Hmm...VW Nardo<->Bugatti Veyron?

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spedy7
Quite a few years too late, but I seriously question this.

Seeing that VW wanted to make a supercar (Nardo concept) and bought Bugatti, I wonder if the Veyron and Nardo share ideas?

Both have W-engines, reasonably high horsepower, and a sleek design.

Can't find anything on the internet (unless my search words suck), so I guess a little thing for the community to think about.
 
I assume so, as they probably learned from the Nardo, it being a concept.
 
stumpydino
They looked at the Nardo and thought "hm, far too sleek and supercar looking, lets make it fatter and more blobby."
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The Veyron only looks the way it does because it needs to. The Nardo may be sleeker, but I bet it isn't as planted at 200+ mph, or able to generate the downforce required to handle at speed while still being able reach very high speeds.

I happen to think that the Veyron looks great in the right colour, never liked two tone or the horrible chrome editions.

On topic, I bet the Nardo served as a test bed for alot of the tech in the Veyron. I know they originally wanted to sell the Nardo but scrapped the plan. Shortly afterwards the Veyron appeared.....
 
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Mike0105
I know they originally wanted to sell the Nardo but scrapped the plan. Shortly afterwards the Veyron appeared.....
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I don't think it was "shortly after" as the development period for the Veyron was pretty long, so this would imply they overlapped a lot more. I remember at one point the Veyron seemed to be on shaky ground, a prototype was shown at a US circuit (might have been Indy) and it spun out, looked pretty much uncontrollable. I think they went back to the drawing board to some extent, it was a while until it went into production.

Can't find a video or pics of that US event though, can anyone help?
 
The engine of the Nardo or a similar one is on the VW Phaeton and the Bentley Continental GT. I think the Bugatti might also share ideas but I think it is more for one of those cars.
 
Mike0105
The Veyron only looks the way it does because it needs to. The Nardo may be sleeker, but I bet it isn't as planted at 200+ mph, or able to generate the downforce required to handle at speed while still being able reach very high speeds.

I happen to think that the Veyron looks great in the right colour, never liked two tone or the horrible chrome editions.

On topic, I bet the Nardo served as a test bed for alot of the tech in the Veyron. I know they originally wanted to sell the Nardo but scrapped the plan. Shortly afterwards the Veyron appeared.....
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The Veyron's design was created first. THEN they were told to build it and meet the specs given as they were when it was a concept. Engineers had to work with that body shape to meet those requirements of 250+mph and over 1000hp. Same thing with the McMerc SLR.
 
Tyger
I don't think it was "shortly after" as the development period for the Veyron was pretty long, so this would imply they overlapped a lot more. I remember at one point the Veyron seemed to be on shaky ground, a prototype was shown at a US circuit (might have been Indy) and it spun out, looked pretty much uncontrollable. I think they went back to the drawing board to some extent, it was a while until it went into production.

Can't find a video or pics of that US event though, can anyone help?
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That happened at Laguna Seca when an engineer was doing demo laps in a preproduction Veyron.

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