By Leftlane Staff
Friday, Nov 18th, 2005 @ 1:52 pm

Andrew Frankel of Edmunds got a chance to drive the thousand-horsepower Bugatti Veyron, and he has quite a story to tell. “I’ve just driven a 2006 Bugatti Veyron and, once you have initiated launch control, you need do nothing more than straighten your right foot to see it pass 60 mph in 2.46 seconds. That’s as fast as a Formula One car.” When it came time to test the Veyron on a deserted highway, Frankel decided to unleash all the Veyron’s fury. “I just wanted it all, straight between the eyes. Which, when I flattened the throttle in 2nd gear, is precisely what I got. At first, I thought some unseen being was committing an act of physical violence on me. I was not pushed back in the seat so much as thrown against the rear bulkhead as if hurled rearward by the shockwave from a bomb detonating just a few yards ahead. By the time it even occurred to me to change gears, the horsepower meter (oh yes, it has one of those, too) had flung its needle past 1,000.” (See our recent photos of one of the first Bugatti Veyrons being delivered to a customer).

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