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August 08, 2006

A Toy For The Birthday Boys

If she really loved you...

She'd get you something that goes from 0 to 100 mph then back to 0 in 9.9 seconds

Not surprisingly, given that it has a 987bhp 16-cylinder engine and a top speed of 400 kmh, the UKP 880,000 Bugatti Veyron has blitzed everything else on four wheels by a massive margin – what is surprising is that it has also blitzed a credible representative of the fastest of the two wheel brigade as well, managing to beat a Suzuki GSX-R1000 superbike by nearly a full second.

But the 1890kg £880,000 Bugatti ripped through the gears to hit 60mph in 2.8sec and 100mph in an astonishing 5.5sec. It then stopped in just 3.4sec, giving a 0-100-0mph time of 9.9sec.

Not only is the Bugatti faster than the Suzuki, it creates more g-force at maximum acceleration than you’d experience in an F-16 jet fighter at take off or when skydiving.


It can be yours for $1.3 million.

If she cares, that is.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at August 8, 2006 07:22 AM

Comments

I want it for myself.

Posted by: Cindermutha at August 8, 2006 07:58 AM

I suppose I should have added that the 0-100-0 time is one where the drivers survives...

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at August 8, 2006 08:11 AM

"Could give a rat's ass."
Yup.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at August 8, 2006 08:37 AM

I wish I had the money to get that car.

I don't care about the feckin' car, I just want the money.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at August 8, 2006 09:38 AM

I'm with mr. Summers. If I got the $$'s I would give a rat's ass.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at August 8, 2006 10:24 AM

The Gixxer's main problems are twofold (besides only having a quarter of the number of cylinders), it has only one driving wheel (the Bug is all-wheel drive like a Toyota Sienna minivan), and the other non-driving wheel is pointing mostly skyward during the acceleration phase, producing a high drag coefficient.

Posted by: DirtCrashr at August 8, 2006 11:20 AM

(Hey, DC!! Someone showed up on the tires post arguing for those air filters you despise...)

Posted by: tree hugging sister at August 8, 2006 12:07 PM

Heh, I would go back and leave a comment but it's not my blog to start a big off-topic argument. I found the post on rec.moto.dirt referencing K&N filters' poor performance, it's actually all over Usenet and it's fairly conclusive, thanks George. ;-)

Posted by: DirtCrashr at August 8, 2006 12:45 PM

[droooool]

Posted by: Dave J at August 8, 2006 10:44 PM