The
Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a
mid-engined grand touring car. The Super Sport version is the
fastest production car in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 kilometres per hour (267.856 mph)
[4].The original version has a top speed of 408.47 km/h (253.81 mph).
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Designed and developed by the
German Volkswagen Group and produced by
Bugatti Automobiles SAS at their headquarters in Château St. Jean in
Molsheim (
Alsace,
France), the Veyron's chief designer was Hartmut Warkuss, and the exterior was designed by Jozef Kabaň of Volkswagen, with much of the engineering work being conducted under the guidance of a former VW engineer and now Bugatti Engineering chief Wolfgang Schreiber.
The car is named after French racing driver
Pierre Veyron, who won the
24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original
Bugatti company. It was named
Car of the Decade (2000–2009) by the
BBC television programme
Top Gear.
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