The Bugatti Grand Sport Vitesse has been officially confirmed as the world’s fastest open-top production car, having been clocked at 254.04mph. The milestone will be celebrated (naturally) with a limited run of special ‘World Record Edition’ Grand Sport Vitesses (which has been on sale since January 2012), with the commemorative cars sporting orange flashes to the carbonfibre bodywork, and orange wheels.Bugatti admits that the initial open-top speed target for the Bugatti Grand Sport was a piffling 233mph. However, when testing revealed that 400kph (248mph) would be possible, the engineers set about upping their targets, with 254.04mph being the final result. It comes thanks to the familiar uprated engine from the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport: 8.0-litres, 16 cylinders, four turbochargers and an output of 1183bhp.Fastest convertible yex, but not the hardtop any more. Guinness World Records has stripped the 267mph Bugatti Veyron Super Sport of its speed record title, after complaints from US-based supercar builders Hennessey that the majority of Super Sports produced had a tyre-preserving 258mph limiter fitted. Hennessey’s 1200bhp Venom GT contender hit 265.7mph from rest on a one-mile course in early April 2013, though the run wasn’t ratified by an official body. That means the supercar top speed record now reverts to its previous holder: the 256mph SSC Ultimate Aero TT............................................:) =D ;)
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 15:38:48 +0000
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