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         Some Facts About the Veyron

There are over 20 interesting facts about the Veyron but I present to you ten eye capturing facts about the Bugatti Veyron.

1)   The Bugatti Veyron is split into three parts and only held together with 14 bolts

2)   The Bugatti Veyron has a total of 10 radiators.
                   Yeah, you didn't read that incorrectly. Well, in most cars there are not more than 2 - 3 radiators but if you have seen any, let me know about its make-model in the comment section below.

• 3 heat exchangers for the air-to-liquid intercoolers
• 3 engine radiators
• 1 for the air conditioning systems
• 1 for engine oil radiator
• 1 transmission oil radiator
• 1 different oil radiator

3)   The top speed of Bugatti Veyron is 254.04 mph (408.84 km/h)

     

• 0 - 100 km/h (62 mph) - 2.5 seconds
• 0 - 200 km/h (124 mph) - 7.3 seconds
• 0 - 300 km/h (186 mph) - 16.7 seconds

Mechanically, if you switch off the electronic limiter, the Bugatti Veyron is capable of hitting a top speed of 431.0 km/h (267.8 mph). Super cool right??

   4)    The waste energy from running the Veyron 16.4 litres engine at full whack could heat 10 family homes or even more in the winter. Isn't that remarkable??

   5) Great brake should be in tanden with great engine power and you can find that in the Bugatti Veyron. The manufacturer bolted 2 types of brake system in the Veyron.

• Mechanical brakes: It uses cross-drilled, air ventilated carbon fibre reinforced silicon carbid composite brakes. The front calliper holds 4 brake pads and is fully equipped with 8 pistons while the rear brakes uses 4 brake pads and 6 pistons.

• Air brakes: The rear wings at the end of the Veyron acts like an air brake, providing 1/3 of the total brake support

   6)   The engine sucks 47k (47,000) litres of air per minute

             

   7)    The fuel tank capacity of Bugatti Veyron is 100 litres/26.4 gallon

   8)   The front horseshoe grille is made up of Titanium

   

   9)   It cost more than $30,000 for a new set of wheels.....a lot of cash :)

   10)   At full speed, the Bugatti Veyron tyres xan stay up to 15 minutes only.


Top Speed World Record

On 4 July 2010 James May, a television presenter on BBC Two's television show Top Gear, drove the Veyron Super Sport at 417.61 km/h (259.49 mph). Later that day, Bugatti's official test driver Pierre Henri Raphanel drove the Super Sport version of the Veyron on Volkswagen's Ehra-Lessien (near Wolfsburg, Germany) high-speed test track to establish the car's top speed. With representatives of the Guinness Book of Records and German Technical Inspection Agency (TÜV) on hand, Raphanel made passes around the big oval in both directions achieving an average maximum speed of 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph), thus taking back the title from the SSC Ultimate Aero TT as the fastest production vehicle of all time. The 431.072 km/h mark was reached by averaging the Super Sport's two test runs, the first reaching 427.933 km/h (265.905 mph) and the second 434.211 km/h (269.806 mph).