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2003 Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron Study review and pictures


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Posted Sunday, 14 January 2007 , 05:01:23 by:Alina

The 2003 Bugatti 16.4 Veyron Study represents a beautiful blend of traditional craftsmanship and ultra-modern industrial production together with an exceptional design. The Bugatti EB 1604 Veyron was displayed as a design study in the spring of 2002 but now it has reached the series production status and the producers have released the first performance figures. Thus, the new 16-cylinder engine is able to cover the 0-300 km/h sprint in less than 14 seconds, while the top speed is governed at 406 km/h. The design study which was admired at the 2002 Geneva Motor Show featured a large number of technological highlights, beginning with a load-bearing chassis of the EB 1604, which provides minimum weight as well as maximum strength and rigidity through its carbon fibre structure. A new type of sequential-shift seven-speed gearbox with twin clutches, transmits power to the wheels. Michelin developed the tyres for the EB 1604 Veyron and they ensure a pressure monitoring system together with a run-flat capability, thus making it possible for the car to be driven for more than 200 km in the case of pressure loss. The impressive dimensions of the Bugatti EB 1604 veyron show a 2,700mm wheelbase, a length of 4,446mm, a height of only 1,206mm and a width which reaches 1,998mm.

  • Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron Study
  • Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron Study

Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron Study review:


The Bugatti EB 16•4 Veyron at the end of 2003 the first 21st-century Bugatti,(a blend of traditional craftsmanship and ultra-modern industrial production), will leave the factory. The production car of exceptionally unusual design will be based on the design study of the same name displayed by BUGATTI Automobiles S.A.S. at the 72nd Geneva Motor Show in 2002.
In the spring of 2002, the 736 kW (1001 bhp) Bugatti EB 16•4 Veyron, although exhibited as a design study, has already reached a degree of driveline and body development that is close to series production status. The first theoretical performance figures are also available: the new 16-cylinder sports car should reach a top speed of 406 km/h and accelerate from 0 to 300 km/h in under 14 seconds.

The study exhibited at the 2002 Geneva Motor Show incorporates a large number of technological highlights. As on Formula 1 and Le Mans racing cars, the load-bearing chassis of the EB 16•4 is reinforced with carbon fibre for maximum strength and rigidity as well as minimum weight. This principle also ensures optimum passive safety for the car's occupants. The outer skin of the body is of mixed aluminium and carbon-fibre construction. The W16 turbocharged engine, which has dry sump lubrication and four continuously variable camshafts, surpasses the power output of even the latest Formula 1 engines. Power is transmitted to the wheels through a new type of sequential-shift seven-speed gearbox with twin clutches.

The EB 16•4 Veyron use tyres from the new Pax system developed by Michelin. These high-speed tyres for speeds in the region of 400 km/h have a pressure monitoring system and run-flat capability, so that safe handling is maintained and the car can be driven for more than 200 kilometres in the event of pressure loss.

The dimensions of the Bugatti EB 16•4 Veyron are equally impressive: the wheelbase is 2,700 millimetres, the car's overall length 4,466 mm, its width 1,998 mm and its height only 1,206 mm.

In addition to this design study, BUGATTI Automobiles S.A.S. is drawing attention to Bugatti's origins at the 2002 Geneva Show, by exhibiting a 16-cylinder racing engine dating from 1928. This engine documents an exciting era in automobile engineering during the early part of the 20th century: with its two Zenith carburettors and double magneto ignition, it represented the leading edge of automobile engine development in its day.
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