drool!

I would be able to die a happy man if that was me...

At the end, there is no way I would of taken my hand off the steering wheel to fist pump. Not at 320 km per hour.

And can I pre-empt those who would say "oh, its actually quite stable due to the immense down forces and gravity gremlins hanging under the bonnet".
Fuck that, white knuckles all the way.

A 1 mile drag race is just a horsepower competition. Any number of $150K cars (modified turbo Corvettes, Vipers, Supras, etc.) could show up and hand the Veyron its ass in such a race.

I'd be more interested in a road course race.

^ ^ ^ that's what I was going to say! Who cares about a drag race?? Half the gadgets on the Bugatti were rendered pointless.

How is it this has never been done before?!

edit - and after having watched the entire video, I agree, this wasn't exactly a fair comparison. "This is the real world, we'll just have to see what happens." Well in the real world, roads have twists, turns, elevation changes, etc.

most importantly.. in the real world people drive Honda Civics

"Not a bad day. So far. This one."

I have the wrong job.

>> ^TickleMyElmo:
A 1 mile drag race is just a horsepower competition. Any number of $150K cars (modified turbo Corvettes, Vipers, Supras, etc.) could show up and hand the Veyron its ass in such a race.
I'd be more interested in a road course race.


Horsepower... The Veyron has very little of that . Not as much as a Corvette, that's for sure.

Horsepower... The Veyron has very little of that . Not as much as a Corvette, that's for sure.


Incorrect, sir.

A Veyron from the factory boasts 1001 HP at the rear wheels. The motor is essentially two 4.0 liter V8's wound together through a lot of engineering genius & electronic wizardry.

A stock Corvette ZR1 puts out 638hp at the rear wheels using a supercharged 6.2 liter LS9.
The Z06 model is rated at 505bhp with a 7.0 liter LS7.
A race-prepped C6.R Corvette is the lesser motor, putting out around 500bhp with the LS7.
A Callaway C16 tweaks the LS7 in different ways to jack the output to as much as 700hp.

In general, the smaller motor is preferred by road racers for the more usable powerband. The bigger motor is preferred by drag racers for the sheer displacement, but requires additional modifications to bump the HP, usually through turbocharging or supercharging.


It it possible that you were trying to drip sarcasm on us, but I saw nothing to indicate that this is nothing more than pure misinformation.


For those that care, the rating on the McLaren F1:
6.1 liter BMW S70/2 12 cylinder race motor capable of 627bhp.

They are all beasts of automobiles, to be certain. I'd gladly drive any or all of them, given the opportunity.



And yes, I registered as a sifter just for this!

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yet, the mclaren didn't loose by much up the gearing a bit and she might have won. i'd still drive the mclaren, it's just a better looking car.

You know if I was really trying to decide between the Veyron and the F1, I think I'd have to take the Bugatti... and then I'd hire the Stig as my chauffeur so he could rocket me around the streets of Dubai while drinking my champagne smoothie and eating my Wagyu-truffle-caviar burger in the back.