Bugatti Veyron destroyed - possibly fatal...
06 March 2007, 12:40 PM
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Taken from Sky News website:
The 1,000 horsepower Bugatti - which can do 0 to 60mph in 2.5 seconds - is owned by a businessman in his 40s who runs a car hire and management company with his brothers, it was reported. It is claimed the vehicle was being rented to the driver for £20,000 a day.
The 1,000 horsepower Bugatti - which can do 0 to 60mph in 2.5 seconds - is owned by a businessman in his 40s who runs a car hire and management company with his brothers, it was reported. It is claimed the vehicle was being rented to the driver for £20,000 a day.
So, rent it out for a few weeks and it pays for itself, I think I have spotted the flaw in this cunning plan....
Not many drivers have the talent, brains and restraint to drive one of those on the road, plus it being a rental car, you only have it fpr 24 hours and you have paid 20k, you are going to get your moneys worth !
06 March 2007, 02:04 PM
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06 March 2007, 02:43 PM
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Originally the plod said they knew nothing of the accident and the driver arranged to have the car recovered himself.
Surely he can also be charged with leaving the scene of an accident...
...except if an ambulance took the woman to hospital surely the plod must have known
It is such a horrible car why would someone pay 20p a day to drive it - yeeuw!
Surely he can also be charged with leaving the scene of an accident...
...except if an ambulance took the woman to hospital surely the plod must have known
It is such a horrible car why would someone pay 20p a day to drive it - yeeuw!
06 March 2007, 04:58 PM
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Yeah read this in the sun today, it wasnt fatal at all, everyone was fine and the 7 month pregnent woman was checked out and given the all clear.
He paid £925k for it to get it, and then rented it out at £20k a day, obviously it never did pay itself off.
It will be very costly to repair because the parts are made to order, they are not just a trip to halfrauds and get a fan belt lol
He paid £925k for it to get it, and then rented it out at £20k a day, obviously it never did pay itself off.
It will be very costly to repair because the parts are made to order, they are not just a trip to halfrauds and get a fan belt lol
06 March 2007, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by dave from the nag's head
After the release of the car, it has been reported that while each Veyron is being sold for £840,000, the production costs of the car are approximately £5 million per vehicle. This is not the price to produce one vehicle, but rather the cost of the entire Veyron project divided by the number of vehicles produced at that time. As Bugatti, and therefore Volkswagen, are making such a loss, it has been likened by automotive journalist Jeremy Clarkson to Concorde, in that both were test-beds for advancements in technology and developed as exercises in engineering rather than profit.
06 March 2007, 08:49 PM
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07 March 2007, 11:31 AM
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the fact that it is so over the top makes it what it is My point was, how could you possibly use its performance to anything much more than a fraction of it capabilities on our public roads either in safety or anywhere near legally. Therefore I reckoned it was a dreadful waste of money.
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07 March 2007, 03:52 PM
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I wasn't criticising the car and its engineering and its vast capabilities, or even the driver since we don't know how the accident happened.
My point was, how could you possibly use its performance to anything much more than a fraction of it capabilities on our public roads either in safety or anywhere near legally. Therefore I reckoned it was a dreadful waste of money.
Les
My point was, how could you possibly use its performance to anything much more than a fraction of it capabilities on our public roads either in safety or anywhere near legally. Therefore I reckoned it was a dreadful waste of money.
Les
Amazing engineering. (someone mentioned it was all about developing new technology and probably good PR value at the same time)
But all quite pointless from a driving perspective - Top Gear had to go to that place in Germany to drive it properly.
I mean when you take something down an airfield at 160mph - everything is a blur the angle of your forward vision is small. I hate to think what 250mph is like - you must lose all touch with reality.
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07 March 2007, 09:42 PM
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I had to laugh when i read that apparently the brothers father went down to the crash site, and gave his sons a right earful....shouting and screaming that he couldn't believe it had been wrecked....
he then drove off and left the two to walk home in the rain...
The driver is being investigated for driving without due care and attention - apparently there are reports he was doing in excess of 100mph prior the accident - deserves to have the book thrown at him..
he then drove off and left the two to walk home in the rain...
The driver is being investigated for driving without due care and attention - apparently there are reports he was doing in excess of 100mph prior the accident - deserves to have the book thrown at him..
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