By Nick Aziz
Tuesday, Dec 6th, 2005 @ 10:34 am
 
The January issue of Motor Trend has a first-drive report on the Bugatti Veyron 16.4. "As I pilot the 16.4 through of one of Sicily's mile-long tunnels, and the speedo swings past 280 kilometers per hour (about 174 mph), I now know what it feels like to be a hollow-point slug traveling down the barrel of a long-nose 44 Magnum." The magazine also has a list of the "ten coolest things" about the Veyron:

  • A second key is required to program the car into its top "speed" mode.
  • How many other cars are ballsy enough to have a horsepower gauge?
  • The top of the engine is exposed; there's no glass or other cover.
  • It'll score you the best parking place at any restaurant anywhere in the world.
  • The audio system costs $30,000
  • Switch the stability control off, and it'll spin all four wheels in third gear.
  • Going 0-to-250 mph takes less than a minute.
  • At full throttle in seventh gear, the Veyron gets less than three mpg.
  • What looks like a secondary rear spoiler is in fact an air brake.
  • Bugatti Requires a deposit of more than $350,000 just to place an order.
[Thanks to MacMan4000 for the tip]
  

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