Million Euro Bugatti
Ferrari's Enzo Ferrari flagship is back for another year as the most expensive car sold in America--but it looks like it won't threepeat next year.
Because this list honors only vehicles that are currently on sale in the U.S., we had to pass on giving the crown to Volkswagen's forthcoming Bugatti Veyron 16.4 coupe, which will go on sale later this year for what could be as much as $1.1 million. The 987-horsepower Veyron has a mission like that of McLaren's old F1, which could go 240 mph and went out of production in May 1998: to be beyond any other sports car out there.
"It produces 1001 horsepower (by metric measure; that's a less aesthetically round 986 hp by the American system) from an 8.0-liter, 16-cylinder engine that's fed by four turbochargers. Torque, you ask? Try about 950 foot-pounds. Putting that kind of power in perspective, Bugatti's press release on the car suggests a 0-to-188 mph time of 14 seconds, provided you aren't too scared to flick through the seven-speed, double-clutch, Formula 1-style gearbox (paddles replace a traditional clutch-and-stick shift) at redline. Top speed? Try 250 mph."
Forbes.com - Michael Frank
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