Jalopnik: Veyron

Why Not Turn Your Honda Into A Bugatti Veyron?

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:30:00 EST

Some brilliant entrepreneur on eBay is offering a fiberglass body kit designed to turn your $1,600 mid-'90s Honda Civic coupe into the $1.6 million Bugatti Veyron for just $4,500. Buy it. Buy it now. You absolutely must. More »

Watch A Bugatti Veyron Owner Hit 225 MPH On Public Road

Raphael Orlove — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:30:00 EST

When you own a Bugatti Veyron, seven high-speed runs on public roads will take you up to 225 miles an hour. Yes, he gets pulled over and no, we don't know how much his ticket is going to cost him. More »

The World's Most Secret Garage Entrance Is Like A Tunnel To Tron

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:15:00 EST

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This isn't a movie set. This isn't a drawing. This isn't heaven. No, it's actually the tunnel entrance to what may be the world's most secret supercar garage. OK, so maybe it is heaven. More »

Über Fail: $1.6 million Bugatti Veyron loses drag race to Nissan GT-R

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EST

The appeal of the Bugatti Veyron is it's so fast and so well-engineered any obscenely wealthy person can hop into it and be faster than other, poorer, people. Not this guy. He appears to not understand how the vehicle's launch control works and sits there, lamely, as the guy in the GT-R blows him away. More »

Mighty Bugatti Veyron slowed down by speed bumps

Patrick Frawley — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:00:00 EST

The Bugatti Veyron is a modern wonder. It is screamingly fast, it is magnificently well-controlled, it is ridiculously expensive. As the video amply shows, though, it is also all but incapable of handling speed bumps. More »

$4.72 million 1/8 scale Lamborghini Aventador model headed to auction

Tom Joslin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:00:00 EST

This is the most expensive model car in the world, at least it will be when it sells this month at auction in New York. It's a 1/8th scale model of a Lamborghini Aventador built with gold, platinum, carbon fiber and diamonds by Robert Guelpen, a German car model specialist. More »

Man "intentionally" drove $2.2 million Bugatti Veyron into lake

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:30:00 EST

A Texas court may soon decide if the man who drove his Bugatti Veyron into a lake was committing fraud after his insurance company claimed he crashed the car on purpose to collect $2.2 million in insurance money. Wait, it wasn't a low-flying pelican? You don't say. More »

Four door Mercedes with a terrible Bugatti Veyron body kit isn't fooling anyone

Tom Joslin — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:00:00 EST

Considering the Bugatti Veyron in Super Sport trim stickered for a whopping $2.4 million and a mere 30 were made, it's not surprising there are a whole lot of people in the world who want one but don't have one. Sometimes this unfulfilled desire can push people to do pretty crazy things, like dressing up your older full size Mercedes with a Veyron "body kit". More »

The Bugatti L'Or Blanc is the world's most delicate supercar

Justin Hyde — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:00:00 EDT

For those who believe Bugatti creates expensive pieces of furniture masquerading as super cars, this will only add to their fire: The Bugatti L'Or Blanc, a partnership with a Berlin porcelain maker to create the world's most delicate Veyron. More »

Cheap Bugatti owner takes Veyron to coin-operated car wash

Justin Hyde — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:30:00 EDT

Even nearly seven years after its introduction, the multimillion-dollar Bugatti Veyron is still the pinnacle of automotive engineering — enough so that seeing one of the fewer than 300 built taken to a California coin-operated car wash nearly sparked an intervention. More »

Bugatti wrapped in red chrome by Dartz

Mike Spinelli — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT

Let's face it: Once you've clad a military truck in fake whale-penis leather, what do you do for an encore? Perhaps wrapping a Bugatti Veyron in red chrome will do the trick. At least for Kostyantyn, the adult-toy-superstore king of Dnipropetrovsk. More »

Buy this "Bugatti Veyron" for $89,000

Mike Spinelli — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:30:00 EDT

Replica builders are an odd breed — as dedicated to their craft as those guys who once built ships in bottles. A Florida man built this "Bugatti Veyron" from a Mercury Cougar, and it can be yours for $89,000. More »

What car made the Bugatti Veyron SS back down from a fight?

Bill Caswell — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:00:00 EDT

Remember the playground bully? The kid twice your size who repeated first grade just so he could be larger and stronger? In the automotive world, that bully's name is Bugatti, and I just saw him back down from a fight with something even more menacing. More »

The Bugatti Veyron L'Or Blanc is a $2.3 million tea set

Mike Spinelli — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EDT

Behold, you lovers of highly-decorated, ridiculously expensive, German/French tea sets. It's the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport L'Or Blanc, a version of the recently updated Veyron, with porcelain fittings by Germany's Konigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin (KPM). The one-off is reportedly worth $2.3 million. More »

Last Bugatti Veyron sold, other than the other ones

Justin Hyde — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:30:00 EDT

The last of the 300 regular Bugatti Veyron 16.4's fresh from its factory in the French countryside has been spoken for and will be delivered next year. And you thought you would be rich enough by now. More »

Drifting a $1.4 million Bugatti is easier than you think

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:00:00 EDT

The trick to drifting the $1.4 million Bugatti Veyron without destroying it is to place it in the center of a parking lot, get out of the Veyron and jump into a Toyota Supra belonging to a driver whose skills are only outmatched by the credit limit on his American Express Centurion card. More »

Flo Rida busted for Bugatti Veyron DUI in Florida

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:30:00 EDT

Rapper Flo Rida opened himself up for a litany of puns about being "low" when he failed a sobriety test while driving his $1.6 million Bugatti Veyron in Miami. He blew a .185, which is twice the legal limit. More »

What a 1920s Bugatti Veyron would look like

Peter Orosz — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EDT

I took this photo of an unpainted Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport and its 8-liter W16 engine at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show with my father’s old Minolta XD-7 camera on Kodak’s T-MAX P3200 film, a black and white negative developed for extreme low light. A contemporary motor show with its profusion of high-power spot lights is, of course, the antithesis of extreme low light, but combined with the T-MAX, I got an image which reminds me of those old black and white photos from Bugatti’s original, lightweight heyday. Of spindly blue magnesium cars racing under the Mediterranean sun, under a blue sky never captured on film. More »

The $240,000 Bugatti über desk

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:00:00 EDT

A new Bugatti Veyron costs around $1.6 million, depending on how you outfit it. A 1936 57SC Bugatti Atlantic fetched $30 million at auction. This Bugatti-inspired desk, then, may seem like a value at just $240,000. But it isn't. More »

The world's most ostentatious Bugatti Veyron

Justin Hyde — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:00:00 EDT

Beverly Hills designer and car collector Bijan Pakzad died last month, just after signing off on a collaboration with Bugatti for a custom Veyron Grand Sport. In tribute, Bugatti released this video to show just what was coming — a typically overdone combination of polished aluminum, Bijan's signature yellow, and a magnum of perfume. More »

McLaren's next car: a Bugatti-killing, 799-hp "Mega Mac"

Justin Hyde — Mon, 16 May 2011 10:45:00 EDT

With the production of the MP4-12C still ramping, Autocar says McLaren already has the sequel in the works: a "Mighty Mac" with 799 hp, designed to top the Bugatti Veyron as world's fastest production supercar. More »

How the Best Buy con artist spent millions on supercars

Justin Hyde — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:30:00 EDT

Our story on 11 supercars impounded from con artist Russell Cole after bilking Best Buy out of $31 million brought in these photos from someone who used to tend to Cole's collection back when he'd swap day-old Bentleys because he didn't like the color. More »

Owner crashes $2.9 million first production Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:30:00 EDT

Rumors of a Bugatti Veyron crash in France this summer are true, and worse than originally thought. The smashed übercar was a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport. And not just any Veyron Grand Sport. It was the $2.9 million Chassis #001. More »

The $1.5 million Veyron dipped in a Texas lake hits a salvage auction

Justin Hyde — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:30:00 EDT

It's been more than a year since a Texan drove his $1.5 million Bugatti Veyron into a lake in the most expensive case of distracted driving yet known. Now you can own the baptized Veyron, but it needs work. More »

Watch the first Bugatti Veyron SuperSport delivered in the U.S.

Ray Wert — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:15:00 EST

DragTimes has captured in photos and video the very first U.S. delivery of the $1.8 million Bugatti Veyron SuperSport. It's a one-of-five World Record Edition — referring to the 267 MPH record-setting high speed. More »

The Veyron As a Locomotive

Peter Orosz — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:30:00 EST

The Bugatti Veyron is an offensive, overweight, inelegant supercar. But as a streamlined locomotive for the open road, it's a class of its own. More »

World's Fastest Car Stalks World's Fastest Bike

Mike Spinelli — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:30:00 EST

Don't look now, guy riding the world's fastest production bike; the world's fastest car—ok, the former world's fastest car—appears to be breathing down your leathers. Better get that knee down pronto. [Inside Line] More »

How To Build The World's Worst Bugatti Veyron

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:30:00 EST

The new Bugatti Veyron configurator is now online, giving enthusiasts a chance to build the car of their dreams. Unfortunately, the sheer number of custom options means you can build a Bugatti that's the stuff of nightmares. Here's how. More »

Famous Designer Remakes Bugatti Veyron With Inspiration From J.C. Whitney

Justin Hyde — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:00:00 EDT

Beverly Hills celebrity designer Bijan drives a fleet of yellow supercars and is customizing 30 Rolls-Royce sedans for world leaders. Here's a sample on his own Bugatti, the airbrushed lion/chimera/jackalope clearly paying homage to Greg of Akron. (H/T to Gideon!) More »

Guy Smacks Toyota While Test-Driving A $1.6 Million Bugatti Veyron

Ray Wert — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:30:00 EDT

This is why you always listen to a spotter when you're pulling out of a driveway in a car with terrible blind spots. Especially when that car is a $1.6 million Bugatti Veyron. More »

$2.3M Bugatti Veyron Crashes, Causes $550K In Damage

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:30:00 EDT

The owner of this $2.3 million customized Bugatti Veyron attempted a 124 mph pass on the Autobahn Sunday morning, only to collide with another car and a tractor-trailer. Police estimate the damage to the Veyron at $550,000. More »

Bugatti Veyron Buyer Flakes At $700,000 Winning Bid

Justin Hyde — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:30:00 EDT

A 2008 Bugatti Veyron sold on Saturday at a Barrett-Jackson auction for $700,000 — a reasonable price for a 1,001-hp supercar with 12,000 miles. After the hammer fell, the buyer placed a new bid of "just kidding." More »

— Chad Ochocinco

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:30:00 EDT

Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco apologizes after being fined $25K — the equivalent of two Bugatti Veyron payments — for tweeting during a game. Why not get a ZR1 and tweet all you want? More »

Bugatti Veyron Super Sport Blue Carbon Fiber. Nice.

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:00:00 EDT

The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is the fastest production car ever (for now), but if the previously-shown black-and-orange paint job puts you off, fear not because now they've debuted this stunning blue-tinted carbon fiber finish. Now that's a proper color. More »

Koenigsegg To Challenge Bugatti Veyron SS Record

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:30:00 EDT

The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport may not be the "World's Fastest Car" for long, with both the Shelby SSC and now maybe the Koenigsegg Agera set to challenge their record, if TopGear is to be believed. (H/T to FodderTheSane!) [TopGear] More »

Mansory Bugatti Veyron: Over-The-Top Faux Opulence Hits New Gold Standard

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:30:00 EDT

The Mansory Bugatti Veyron Linea Vincero d'Oro. If you needed any more proof Mansory's objective is to carpet-bomb good taste and restraint into oblivion, here it is. It's gold, carbon fiber, and more gold. Did we mention gold? More »

268 MPH Never Looked So Orange

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:15:00 EDT

The 1,200-hp Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is not just the fastest production car in the world. It's also the orangest. More »

What It Feels Like To Break A Speed Record

Mike Spinelli — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:30:00 EDT

Last week, a Bugatti Supersports 16.4 went 267.81 mph, officially making it the fastest production car on the planet. Mike Spinelli, former Jalopnik lead-man and current editor of 0-60, spoke with the brass-balled test driver that did it. —Ed. More »

SSC To Challenge Bugatti For New Fastest Production Car?

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:00:00 EDT

The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport just snagged the title of "World's Fastest Production Car" away from the American-built SSC Ultimate Aero. Now the folks at Shelby SuperCars are hinting at a new, faster Aero to challenge the German behemoth. More »

Bugatti Veyron Super Sport: The World's New Fastest Car

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:30:00 EDT

The end-of-the-line Bugatti Veyron Super Sport isn't just the ultimate Bugatti. With a top speed of 268 mph, the 1,200-hp übercar is now also the new fastest production car in the world. More »