Showing posts with label Bugatti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bugatti. Show all posts

7/04/2011

Bugatti Veyron L'Or Blanc com pintura em porcelana

Bugatti Veyron L'Or Blanc com pintura de porcelanaEdi��o especial do Bugatti Veyron � mostrada em Berlim, na Alemanha, trata-se do Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport �L'Or Blanc�.

O �nico exemplar deste tipo foi desenvolvido em parceria com K�nigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin (F�brica Real de Porcelana Berlim), com a inten��o de incluir porcelana no interior e exterior do veiculo.

O Veyron Grand Sport �L'Or Blanc� tem o motor com 16 cilindros de 8 litros e quatro turbocompressores. Que o levam de 0 a 100 km/h em 2,5 segundos chagando a m�xima de 407 km/h.

A �nica unidade produzida da s�rie custa �apenas� R$ 3,7 milh�es.

6/29/2011

2011 Bugatti 16C Galibier Best Concept

What was revealed as the climax of the centenary celebration ceremonies last September at Bugatti’s headquarters in Molsheim to a small group of customers and opinion leaders will now be shown exclusively to a wider media audience at the Volkswagen Group Evening in Geneva: the 2011 Bugatti 16C Galibier concept planned to be the most exclusive, elegant, and powerful four-door automobile in the world.

Dr. Franz-Josef Paefgen, President of Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. emphasised that this 2011 Bugatti 16C Galibier is a concept study which the company is considering for the future of the Bugatti marque, but said that the initial feedback received from customers and opinion formers on it had been very positive. Arte - Forme - Technique: these are the brand values which guided Ettore Bugatti and his son Jean in their quest to develop even more powerful engines and even more striking body designs for all their new models, which were without equal in quality, handling, speed and elegance. In the process, they experimented again and again without compromise with new materials; thus Bugatti was the first manufacturer to use aluminium wheels in series-production cars.

2011 Bugatti 16C Galibier

Arte Forme Technique are also the brand values which have guided the design and engineering team of Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. in the development of the 2011 Bugatti 16C Galibier. With this new four-door concept car, Bugatti assumes anew a leading role in the use of new material combinations. The concept on show utilises a mix of carbon fibre parts and aluminium, painted in Atlantic Black. Carbon fibre possesses great rigidity but is also extremely light.

2011 Bugatti 16C Galibier

The Galibier’s design masters the challenge of uniting sportiness with the comfort and elegance of a modern four-door saloon. The basic architecture picks up on the torpedo-like character of the Type 35, which was already revived in the Veyron, and reinterprets it. With the typical Bugatti radiator grille, unusual round LED headlights and the characteristic centre spine running the length of the vehicle (a design feature which has been synonymous with the marque since it first appeared under Jean Bugatti in the Type 57S), this car updates the Bugatti DNA for the modern world.

2011 Bugatti 16C Galibier

Beneath the bonnet, which folds back from both sides, there resides a 16-cylinder, 8-litre engine with two-stage supercharging. What makes this so special is that it was developed as a flex-fuel engine, and can optionally be run on ethanol. Four-wheel drive, specially developed ceramic brakes and a new suspension design give the car agile, precise handling despite its saloon dimensions.

2011 Bugatti 16C Galibier Interior

The interior reflects the elemental design of the exterior. The dash panel has been reduced to the essentials; two centrally located main instruments keep even the rear passengers constantly informed of the actual speed and utilised performance. Parmigiani Fleurier, the Swiss manufacturer of prestige watches, created the Bugatti tourbillon concept for the Galibier: a tourbillion watch integrated in the car’s dashboard that can be removed and transformed – thanks to the cleverly designed supports into a wristwatch, a pocket watch or a table clock. “Galibier” is not just the name of one of the most difficult Alpine passes to feature in the Tour de
France but, in its time, was also the name of a four-door Type 57 variant unequalled in sportiness and elegance.

6/28/2011

2011 2012 Bugatti Veyrons High Performance Best Concept

The regular 2011 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is quite exclusive in its own right – only 160 have been built, with deposits on 240 more and the new Grand Sport will be built in even fewer numbers. Only 150 copies of the new roadster will be built,  with the first 50  available only to current Bugatti customers. The new 2011 Bugatti Grand Sport is distinct in many ways, but the most noticeable addition or perhaps subtraction  is the removable roof. The roof is made of a transparent polycarbonate and requires two people to remove. Once removed, the Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport becomes what Bugatti calls the fastest roadster in the world, with a top speed of around 225 mph. Put the top back and the Grand Sport will reach just over 250 mph.

2012 Bugatti Veyrons

These incredible stats are made possible by the 2011 Bugatti Veyron’s 8-liter W16 engine, equipped with four turbo chargers that send 1,001 horsepower to all four wheels. With enormous amounts of torque, the Veyron Grand Sport can reach 62 mph (100 kph) in just 2.5 seconds. One of the challenges the Bugatti engineers faced was keeping the Veyron rigid and lightweight with the removal of the roof. The monocoque structure has been reinforced around the side skirts and the transmission tunnel, with additional carbon fiber support for the B-pillars. The doors of the new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport are made of carbon fiber as well and feature an integrated longitudinal beam. The two air intakes for the 16-cylinder engine feature wider carbon fiber elements to offer protection should the car roll.

2011 Bugatti Veyron

Also unique to the Grand Sport is a rather special umbrella design for use if the driver is caught by unexpected rain. Inspired by a photo of an older Bugatti driving in the rain with the passenger holding a large umbrella, the Grand Sport comes with an umbrella that unfolds to fit the exact shape of the hard top. Even with the umbrella latched in place, the Grand Sport can still move at 85 mph.

All that performance and exclusivity comes at a high price. The Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport will be priced at 1.4 million euros (just over $2 million) when it becomes available next March. For that one buyer who  needed to be first on the list, the right to the first Veyron Grand Sport was auctioned at the Pebble Beach Auction presented by Gooding & Company. With the amount over the asking price going to charity, the winning bid for the new Grand Sport was $3.19 million.

2011 Bugatti Veyron

Every detail of this car, and not just its use of advanced motorsport technology, harks back to the pioneering spirit of company founder Ettore Bugatti. This brilliant designer came from a family of artists, and his philosophy was always to combine mechanical perfection and exterior beauty. This ethos remains alive and well at the company, and the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is wholly unmistakeable, with every external modification serving to coax greater performance from the car.

The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport's flat, elongated silhouette is immediately recognisable. The 16-cylinder engine gets its air from two NACA ducts integrated into the roof, rather than from scoops above the engine. The front air intakes have been expanded and reshaped, with the lower one extending elegantly around the sides to the wheel arch. The revised back looks sportier due to the double diffuser and a centrally arranged exhaust system. Bugatti has a tradition of making super-sport versions of successful models, usually with racing chassis and supercharged engines. These cars were considered as true racing machines for diehard Bugatti devotees.