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Bugatti Restores Veyron Prototype That Helped Set Speed Record

Bugatti keeps finding ways to make money off the Veyron even though production ended more than a decade ago. In the process, it’s technically making the record-breaking W16 supercar less exclusive. Allow us to explain. This Super Sport World Record Car Edition isn’t one of the five customer cars sold…

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Bugatti Almost Made An Even More Powerful Veyron

The Bugatti Veyron had a 10-year production run during which it spawned multiple special editions. While the base model had to make do with a “measly” 987 horsepower, later iterations dialed up the W16 considerably. The quad-turbo, 8.0-liter monster eventually peaked at 1,183 hp in the Super Sport and Grand…

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Bugatti's Latest One-Off Is A 1,578-HP Tribute To The Veyron

Hot on the heels of the stunning Bugatti Brouillard, the French marque’s ultra-exclusive one-off personalization program has delivered its second creation. Meet the FKP Hommage, a rolling tribute to the original Veyron and the visionary behind it, Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Karl Piëch.

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Bugatti Veyron Test Driver Describes Braking From 249 MPH: 'Incredibly Stressful'

We’re fortunate to be contemporaries of the Bugatti Veyron, a record-breaking car that boldly leapt into the unknown in the 2000s. Nothing quite like it had existed before, and it’s hard to imagine another supercar having such a profound impact, at least in our lifetimes. Even though most of us…

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This Is Bugatti's Final W-16 Track Car

Bugatti is closing the penultimate chapter in the W-16’s story by wrapping up Bolide production. Molsheim’s ultimate track toy is officially no more, with the 40th and final car built and handed over to its rightful owner, or better said, picked up directly from the factory in northeastern France.

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20 Years Later, The Bugatti Veyron Is Cooler Than Ever

Twenty years ago this month, Bugatti Veyron began production. That’s hard to believe in the same way that so many passages of time are hard to believe—"wow, I’m getting old," etc.—but also because the Veyron is still astonishing two decades later.

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Bugatti's W-16 Might Not Be Dead After All

Bugatti's legendary W-16 engine has been in production since 2005, where it debuted in the Veyron 16.4. It's been a staple of the company's lineup since, powering every model from the brand in various forms.

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These Are Bugatti's Best Special Edition Hypercars

The new Brouillard might be one of the most beautiful special edition Bugattis we've ever seen. At least, in this author's humble opinion. Based on the now-discontinued W-16 chassis, the one-of-one Bug has gorgeous lines, a beautiful interior, and a few fun features to boot. Peep the tiny horse sculpture…

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How Ferdinand Piëch Invented the Bugatti Veyron

A legend of the automotive industry, even six years after his death: Ferdinand Karl Piëch, born in Vienna on April 17, 1937, was fascinated by technology from an early age—a passion that would define his entire life. He studied mechanical engineering in Zurich and began his career at Porsche, where…

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The Fantastic Four: Bugatti's Record-Breaking Cars

Remember when Bugatti said it would retire from chasing records in September 2019? Management has changed since then, and so have the company's objectives. The newly founded Bugatti Rimac joint venture has already smashed a record. The Mistral is now the fastest open-top production car ever. It follows two record-breaking Veyrons and…

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The Bugatti Mistral Is the Fastest Roofless Car Ever Made

Remember when Bugatti said it was done chasing records? Well, that turned out to be a lie. The W-16 era is coming to an end, but not before the last hurrah for the quad-turbo 8.0-liter monster. Installed in a customer’s Mistral, the marvelous engine helped the roofless Chiron become the…

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These Bugatti Chiron Headlights Cost New Porsche 911 Money

Shipping isn't cheap either.

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This Bugatti Concept Was the Chiron Before the Chiron

Before the Veyron and well before the production Chiron, the 18/3 concept was a preview of things to come.

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This Fake Bugatti Veyron Has One Original Part

It also has a twin-turbo V8 engine from an Audi RS6.

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À la carte processing units could be the future of computing — and this 192-core RISC-V processor with built-in accelerators could be AMD and Intel's most formidable rival yet

The 12-core Veyron 2 RISC-V CPU is 23% faster than the 128-core AMD EPYC Bergamo chip.

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Bugatti Honors Former Design Director With Tribute Video To His Work

Achim Anscheidt drew inspiration from Bugatti's past to create the Chiron and its numerous derivatives, among other vehicles.

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Bugatti Chiron Successor Confirmed For 2024 Debut, Production In 2026

The next-gen hybrid hypercar is the last from Bugatti Director of Design Achim Anscheidt, who is officially retiring.

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Bugatti Owner Has All Three Record-Breaking Cars

The collection was recently displayed at Bugatti's home.

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Old Bugatti Veyron Models Start New Life With A La Maison Pur Sang Resto

Bugatti's in-house restoration team revitalized a 2006 Veyron and 2009 Grand Sport belonging to the same owner since new.

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One-Off Bugatti Chiron "Zebra" Spotted On The Street In Paris

It sits side by side with a Porsche 918 Spyder with a Weissach package wearing a similar livery.

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$25,000 Bugatti Veyron Wheel Gets Cut Open In The Name Of Science

Spoiler alert: It looks likes an aluminum wheel with a section cut away.

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Bugatti Mistral Roadster Revealed As Spectacular W16 Epilogue

All 99 cars have already been sold for €5 million a pop.

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Collector Buys Eight Bugattis, But Only Two Are Full-Size Models

The other six are Bugatti Baby II EVs.

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Amalgam's Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Looks Like The Real Thing

Just like the car, the 1:8 scale replica isn't priced like anything else.

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