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Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4

Manufacturer	Bugatti Automobiles SAS
Parent company	Volkswagen AG
Production	2006-present (approx. 300 to be produced)
Class	Supercar
Body style(s)	2-door coupé
Layout	Mid-engine, all-wheel drive
Engine(s)	8.0 L quad-turbocharged W16
Transmission(s)	7-speed DSG sequential manual
Wheelbase	2710 mm (106.69 in)
Length	4462 mm (175.67 in)
Width	1998 mm (78.66 in)
Height	1159 mm (45.63 in) at normal position
Curb weight	1888 kg (4162.33 lb)
Fuel capacity	100 L (26.42 US gal)
Designer	Hartmut Warkuss^[1]

The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a 2-door coupé supercar designed and manufactured by Bugatti Automobiles SAS, a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG. It unofficially held the title of being the world's fastest and most powerful street legal production car before being superseded by the SSC Aero.^[2] With an engine generating 736 kilowatts (1001 PS/987 hp), a proven, but unofficial, top speed of 408.47 kilometers per hour (253.81 mph), and a price of €1,000,000 it remains as the world's most expensive street legal production car.^[3]^[4]

The Veyron is named after the French racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 1939 24 Hours of Le Mans while racing under the original Bugatti marque. It is currently manufactured in Bugatti's purpose-built factory in Molsheim, Alsace, France.^[5] Bugatti has established a production of 300 cars.^{[citation needed]}

1 History
- 1.1 Development
- 1.2 Unveiling
2 Overview
3 Criticism
4 Veyron Pur Sang
5 References
6 Citations
7 External links

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Above, the Veyron's 8-liter, quad-turbocharged, W16 engine is shown.

The Veyron sports an 8.0-liter (7993 cc/488 cu in), quad-turbocharged, W16 engine that generates 736 kilowatts (1001 PS/987 hp) of power at 6,000 revolutions per minute and 1,250 Newton-metres (920 lbf•ft) of torque from 2,200 to 5,500 revolutions per minute.^[6] Although Bugatti advertises the output as 1,001 horsepower, the production engines produce between 1,020 and 1,040 metric horsepower.^[3] Its four rows of four cylinders have bank angles of 15 and 90 degrees, with cylinders spaced 73 millimeters (2.9 in) apart. Each cylinder has a bore and stroke of 86.00 and 86.05 millimeters (3.385 and 3.387 in), respectively, with four valves controlled by a single overhead camshaft. Its four turbochargers have a maximum mean effective pressure of 19.7 bar (285.7 psi).

The power is fed to the wheels through a 7-speed, automatic (with semi-automatic override), dual-clutch, direct-shift gearbox, sporting a shift time of 8 milliseconds. The gearbox may run as an automatic or shift by use of paddles behind the steering wheel. Furthermore, it employs a full-time all-wheel drive system with a Haldex clutch.^[7]