Bugatti Veyron legends – the modern-day hyper sports car.

Four turbochargers, over 1,000 PS and speeds in excess of 400 km/h. The world had not seen a super sports car like this prior to its presentation in 2000. When the relaunched French luxury brand Bugatti showcased its first series production car for decades, the term super sports car was no longer adequate to describe it.

“Thanks to the Veyron, Bugatti catapulted itself into a new dimension. We set benchmarks around 20 years ago with the first luxury hyper sports car and we are proud of that to this day,” explains Stephan Winkelmann, President of Bugatti. “The Veyron continues to be a car of superlatives: it broke several speed records and redefined what outstanding automotive engineering can do,” he adds. The hyper sports car’s name goes back to French racing driver Pierre Veyron, active for Bugatti between 1933 and 1953 in roles including test driver and development engineer. In 1939 he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans together with French racing driver Jean-Pierre Wimille in a Bugatti Type 57C Tank.

Production of the #veyron started in 2005 at the newly built workshop in the Alsatian town of Molsheim. “With the #veyron, #Bugatti brought vehicle production back to France where our luxury brand was established 110 years ago and where it belongs,” Stephan Winkelmann explains.