RideLust

Remember when 450 hp in a car was unheard of? No… well, then you’re a very lucky person because it wasn’t too long ago that that number was reserved for cars with high 6-figure price tags. Take the iconic Ferrari F40 for example, back when it was released in 1987 it put out a then astonishing 471 hp from it’s twin-turbo V8 and was priced at around $400,000. Back then this was the pinnacle of what a super car was and by all accounts the motoring press didn’t think it would ever be topped. Nowadays though you can run out to your local Cadillac dealer and order up a car like the CTS-V, a four door sedan that makes 556 hp and more torque than the Ferrari could ever dream of.
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I bet you didn’t think that BMW had anything in its arsenal that could possibly take on Bugatti’s ultimate road hammer, the Veyron. Some think that BMW couldn’t possibly build a four-wheeled machine with the same power, speed and presence as the Veyron and truth be told, those people would be right. What you need to realize is that the little fellas over in strudel-land have been hard at work over the last few years perfecting a machine that has the ability to put just about every road going machine to shame. It puts out a mere 190 hp, weighs in at 455-lbs and has a top speed of 191 mph and oh yeah, it only has two wheels. The BMW S1000 RR is a super bike in every sense of the word and if I had the money I can almost guarantee that there would be one in my driveway right now.
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BJ: ’08 Bugatti Veyron

Is it a sign of the times or perhaps the worst depreciation in automotive history? At last weekend’s Barrett-Jackson auction in Las Vegas, a 2008 Bugatti Veyron with 11,800 miles sold for $700,000. New, the 2008 Veyron would have sold for roughly $1.7 million, which makes the cost per mile of this car a staggering $84.75. Just backing the car down the driveway would cost more than I currently have in my wallet. Still, I’m glad to see that some Veyron owners drive their cars on a somewhat regular basis, as the designers intended.

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Here’s a newsflash: most men like watches, and most men own more than one. Even if they don’t wear them too often, most guys have a minimum of two watches in their collections: one for dress, and one for everything else. Beyond that, the sky’s the limit, and I know guys who own dozens of watches. Like cars, watches range from “affordable on any budget” to “sweet mother of God that’s more expensive than California beachfront property”. No joke: the most expensive men’s wristwatch that I’m aware of is a Patek Philippe Platinum World Time, which sells for $4 million (or about $450 if you know the right contacts in China, and don’t mind a really good knock-off).

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The automotive rear wing is a major bone of contention amongst many car enthusiasts. Back in the day seeing a rear wing on an automobile usually meant power, speed and performance. Manufacturers included them into the cars design out of necessity and purpose. You see once upon an automotive time the rear wing meant something. It showed that an automobile was special and that from a performance standpoint, you simply shouldn’t fuck with it. Today however times have changed and we as enthusiasts have fallen into the dark ages of the wing. In recent years it has become the icon of the import crowd, where the bigger the wing usually meant the smaller the winky. What I’d like to do here today is bring back to you, the readers some of the greatest rear wings in automotive history. Wings, that were put on their cars not as an afterthought, but as an integral part of the original design. These wings have stood the test of time and will always be looked upon as having a true place in automotive history.
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Every time you think that the world can’t get any more outrageous, someone has to come along and prove you wrong. It’s been said that the wristwatch is going out of style thanks to the advent of the cell phone. Men are supposedly not wearing their time pieces anymore as they feel there is no need because nowadays everything is being done via smart phones, this apparently includes telling the time. Personally I think this is all BS, as I haven’t visually seen a decline in the wristwatch wearing population. And unless your name is Liberace than you, as a man have no real business wearing jewelry, watches however are the exception to the rule.
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Up until 2005 when Bugatti introduced their Veyron hypercar the world seemed to be content with a few really fast Porsche’s and Lamborghini’s. The Veyron however did something that no other automobile in history was able to do, it made speed chic again. The creation of big gun top speed cars used to be relegated to a few engineers that worked in the back rooms of the manufacturing plants. They would design, tweak and play with existing models to try and push the boundaries of what was capable from their existing platforms and then when getting it right, they would announce it to the world expecting big praise and hoopla.
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There’s something about the look of translucent blue carbon fiber that just does it for me. I’ve been a take-it-or-leave-it kind of guy when it comes to the styling of the Bugatti Veyron, but the Super Sport version in blue carbon fiber definitely pushes the car into my “take it” category. Maybe it’s the simplicity of the finish (since I really can’t stand the tacky two-toned Veyrons) or maybe it’s the finish in conjunction with the wheels, but I really like the styling of this car.

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In the world of automobiles there is fast and there is OH MY GOD FAST. Top fuel dragsters with 8000 hp fall into this elusive category as do road cars like the SSC Ultimate Aero and the above Bugatti Veyron SuperSport. They are quite honestly, some of the most amazing marvels of power and engineering that have ever been put together. Take the Veyron SuperSport for example, it has 1,200 hp and 1,106 lb-ft torque and is capable of running 267 mph. Yes it’s expensive and yes it’s ungodly rare, but at the end of the day it is still an automobile that can be purchased by someone who has the means. Cars like the Veyron SuperSport and TV shows like Top Gear help us common folk get a small taste of what these cars are like. Sure we’ll never get to drive them, and we may not ever see them, but just knowing that there out there somehow makes me feel better.

So it looks like the brilliant James May piloted the new Bugatti Veyron Super Sport to a blistering 259.11 miles per hour. The story is running in the August edition of Top Gear magazine. Sadly, Jezza and The Hamster will probably still call him Captain Slow. No matter, May can still rest easy knowing he’s the smartest and best-dressed of the three.

Source: Top Gear Magazine