Dumb to choose the SSC, really? Well lets see with the Veyron you get a car that can't do much other than straight line because of its ridiculous curb weight. It's something i would expect from Mercedes, huge raw power with tons of forced induction and a ton of weight.
Who cares if it has a nice interior? Its pedigree is minimal, Bugatti has done almost nothing in the last 50 years outside the EB110 and that, that was a supercar, but had to be designed by different people.
I wouldnt want any of the cars, but at about 1/3 of the price I'll take the SSC since its faster and its a real drivers car, weighing over 1000lbs less than the Veyron.
Anyone can make a car go fast with 16 cylinders, 4 turbos, and 10 radiators, its just a half-a$$ed way to do it.
Makes me yearn for the days of the McLaren
My word, how wrong is this post. Firs tof all, the Veyron can't turn, pretty much every test dissagrees with you. It isn't an out an out track car, but it's very nimble and agile and I urge you to find something that's proves that it can't turn, please.
As for pedigree, Bugatti has a lot of pedigree, they made the finest cars around when they were running properly. Just because there has been a big gap, it doesn't erase that fact, the Bugatti name and badge is synominous with class and that is what VAG are doing with the Veyron. Like the car or not, this point is also flawed.
Finally, anyone can make a car go fast with 16 cylinder, 4 turbos and 10 radiators, that's actually the truest statment of the lot, but try making it fast and reliable enough to give a standard 3 year warranty and not just fast but 243mph fast with a pre-determined shape, easy enough to use on a daily bases and nible enough to corner better than a lot of sportscars. there is so much more involved than simply dialing in the power, VAG could have given it a heaps more power than they did but the warrty would be out the window, the reliability would be out the window and you'd likely see tinnes of turbo lag. It's 4 turbo's for a good reason. The Veyron was built with a crap load of people in the industry saying VAG are mad, it can't be done. If it was so easy, why where people saying it was impossible? Why did it take so long to figure out? Why did it cost so damn much? Like or loath it, try posting facts please. You can hate a car give real reasons why you know.
EDIT: You don't seem to know much about this. Even Gordon Murray, I assume you know who he is, has given the Veyron the big thumbs up for how well it goes around a track. He actually argued that despite it not being billed as such, that on the track it actually felt most at home and that driving it hard was there cars strong point.
Research never did any harm. I still have the issue of TopGear he wrote that article in.
Read just one review. Just ONE REVIEW. Incredible engineering can overcome a LOT of stuff. It'll never TRULY overcome curb weight, but it can do a GREAT job. I never thought a 612 Scaglietti could drive like that until I drove one ... and given the Veyron's budget, its handling must be pretty close to perfection.
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