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Bugatti Veyron F1
Posted by in Bugatti on June 21, 2011
The Bugatti Veyron is by its nature a very expensive car. Now add to it a F1 license plate, which is also the most expensive one and you will get the ultimate machine. The two of them, together will be the stars at the MPH Show at London’s Earls Court between 5-8 November. The lucky owner of this car is Afzal Kahn, who was kind enough to put it on display.
So, if by any chance you are in London at that time, check it out! You will also have the chance to see the Ferrari FXX, Lamborghini GT600 and Pagani Zonda R.
The world’s most expensive Bugatti Veyron, complete with F1 number plate, will be a star attraction at this year’s MPH Show featuring Top Gear Live at London’s Earls Court between 5-8 November. If ever the phrase ‘if you need to ask the price, you can’t afford it’ was appropriate it’s now. But at the right price the car could be up for sale, according to owner Afzal Kahn.
He’s hoping his soft white 253mph supercar could be the perfect choice for newly crowned Formula One champion Jenson Button since it features the most expensive number plate sold in the UK.
Capable of catapulting the driver to 100mph in 5.5 seconds this particular 1,010 BHP Bugatti Veyron has no close modern rivals in terms of price tags. But show goers can be sure, if rivals exist, they’ll all be at MPH The Prestige and Performance Motor Show.
Already the ultra rare GTbyCITROEN, worth over £1 million, is scheduled to appear at the show alongside fire-breathing examples from Pagani and Koenigsegg. Rumours about the Ferrari FXX, Lamborghini GT600 and Pagani Zonda R making an appearance are also widespread.
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The Type 57 Bugatti Touring Car
Posted by in Bugatti on June 21, 2011
The best known Bugatti racing cars are probably the Type 35, 51 and 59 Grand Prix models. But racing cars were the smaller part of the Bugatti production line. The majority of the cars were not even sports cars, they were in fact touring cars.
Of the touring cars the Bugatti Type 57, 3.3 liter eight-cylinder car produced between 1934 and 1939 is the most outstanding. example of Ettore Bugatti’s work.
The Type 57 twin camshaft engine produced 130 horse power and were available from March 1934. During the production of the Type 57 some sports versions were made, namely the 57S, Type 57C and a very few 57SC’s. In total, approximately 725 of all the model Type 57′s were produced.
The engine was a remarkable piece of engineering even by today’s standards. The single piece crankshaft had full pressure lubrication while the twin-camshafts were driven from the pinion at the rear of the engine. The crankcase was of cast aluminum with Bonalite invar-strut pistons being fitted in most of the cars.
The inlet manifold, mounted on the right of the engine, changed design several times during the time the Type 57 was in production with significant improvements. The exhaust manifold was made from cast-iron and mounted on the opposite side.
The suspension system used the typical Bugatti reversed quarter elliptical at the back with semi-elliptical springs up front. The braking system was cable operated although towards the end of the production run in 1938 this was changed to a Lockheed hydraulic system.
The performance of a1934 Type 57 was reported by Motor Sport as reaching 105 mph while…
“The 57S has a truly astonishing performance being capable of 115 mph which is remarkably good for an unblown sports car”
Fast as these cars were they were also comfortable to drive even in the London traffic according to the late Sir Malcolm Cambell who, I suspect enjoyed rather more the superb road-holding, really brilliant acceleration and very powerful brakes. Read the rest of this entry »