Saturday, July 4, 2009

$2.1M -- And No Cup Holder


At Wired, Joe Brown road tests the Bugatti Veyron Convertible.
It is the greatest gasoline-powered vehicle that has ever been, or will ever be, built. Seriously.

Depending on how you define "production car," it is the fastest in the world. In the quickest Lamborghini ever produced, the Murcielago LP640, you can hit 60 mph in 3.2 seconds. In the Bugatti Grand Sport it takes a hair under 2.5. How does it feel to command that pace? Godlike.

Passing other motorists becomes a dangerous entitlement that has you resenting oncoming traffic for hogging your "VIP lane" -- especially when you realize that you can outrun not only the 5-0's cruisers, but their helicopters, too.