The Bugatti Veyron, an Aircraft on the Road
posted on 20 December 2010 | posted in
Recreation and Hobbies
I've driven many different types of sports cars - from Lamborghini driving experience days to Ferrari to Aston Martin, but the Bugatti Veyron remains in a class of its own. It bears the world record of the fastest land speed of 407 km/hr. Once its fuel tank is full, when going at its top speed, the tank will get emptied in just 12 minutes. A team consisting of aircraft engineers designed and built the car with utmost perfection. It has dual clutch system. It can be used as fully automatic or semi automatic driving systems. Its top speed was tested by Bugatti's official test driver Pierre Henri Raphanel on Volkswagen's Ehra-Lessien high-speed oval. In the oval track he was able to reach 431 km/hr and able to set a record in Guinness book of world records. All the cars are electronically limited to 415 km/hr to protect the tyres. Jeremy Clarkson have driven the car from Italy to London. In the drive, he noted that at full speed, the car was consuming 45000 L of air per minute. It almost equals human air consumption for four days!
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