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The Bugatti experience - Three Days At The Langham and Beyond

I was fortunate to stay at The Langham Hotel, in London for two nights. Just before stepping out to dinner at an Italian restaurant nearby, myself and a friend had a few few drinks in the hotel bar before finally heading off to the restaurant. Just as we emerged from the hotel, we were confronted with a Bugatti Veyron. For me it was an experience as the only times I have seen one was in magazines or on the TV. Anyway we quickly whipped out our mobile phones and started taking pictures of the car. Obviously we were not the only ones doing this, however, the doorman did not interrupt us as we were staying at the Hotel and he knew us. Other people were shooed off as I assume the doorman was only protecting the possibility of him getting a tip when the owner returned. So below I have pictures I took with my Blackberry 9800 smartphone.


....and a few more details related to this awesome car:

Manufacturer

Bugatti Automobiles

and

Volkswagen Group

(parent company)

Production

2005–present (Last Bugatti Veyron 16.4 sold)

Assembly

Molsheim

, Alsace, France

Predecessor

Bugatti EB110

Class

Sports car

Body style

Standard:

2-

door

coupé

Variant:

targa top

Layout

Longitudinal

mid-engine

, permanent

all-wheel drive

Engine

Standard:

8.0 L (488 cu in)

W16

quad-

turbocharged

1,001 

PS

(736 

kW

; 987 

bhp

)

[1]

Super Sport:

1,200

metric horsepower

(883 

kW

; 1,184 

bhp

)

[1]

[2]

Transmission

7-speed

DSG

sequential

Wheelbase

2,710 mm (106.7 in)

Length

4,462 mm (175.7 in)

Width

1,998 mm (78.7 in)

Height

1,159 mm (45.6 in)

Kerb weight

1,888 kg (4,162 lb)

Designer

Jozef Kaban

[3]