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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 05:20 AM
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new Bugatti
8 litre V16
250mph

the thing is with these supercars though they all look the same, the Enzo is probably the best at the moment

http://autocar.co.uk/news_article.asp?na_id=213701
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 05:46 AM
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I really do not like the look of it....


there are a lot of better looking supercars for that kind of money
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 06:22 AM
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for that money, £700k, i'd want a large fleet of supercars, it looks like a little Lotus Elise or something
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 07:00 AM
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jebus, those are some really kickin' numbers though
1001 bhp, 0-62 in 2.8, 250mph
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 08:00 AM
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How many times has this car been delayed now? Folks, this car is going to be a maintenance nightmare, believe it. Stories of virtually every driveline component on the car getting turned into toothpicks on a fairly regular basis tells me I would not want to drop that kind of money on this car assuming I was filthy rich enough to buy it. One 0-100mph blast at full throttle and it's likely going to be on a plane back to Bugatti for a total drive-line rebuild.
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 10:49 AM
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Originally posted by jsaylor@March 3, 2005, 9:03 AM
How many times has this car been delayed now? Folks, this car is going to be a maintenance nightmare, believe it. Stories of virtually every driveline component on the car getting turned into toothpicks on a fairly regular basis tells me I would not want to drop that kind of money on this car assuming I was filthy rich enough to buy it. One 0-100mph blast at full throttle and it's likely going to be on a plane back to Bugatti for a total drive-line rebuild.
I was thinking the same thing. It's been coming out for the past what, three years? Yuck.

BTW, where in Kentucky do you live? I'm going to UK right now, living in Lexington. Your T-bird wouldn't happen to be red and usually parked on Baldwin Avenue in Lexington, would it? There's a VERY nice TC there.
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 10:53 AM
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Originally posted by Justin@March 3, 2005, 7:25 AM
for that money, £700k, i'd want a large fleet of supercars, it looks like a little Lotus Elise or something
A little Lotus Elise? How can something be smaller than an Elise? I think this cars engine is the same size as an Elise.
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 10:54 AM
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It's actually a W16 btw, not a V16.
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 12:46 PM
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yeah i meant the car looks similar to a Lotus Elise but bigger, thanks, Justin
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 04:01 PM
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I like it
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 04:48 PM
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Originally posted by holderca1@March 3, 2005, 11:56 AM
A little Lotus Elise? How can something be smaller than an Elise? I think this cars engine is the same size as an Elise.
Ha, good point. I saw an Elise a couple of months ago in Cincinnati, those things are awfully nice. Certainly different!
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 05:59 PM
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Gorgeous. I've had a weakness for Bugattis since the EB110, still one of my favorite supercars of all time.
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Old Mar 4, 2005 | 05:48 PM
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i don't know what to say...i can only express how I feel in emoticons... :drive: :drive:
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Old Mar 7, 2005 | 07:49 PM
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New bugatti's - yuck

Old bugatti's - bad ****, especially that blue s/c'd one I saw on tv at pebble beach, very cool baby!
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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 12:25 AM
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The big problem with this car is that instead of being designed by the engineers then letting the styling guys at the car it was done backwards, so they are having to go back and re-engineer the car to make it "work" with the design of the style, which is just retarded beyond all means...if we EVER see this car produced I would be very amazed!
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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 07:54 AM
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My uncle is actually looking for this Car in die-cast form by AutoArt :P
Love the engine on it... it has not one, not two, but three rows of cylinders
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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 08:25 AM
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Are you sure that is a W?

two sets of intakes at 8 a piece, says V to me, looks like a V as well......
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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 08:29 AM
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Thats what I heard from my uncle, and he is an exotic car expert

edit: yea, its a W... looked around and all of them said W.
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It's actually 2 W8's mated together.
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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 11:10 AM
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Originally posted by holderca1@March 9, 2005, 10:51 AM
It's actually 2 W8's mated together.
That's correct, but they're mated together end-to-end, so it doesn't effect the number of cylinder banks. Regarding that, it's four banks of four cylinders (divide 16 by 3, you'll figure out why that doesn't work). Here's what VW did, they took two narrow-angle V's (think VR6) and joined them together at the crankshaft. So you essentially have two outer narrow angle V's with the inner banks of each forming their own V.
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