Saturday, November 28, 2009

The Best Cars In The World

The Best Car In The World is the Mclaren F1 and the Bugatti Veyron..

Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4

Manufacturer Bugatti Automobiles SAS
Parent company Volkswagen Group
Production 2005-2008, 200 produced
2009-present (Grand Sport)
Assembly Molsheim, Alsace, France
Predecessor Bugatti EB110
Class Full-size Grand tourer
Body style(s) 2-door coupé
Layout Longitudinal mid-engine,
permanent four-wheel drive
Engine(s) 8.0 L W16 quad-turbocharged 736 kilowatts (1,001 PS; 987 bhp)
Transmission(s) 7-speed DSG sequential
Wheelbase 2,710 mm (106.7 in)
Length 4,462 mm (175.7 in)
Width 1,998 mm (78.7 in)
Height 1,159 mm (45.6 in)
Kerb weight 1,888 kg (4,162 lb)
Fuel capacity 100 L (22.0 imp gal; 26.4 US gal)
Designer Jozef Kaban[1]

The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is the most recent version of a mid-engined full-sized grand tourer developed by the German car-manufacturer Volkswagen and produced by the Volkswagen-brand Bugatti Automobiles SAS at their headquarters in Château St. Jean in Molsheim (Alsace, France), and whose production and development is often credited to Ferdinand Karl Piech. It is named after French racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti company.

Two hundred Veyrons are known to have been built and delivered since production began through late 2008. Veyron editions include the Veyron, Veyron 16.4, Pur Sang, Hermes Edition, Sang Noir, Targa, Vincero, and the Bleu Centenaire. It will be replaced with the Grand Sport, which is essentially a Veyron convertible.

Mclaren F1

Manufacturer McLaren Automotive
Production 1992–1998
(106 produced)
Assembly Woking, Surrey, England
Class Sports car
Body style(s) 2-door 3-seat coupé
Layout RMR layout
Engine(s) 60° 6.1 L V12
Transmission(s) 6-speed manual
Wheelbase 2,718 mm (107.0 in)
Length 4,287 mm (168.8 in)
Width 1,820 mm (71.7 in)
Height 1,140 mm (44.9 in)
Curb weight 1,140 kg (2,513 lb)
Designer Gordon Murray & Peter Stevens

The McLaren F1 is a sports car designed and manufactured by Gordon Murray and McLaren Automotive. On March 31, 1998, it set the record for the fastest production car in the world, 240 mph (391 km/h). As of April 2009, the F1 is surpassed by only three other production cars in sheer top speed, but is still the fastest naturally aspirated production car.

The car features numerous proprietary designs and technologies. It is lighter and has a more streamlined structure than even most of its modern rivals and competitors despite having one seat more than most similar sports cars, with the driver's seat located in the middle. It features a powerful engine and is somewhat track oriented, but not to the degree that it compromises everyday usability and comfort. It was conceived as an exercise in creating what its designers hoped would be considered the ultimate road car. Despite not having been designed as a track machine, a modified race car edition of the vehicle won several races, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1995, where it faced purpose-built prototype race cars. Production began in 1992 and ended in 1998. In all, 106 cars were manufactured, with some variations in the design.

In 1994, AutoCar stated in a road test regarding the F1, "The McLaren F1 is the finest driving machine yet built for the public road." and that "The F1 will be remembered as one of the great events in the history of the car, and it may possibly be the fastest production road car the world will ever see.".

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