively redesigned to maintain safety at extreme speed – thanks to slightly raised main-spring travel, stronger stabilisers, and new shock absorbers with a complex architecture originally developed for racing cars. This gives noticeably more precise control of the wheels and the car as a whole. With lateral acceleration of up to 1.4 G and improved interaction between the tyres and the intelligent all-wheel drive system, the Super Sport offers perfect handling and even more powerful acceleration of 1,500 Newton metres on corner exits.

    The body has been fine-tuned to improve aerodynamic efficiency and maintain perfect balance in every situation, while the new fibre structure of the all-carbon monocoque ensures maximum torsion rigidity and passive safety – at reduced weight. The skin is made entirely of carbon-fibre composites, and the new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport is available in 100 per-cent clear-lacquered exposed carbon on request.

    Dynamic exterior

    Every detail of this car, and not just its use of advanced motorsport technology, harks back to the pioneering spirit of company founder Ettore Bugatti. This brilliant designer came from a family of artists, and his philosophy was always to combine mechanical perfection and exterior beauty. This ethos remains alive and well at the company, and the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport is wholly unmistakeable, with every external modification serving to coax greater performance from the car.

    The Super Sport’s flat, elongated silhouette is immediately recognisable. The 16-cylinder engine gets its air from two NACA ducts integrated into the roof, rather than from scoops above the engine. The front air intakes have been expanded and reshaped, with the lower one extending elegantly around the sides to the wheel arch. The revised back looks sportier due to the double diffuser and a centrally arranged exhaust system.

    Bugatti has a tradition of making super-sport versions of successful models, usually with racing chassis and supercharged engines. These cars were considered as true racing machines for diehard Bugatti devotees. The most successful were the type 55 and type 57S; only around forty of each were built.

    Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. has sold 260 Veyrons and 35 Grand Sports by now, of which 249 Veyrons and 22 Grand Sports had been delivered. The Super Sport will begin production this autumn at Molsheim along with the Veyron and the Grand Sport. The first five cars – known as the World Record Edition – are in a special black exposed carbon and orange finish and have already been sold.

    The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport will appear for the first time in public in California at the Pebble Beach Concours weekend in mid-August and will be featured at The Quail, Monterey Historic Races at Laguna Seca and on the concept lawn of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
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    The motoring world's worst kept secret finally revealed? It's a little.. orange.
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    I think it's a good thing Bugatti did this version. I don't particularly care if the car is faster or more powerful, but it's a new attempt and a technical effort in a pretty tough field, aerodynamics. All the subtle aesthetic updates are possibly more effective than good looking, which is a good thing if we have to consider the fact that it's made to go fast and stay cool also at lower speeds, but a good thing if you're going to paint it CF/orange. You're not helping yourself that way.

    It will surely help selling all the remaining cars (thought they had sold much more Grand Sports cars by now), and appearing a bit less ridiculous in front of some kit cars, plus it may be seen as a sort of sign like "we do care about sports car", sort of.

    Too bad there is no word on the weight, and we know what that means.
    Perhaps they should have just called it Super Speed. Whatever.
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    There history with using Super Sport.. that was what the SS in the EB110 was to stand for, yes?

    The aero work is certainly interesting. I guess the bump up to 1200hp is to cover the plethora of engines coming out lately with 'over a fowsand horsepowers!!!111!!elevenses!!' I agree with you Leon, I'm glad they did it.. except for the orange parts.
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    Yeah, the name is an historical one, yet I'd expect also an improved dynamics, lower weight etc. We'll see.
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    On the one hand - cool, the other Mercedes W125 Rekordwagen developed the same speed (432.7 km/h) as early as 1938, on a public road.

    In any case, the Veyron is currently the most serious supercar.

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    I love the 1200 horsepower gauge. imagine cruising on the highway at 80 mph? it would be at like 75 horsepower. haha. damn, i got 1125 horses to play with!
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    I want one more than ever now. (except in a different colour)
    I want to die in my sleep like my Grandma, not screaming like the other 3 people in her car.

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    Pretty much what LoTD said, except it's now actually the fastest production car, so it finally lives up to its claims. Which does count for something with me.
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