Turn your sound all the way up and then click pic for video... 
That is one gorgeous machine...
Posted on 09/02/2019 2:41:13 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
Ever since the Bugatti Chiron was launched, with a 261-mph speed limiter, we've been desperate to know what it could manage if let off the leash. Now Bugatti has done that at the vast Ehra-Lessien test track in Germany; the car smashed both the production-car record and the 300-mph barrier.
Factory test driver Andy Wallace, who previously set production-car records in both the Jaguar XJ220 and the McLaren F1, drove a slightly modified Chiron to a time, certified by the German TÜV organization, of 304.773 mph.
The Chiron used was in what is described by Bugatti as "near production" spec, modified with an additional safety cell and with aerodynamic changes and higher seventh-gear ratios, which we believe will be incorporated into a celebratory limited-edition model. It also used a slightly more powerful version of the regular Chiron's quad-turbocharged W-16 engine, turned up to produce 1600 hp, the same total made by the recently announced Centodieci.
The record was set in conjunction with Italian constructor Dallara, which makes the Chiron's body and developed the aerodynamic kit, and also Michelin which created the very special tires capable of dealing with such huge forces, rotating up to 4100 times a minute. The specially constructed Michelin Pilot Cup 2 tires were all X-rayed before being selected for use on the car.
The 58-year-old British sports-car veteran and the team built up to the record speed over the course of more than a week, gradually increasing speeds to ensure that the car behaved according to the aerodynamic predictions and that lift and downforce were balanced.
After four days at Ehra-Lessien, the team had managed a peak speed of 299.8 mph—but was determined to break the 300-mph barrier.
(Excerpt) Read more at caranddriver.com ...
Turn your sound all the way up and then click pic for video...
That is one gorgeous machine...
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Thanks...but try clicking the first photo in my post!
I feel like a song...
Now the boys all thought that I’d lost my sense
Those telephone poles were like a picket fence
They said “Slow down, I see spots!”
The lines on the road just looked like dots
Took a corner, side swiped a truck
Crossed my fingers just for luck
My fenders was clicking the guard rail post
The guy beside me was white as a ghost
All of the sudden she started knocking
Down in the dips she started rocking
I looked in the mirror. Red lights were blinking
The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln
The arrested me and they put me in jail
Called my pappy to throw my bail
And he said “Son, you’re going to drive me to drinkin’
If you don’t stop driving that Hot Rod Lincoln”
Not bad for a VW.
VW group also owns Lamborghini...among others.
JUST REMEMBER.... the GLOBALISTS who can afford a car like this are the ones who keep telling us that we must give them billions so they can deal with CLIMATE CHANGE.
I never heard that before - the sound effects were hilarious although probably not meant to be.
Ahh the good old days of listening to Dr. Demento.
Greatist auto makers ever. VW owns about 100+ auto and motor cycle companies. i own three VWs and one just will not die
If this one is like its slower, older sibling, the Veyron, the tires will need to be replaced, the brakes redone and the front machineguns recalibrated. No need to redo the ejection seat, just lowering the passenger window kills with the wind shear!
If you have to ask about the fuel consumption, insurance or operational cost, you are not whom they are marketing this car to! As for me, it scares the daylights out of me if one is on the road within a 500 mile radius! WOW!
For future reference, this is chat - not news material.
Jessi Combs was not available for comment
What the Edsel could have been?
It didn’t open when I clicked it at first so I threw a link in there. No offense meant. There is also a longer video of the attempt.
Seriously? A production car breaking all previous records is NOT news? Car and Driver is a respected auto magazine e that’s been around for decades.
But that poor young woman dying in her attempt at the world land speed record WAS news?
I’m sorry, I don’t follow.
Ejection seat? You must be joking.
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