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Bugatti, a legendary maker of high performance vehicles in Molsheim, France was established by a re-known Italian born car designer. It produced some of the most exclusive and fastest high end sports car between 1909 and the mid 1950s. It was largely a family based operation that failed to survive transition of its key founders. This is because it closed production in the fifties after some financial problems but it was bought out in the sixties for its high potential airplane business. Currently the Volkswagen group is the new owner of bugatti brand name that it uses to release limited edition high end sports cars. 

The bugatti car models were known for their highly detailed designs and their elegant artistic outline. Some of the greatest achievements of bugatti during it hay days includes winning the first Monaco grand prix, Targa Florio, French grand prix, Italian grand prix, Spanish grand prix, German grand prix, Belgian grand prix, Czechoslovakia grand prix and topping it up by becoming number one during the 24 hour of Le mans race in 1937 and 1939. In terms of design, the engines received a hand built design with a fine tuned polished look. This ensured that its flat gaskets could work well without sealing and it could be wired safely with elaborate corded patterns. It also used fewer light weight but durable parts for its forged spring axels. 

Some of the most notable car models that boosted the public opinion rating of bugatti include type 35 “royale”, type 55 and type 57 “atlantic”. During its extant, bugatti rolled out close to seven thousand cars but only two thousand of them can be currently accounted for when using the firm’s re-known T (type) mark on the drive train and chassis. Other known bugatti prototypes include type 36; type 56 electric cars, type 64 coupes and type 73c. Bugatti also produced a few road model cars for the well off between 1910 to 1962 like the type 252 convertible 2 setter, and type 18 garros. It also produced race car edition that were on offer between 1910 and 1956 are type 32 tank and type 251. 

Another landmark of the bugatti car model was in 1989 when its new owner Romano Artoili contracted car designers from Lamborghini and cauntach to produce the Bugatti EB110 sports car. However, this success was short lived as it closed production due to the economic recession of the mid 1990s. It was later acquired by Volkswagen AG in 1998 who commissioned production of the Bugatti EB118 touring sedan. This car was unveiled at the Paris auto show during the same year. It featured the first passenger car18 cylinder engine that had a horse power of 555. This model was followed by newer versions of Bugatti 18/8 Chiron and Bugatti EB 16/4 Veyron. 

The next generation of bugatti was launched in 2000 it had a 1001 horse power engine driven by 16 turbo charged cylinders with top speeds of 407 kilometers per hour and acceleration from 1 to 100 kilometers per hour in less than 2.5 seconds. The bugatti car model has evolved over years getting even better with contemporary designs put in place. 

A whooping 12 crore Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport, is all set to hit the Indian Market. Bugatti Veyron, one of the most extravagant, high speed car  and probably the most expensive one, will hit the Indian roads in this month’s last week. Looking at the increasing number of millionaires in the country, the market holds great potential for Bugatti Veyron. The Super luxury car named after Pierre Veyron, the French racing driver, had been launched in China and Russia in the year 2007.

The super luxurious car Bugatti Veyron comes with a super price of 12 crore, though it is not disclosed officially. If the grape wine is to believed, the luxury car has already lured few customers for itself. The managing director of Exclusive Motors, Satya Bagla,who is also the dealer for the French cars in India, stated that the car will soon be launched in India but no official announcement of its price and other standards and specifications were made. He confirmed that there are handful buyers for Bugatti Veyron but he cannot disclose the identities as for now.

Exclusive Motors holds the pride of being the only car distributor of Bentley and Lamborghini are also the dealers for the luxury car Bugatti by Volkwagon, engineered by the German car makers.

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 comes with a 8.0L, 16 Cylinder, 64 Valves turocharged engine that delivers maximum torque of 1200 Nm. The luxury car comes with dual clutch direct- shift gearbox which is computer operated and automatic seven speed transmission and each change takes less than 150 milliseconds. In a blink, the high end super luxury car can speed upto 100km which has already created a wave among the Bugatti admirers.

In the league of one of the fastest cars, the Bugatti Veyron can hunt the road at a speed of 430 km/hr. The German technology has left behind Swedish Koenigsegg and American Ultimate Aero TT handmade and the Bugatti Veyron is in the top notch.

According to the latest report by Asia-Pacific Wealth released by Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management and Capgemini, it says that the high net worth clients HNI’s in India have at least million investible assets which stood at 1.27 lakh at the end of 2009. With its launch, Bugatti (proposed date is 28 Oct) wants to repeat the success story of Rolls Royce and Maybach and wants to explore the same market potential in India.

The Bugatti Veyrons makes you feel special as it comes with the initials of its owners on the aerodynamics and interiors. As claimed,there are more than 200 Bugatti Veyron owners with great client list of the whose who of the world. German crafted super fast ad super priced Bugatti Veyron will soon hit the Indian roads.

Bugatti Automobiles, the Volkswagen Group company launched its super premium sports model Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport on Thursday, 28th Oct, 2010. With this new launch in the country, the benchmark for luxury cars in India just got higher. The price of the new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport begins at Rs. 16 crore. It is said to be the most expensive car to ablaze the Indian roads. Guy Caquelin, Bugatti Automobiles Sales Market Manager (Middle East, Europe and India) commented that Bugatti has been performing good in Europe, Middle East and in America. Now they find the Indian automobile market as an emerging market for the company. That is why the company has decided to bring the model to India, added Caquelin. The distribution of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport which is priced at Rs. 16 crore onwards will be done by the Indian dealer Exclusive Motors of the company. Till now, India’s most expensive cars have been the Maybach and the Rolls Royce Phantom. These cars are available with the price of about Rs. 5 crore. Exclusive Motors Managing Director Satya Bagla commented that the cost of the model will be dependent on the foreign exchange fluctuation. It will also be dependent on the levels of customisation which a buyer asks for. However, he commented that there is a sure chance for such expensive models because the Indian luxury car market is growing at around 25 per cent. The model Bugatti Veyron is approximately four times more expensive than those which are being sold in India. That is why, at present, they are testing the response of customers. When Caquelin was asked about any order for the model, he replied that the delivery for the same will take around six-eight months from the order date. Caquelin also said that this year, Bugatti is targeting between sixty and eighty units of the car for sale all over the world. He further added that globally, there have been certain queries from three to four Indians. The company is also claiming that on production, the Bugatti Veyron is also the fastest car. The model has been prepared to drive on the general roads of the world offering a top speed of 407 km/hour . This includes an acceleration of 0-100km/hour in 2.7 seconds.

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The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is the result of Volkswagen’s financial effort, time consuming and manufacturing effort to create a car capable of becoming the fastest production car in the world. Back in 2005, the original Veyron became the fastest car, with a top speed of 408 km/h, beating the Koenigsegg CRR that set the world record at 387.37 km/h. Later on, the SSC manufactured the Ultimate Aero TT that beat the Veyron record, establishing a top speed of 412.28 km/h. Now, Bugatti launched the Veyron Super Sport, capable of reaching a maximum speed of 431 km/h.

All of these manufacturers have problems with creating extreme cars that can safety travel at such high speeds, and it is not cheap to engineer from scratch a road car capable of passing 400 km/h. Bugatti and SSC are the only two manufacturers with cars available to travel above this speed and Bugatti’s latest record has now pushed to a whopping 431.072 km/h – which is a living statement of what the manufacturer is all about.

Adding almost 20 km/h to a world speed record, after 120 years of human engineering in the field, it is a wonderful achievement. It is very difficult to believe it is even possible to do that and still be able to viably sell such vehicles by making a nice profit. The SS is just as fast as the Maglev train from Shanghai. At the same time, it is 100 km/h faster than the latest 2010 Moto GP models that are capable of outputting 250 bhp. In 2006, a test was done using Jenson Button’s V 10 Honda F1 in order to break the land speed record, it “only” managed to achieve 400 km/h.

In two way average speeds over different distances it clocked 397.36 km/h and 397.48 km/h. On one run down a measured mile, it passed over the 400 km/h mark. The first edition of the Veyron could easily outrun any Formula One car, even a Ferrari. The funny thing about this car is that it is electronically limited to 415 km/h because of the limits of the tires, it has nothing to do with the actual car. Only five cars were manufactured, complete with identical everything, including paint. The cars were already sold to undisclosed very rich people.

How were all this figures accomplished? Bugatti took the original Veyron that had 1,001 bhp and added another 200. In addition, the car was aerodynamically modified in order to be able to resist such incredible high speeds. The innovative W16 light alloy engine develops a phenomenal 736 kW (987 bhp) at 6000/min and is installed in the mid-engine position ahead of the car’s rear axle. Because of the W configuration – essentially two V8 engines grafted together, the 64 valve, 7,993 cc engine remains very compact at 710 millimeters long and 767 mm wide. The Veyron produced an almost unfeasibly strong mid-range, unleashing 1,250 Newton-metres via the intelligent all-wheel-drive – the Veyron Super Sport has an additional 20% more pulling power at useable speeds.

As far as the future is concerned, the next model that will be the successor of the Veyron line is the 16 C Galiber at a hefty price of .470.000, an automobile that will most likely be the fastest and most exclusive four door car in the world ever produced. The Galibier comes with a Tourbillon wristwatch by Parmigiani which doubles as the clock on the dashboard.

Best answer:

Answer by Smokin’ Wisdom
He shouldn’t do it. I don’t think he will.

He left F1 because it took too much of his time. He’s a family man who wants to be with his wife and kids. Managing an F1 team puts lots more demands on him than being just a driver.

All that money and drivers can’t guarantee anything. Look at Toyota, Honda, Renault and BMW. All manufacturers with tons and tons of money but hardly any results. Renault went from World Champions for 2 years to nothing in just a few months. That’s how fickle F1 is.

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