Speed Test - 486.6 km / h (302.4 mph) - Bugatti Veyron - Gran Turismo 5 - WR
The Bugatti's history dates back to 1909 when the Italian founder Ettore Bugatti produced the Type 13, with one of the first 4-valve engines The 300 kg Type 13 was capable of 30bhp worlds, making it one of the cars the fastest in the world at the time the car went on to take second place in the 1911 French grand Prix at Le Mans.
Over the next 40 years, Bugatti followed on this success with many road and racing cars whose Brescia Tourer Type 50T and Type 101 cars from the road or type 35 and electrical type 52 pedigree racing cars racing Bugatti was asserted with great victories Price 24, 5 Targa Florio endurance race wins and 2 Le Mans 24 Hours between 1921 and 1939 titles.
Ettore Bugatti's death in 1947, the name Bugatti began to fall in the decline of production of all vehicles was interrupted in the mid-1950s, despite Roland Bugatti's efforts, son of founder Ettore, who produced the Bugatti Type 251 a May 2 -liter linear power 8 race car that was entered in the French grand Prix in 1956 the car, however, was not competitive and retired on lap 19 Bugatti has never raced in Formula One again.
In 1987, the Bugatti name was acquired by the Italian entrepreneur Romano Artioli, and created the Bugatti Automobili SpA brand The new company, based near Modena, Italy, has begun production of the EB110 GT, advertised as the the most technically advanced sports car ever produced initial forecasts were good for this new sports car, but when it came on the market, the global economy was in recession, and the car widely underacheived against these projections the deficit have resulted in significant financial difficulties for the company, which ceased once more the production in 1995.
In 1998, the rights to the name Bugatti was bought by Volkswagen AG The new owners wanted to make the most of the Bugatti badge, and quickly produced the concept Bugatti EB118, a passenger sedan with a 547 HP engine W16, which was unveiled at paris Auto Show the following year saw the creation of the EB218 and March 18 Chiron.
In 2005, Bugatti has unveiled its most ambitious project to date, a 0L 8 quad-turbocharged W16 hypercar capable of producing 1001 PS 986 BHP The car was named after Pierre Veyron Veyron, one of the winning drivers Le Mans Bugatti 1939 the Veyron was, at the time, the fastest road-legal car in the world with a top speed of 408 h 47 km 81 mph 253 This record has since been replaced by only the Veyron SuperSport, a hypercar according to the Veyron, but with 1,200 PS 1184 BHP.
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