Mainstream learns how influential a blogger is, putting him in the driver seat, that is, of one of the hottest cars in the world, the Bugatti Veyron.
Via Autoblog:
I opened my inbox one morning to find this question from a publicist: “Would you have time to drive the Bugatti Veyron?” Would I have time? Really? Would you believe, uh, yes? And that’s how I found myself at Westlake Village with a black and cream Veryon waiting in the shade of the porte cochère. Yes, it was perfect. It was like getting a date with that frighteningly beautiful woman I’ve had my eye on for a while now, and actually enjoying it. Follow the jump to read about The Day of the Veyron, and check out the gallery of hi-res pics below.
And how does it drive?
So this is what happens from a 2-MPH start in a Bugatti Veyron when you floor it (in fact, it would have already happened by now. It’s that fast, and you haven’t even started reading about it):
Hit the gas. The car rockets forward. Immediately. Instantly. You’re going really fast. Like it decided to skip everything from 2-MPH to 40-MPH and just jumped straight to 41-MPH, didn’t pass go, didn’t collect $200.
That took maybe two seconds. Maybe.
And you’re not even doing anything yet.
Because while you were busy trying to figure out where those two seconds went and where this speed came from, the turbos were busy getting ready to come on stage –
And then they kick in –
And then forget about it.
No really, forget about it.
Sixty miles per hour comes in maybe another second.
And another second after that, hell, who knows how fast you’re going. And another second after that, I think time and space take on different properties. I think I became a rhombus.
And this is the PCH, remember. I only had room in my head for two thoughts:
1. I need to stay on Earth.
2. I need to not hit a telephone pole.That’s it.
To buy or not to buy.. that is the 2.4M+ question.
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Love that video.. When he hits 406 mph and he coughs like it took his breath away.. Great stuff.. This blogger seems actually scared of the power.. embrace it.. You have 500 hps in your car.. Is that enough? You can add an extra 100..
http://www.hennesseyperformance.com/hennesseyperformance/ItemDetail.php?Item_ID=273&cart=DLAIzEVt&DoThis=Bugatti Veyron 16.4&ActionReq=Where
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Mine is up to 680 horsepowers. Can’t compete with a Veyron but does well with Ferrari’s and Lamborghinis.
I’ve not driven the Bugatti Veyron, or any Bugatti, or anything remotely resembling something sort of like a knock-off of a distant cousin of a Bugatti. But Autoblog’s write-up makes me wish I had - and lived to tell about it!
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Maybe you should..
Cool video, but the “blogger” is actually James May of the UK Automotive show Top Gear - arguably one of the most influential and well respected mainstream automotive media outlets on the planet. This was no small time blogger, but a big dollar, large scale media shoot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da0YhGoyT9w
– David Vespremi