What’s the point of owning a Bugatti Veyron? Surely not to take the kid to school although that would make him or her very, very popular… Perhaps it’s for gaining bragging rights over your supercar-owning friends. Maybe because you are a collector or you simply want and can afford to buy one.
Well, in our books, having the fastest production car in the world is all about finding an empty road, pushing the right pedal to the metal and enjoy the feeling of having more than 1,000HP at your disposal.
On February 6, a video showing a Veyron in multiple 215-225 mph (345-360 km/h) runs was uploaded on YouTube. It soon became viral, attracting 1.2 million viewers.
The Bugatti maxes out at 253 mph (407 km/h), but the driver, who allegedly has four years of Veyron track experience including five 250 mph+ (400 km/h+) runs at VW’s own Ehra Lessien track, kept it in “handling” and not “top speed” mode due to the uneven surface of the road.
We are sure that everyone who watched the Bugatti video enjoyed it. Well, almost everyone: even though the person who uploaded the clip claims that the high-speed runs, which took place in late 2009, were made “south of the border”, Arizona police isn’t too happy. In fact, Arizona Department of Public spokesman Bart Graves labeled it “a criminal act”.
Unfortunately for Arizona law enforcers, there’s not much they can do since there is no way of knowing the exact location where the filming took place and the driver does not reveal his identity.
The real funny part is that, according to the person who uploaded the video, on the way back, the Veyron was stopped by the Arizona Highway Patrol while cruising at 80 mph (130 km/h). The officers didn’t want to give him a ticket, though; they simply wanted to take a close look at the car…
You can watch the Veyron doing its high-speed runs right after the jump.
Story References: Reuters via Autoblog
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