Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport debuts at Pebble Beach Concourse d’Elegance
08/18/2008, 5:11 PM
By Drew Johnson
Over the weekend, Bugatti unveiled an open-top version of its 250-mile-per-hour Veyron supercar. Dubbed the Veyron Grand Sport, the car debuted at the Pebble Beach Concourse d’Elegance and retains the coupe’s 16-cylinder engine and 1001 horsepower output.
The car “incorporates innovative structural solutions, designed to ensure the roadster offers the same extremely high levels of performance and passive safety as the coupe version,” the company said in a statement to the press. Those enhancements inevitably increases the Veyron’s curb weight, but a top speed of 250 mph is still possible with the hardtop in place (or limited to to 217 mph with the roof absent).
MSRP pricing for the Grand Sport remains unknown, but we suspect it will command a considerable premium over the already stratospheric price of the $1.3 million Veyron.
The roof is a relatively simple targa top configuration, rather than a convertible setup. The owner must simply remove the top panel above the two seats to enjoy the open air. There is no room to store the targa top aboard, but the Grand Sport does come with a cloth top intended to be used in unforeseen downpours.
The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport is slated to begin production in spring 2009.
08/18, 5:13 PM
posted by:
Madcapp
VeeDub in the haus.
08/18, 5:44 PM
posted by:
Astonman12
so, in buying this open top version of one of the fastest road cars ever, you pay more for less. the top speed is no longer 250+, down to 217. buy a lamborghini mercielago or 2 with that coin instead of this if youre all about performance without a top.
08/18, 6:13 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
I love a good topless performance even if it has nothing to do with a car.
08/18, 6:13 PM
posted by:
JoshyLofty
people that are all about performance aren’t necessarily gunna go for the targa Veyron. They’d get the cheaper hard top. People that buy this are all about style and “bling”. The fact that they’d even consider one means they have the extra cash to spare.
08/18, 6:13 PM
posted by:
F3INT))AP3X
Yea but what about that one time that you pull up next to another Murcielago Roadster, wouldn’t you rather have the Veyron? haha
08/18, 6:22 PM
posted by:
JoshyLofty
yep.
08/18, 7:34 PM
posted by:
C6Racer
Even though I’d never buy one even if I had the money, those 1000 horses felt pretty good in person.
08/18, 8:16 PM
posted by:
doublearon21
wrong again leftlane, the top speed does not change it remains the same when the hardtop roof is on, and drops to 217 when it is off or the emergency cloth top is on, and that is right bugatti’s website. you really need to check your information leftlane.
08/18, 9:38 PM
posted by:
Astonman12
well that changes everything for me. sign me up for one of these bad boys.
08/19, 11:52 AM
posted by:
yarddog82abn
BIG PIMPPING………………………….
08/19, 12:00 PM
posted by:
DriveCritic
What a stunning car! It looks fab in those press images – the white body colour and black polycarbonate roof goes very well together. The ultimate bling car at the moment – I wonder how long it would take before it makes an appearance in a rap/hip-hop music video?!
08/19, 12:19 PM
posted by:
RaineMan
I doubt any of the (c)rapper clowns are tasteful enough to even consider one of these. They’d rather have their Escalades. But hey… someone has to keep Caddy in business.
08/19, 12:52 PM
posted by:
hbcbob3
It’s ugly. I don’t like it.
08/19, 3:39 PM
posted by:
jonmiles
Astonman- there is more to performance than simple top speed.
08/20, 7:25 AM
posted by:
JohnnyBlazE
Astonman, with the roof on its still 250… only when the roof is off is it 217. READ DAMMIT.
09/02, 6:44 PM
posted by:
VWgrouP
hmm, I dont what to say about it..
I think the normal non targa top Veyron is better
But its a good idea, it still looks great.