It's a VW! - $1,440,800 price

It's a VW! The Bugatti Veyron 16-4 has a $1,440,800 price tag. I'll take two, please!, originally uploaded by guano.

It's a VW! The Bugatti Veyron 16-4 has a $1,440,800 price tag. I'll take two, please!

Final numbers

Vehicle type: mid-engine, all-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 2-door coupe
Base Price: € 1,127,210 (£757 359, $1,440,800)
Engine type: quad-turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 64-valve W-16, aluminum block and heads, direct fuel injection
Displacement: 7993 cm³ (488.8 in³)
Performance ratings :

* Zero to 60 mph (97 km/h): 2.5 s
* Zero to 100 mph (161 km/h): 5.4 s
* Zero to 150 mph (241 km/h): 9.3 s
* Zero to 200 mph (322 km/h): 20.2 s
* Zero to 250 mph (402 km/h): 55 s
* Zero to 100 km/h: 2.5 s
* Zero to 200 km/h: 7.3 s
* Zero to 300 km/h: 16.7 s
* Zero to 400 km/h: 55 s

Top speed (Electronically Limited): 253 mph (407.5 km/h)
Theoretical Top Speed: 257 mph (414 km/h)


Fuel economy:

* EPA city driving: 8 mpg U.S. (30 L/100 km)
* EPA highway driving: 15 mpg U.S. (16 L/100 km)
* Steady 253 mph (407.5 km/h): 2.1 mpg U.S. (115 L/100 km)

Reviews

After the car had reached production, Murray went on to write an article for another UK auto magazine, Top Gear, retracting a lot of his past criticism of the car.

"One really good thing, and I simply never expected this, is that it does change direction. It hardly feels its weight. Driving it on a circuit I expected a sack of cement, but you can really throw it at tight chicanes."

He also declared in the article that: "The braking is phenomenal," "The primary ride and body control are good too" and "It's a huge achievement."

The trend of backtracking on negative comments about the Veyron continued when prominent UK car show host Jeremy Clarkson declared on Top Gear that it was "The best car ever made" after initially saying it was ridiculous and would never exist. He would later extend this by saying he would spend the night with British reality TV star Jade Goody to get his hands on one.

The Veyron was then proclaimed the Top Gear Magazine Car of the Year along with the Toyota Aygo and its Peugeot and Citroën clones.

The Veyron was also declared the Grand Award winner for the Autotech category of 2006 by Popular Science magazine.