Frankfurt 2007: Polished Aluminum Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang

[Wes@motivemag]

Upset that everyone and 300 of their brethren have a Veyron? Step up to the Veyron Pur Sang, one of only five being built.

What differentiates the Pur Sang is its aluminum body shell, which is made from an extremely pure alloy that Bugatti specified, as ordinary aluminum can polish irregularly. Underneath that skin is a carbon fiber monocoque which not only makes the entire car extremely light, but also incredibly safe - something worth considering when the 4,200-pound Veyron, which still weighs less than a modern Saturn Vue, has a top speed of 248 miles per hour.

There is no word on pricing, but the usual disclaimer about asking applies.

There are several pictures we took in advance of its reveal in the gallery.

Press Release

Gallery

[Tomandante]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[Mc.Dub]

I wonder if this is what we weren't allowed to see when Tiff went to the Bugatti Factory.
Very nice.

[vwgilly]

Veyron 16.4: UAE Edition

[Elbows]

Never been a fan of "polished aluminum" cars...this one being no exception.

Nein danke.

[SlowMotion]

Quote, originally posted by Elbows »

Never been a fan of "polished aluminum" cars...this one being no exception. Nein danke.

This one is not aluminum, is alloy.

[crashmtb]

Quote, originally posted by SlowMotion »

This one is not aluminum, is alloy.

Aluminum alloy.
The metal used is probably composed of 99.9% aluminum, if they're saying it's ultra pure...which also makes it real soft!

[gnavs]

meh, as if its not exclusive enough.
They should put a huge sticker that goes around the middle that says chicken noodle soup

[FBMphil]

That looks like sh*t. I hope that's not the final prep, because the Shelby GR-1 looked 100x better at NAIAS.

[Live-Wire]

Looks like a die-cast model... I don't like it. I'd take mine in black I think.

The polished Audi A8 from Arabia is far nicer.

[MatchStick]

is that rust on the rotor/hub area?

I mean, I know cars normally develop surface rust there, just would have thought it would be taken care of if you were showing the car like that...

[job]

Quote, originally posted by vwgilly »

Veyron 16.4: UAE Edition

You sir, deserve this:

When I read the thread title for the first time, I thought it said Veyron Pur Wang.

[Better Thomas]

Quote, originally posted by Elbows »

Never been a fan of "polished aluminum" cars...this one being no exception. Nein danke.

yeah a pic of 50 cent's chrome lambo is posted and everyone wants to kill him for it but Bugatti is right on the money with this one

i'd still take it though

[FBMphil]

Quote, originally posted by MatchStick »

is that rust on the rotor/hub area? I mean, I know cars normally develop surface rust there, just would have thought it would be taken care of if you were showing the car like that...

The AMG cars @ NAIAS this year were rusted to all hell.

[PAULLLLLIN]

The wheels are BUTTFUG! This car would be perfecto with the standard Veyron wheels

[S4BlackBlack]

gawd awful. someone needs to be taken out back and shot twice in the dome.

[Wimbledon]

It looks awesome. Needs the regular Veyron wheels though.

Give me this over any painted Veyron.

[EvoIX]

So wait how much lighter is this than the "standard" veyron?

[JustinCSVT]

Quote, originally posted by Better Thomas »

yeah a pic of 50 cent's chrome lambo is posted and everyone wants to kill him for it but Bugatti is right on the money with this one

As usual...I'd have this one over the regular ones too.

[leaftye]

Quote, originally posted by MatchStick »

is that rust on the rotor/hub area? I mean, I know cars normally develop surface rust there, just would have thought it would be taken care of if you were showing the car like that...

I thought the rotors were CF or some other sort of unobtanium.

[Nourdmrolnmt]

Someone photochop that beast on some black wheels... i think it would perfect it.

[Voodoo.T]

How to ruin a beautiful car. Blech.

Like to see it in the sunlight blinding people on the road in the UAE tho

[240nut2]

The real advantage is that you can clean it up after a Sunday run with a couple of Brillo pads.

[mike_04jetta]

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Upset that everyone and 300 of their brethren have a Veyron? Step up to the Veyron Pur Sang, one of only five being built.

I am tired of everyone and their dogs with a uber rare hyper car. Thank god that this one is only 1 of 5. But I want a 1 of 1, maybe made of gold plated diapers or something......geez.

[BrianGriffin]

Ri-god-damn-diculous. Who buys this sort of thing?

yeah, yeah, Arab oil sheiks, I know.....

Taking a macro perspective though, in terms of global wealth, we're at the proverbial tip of the iceberg, with regards to the liquidity events generated by the retirement (and subsequent passing of) the baby-boom generation, Chinese economic growth, and various other trends. As much as this "Pur Sang" Veyron seems over the top, one has to wonder what is in store for the years to come.....

[TangoRed]

Usually I like this treatment on cars. I think it makes the Veyron look cheaper though.

[WD-40]

So many things can be polished... chrome has covered cars for ages. It's overdone.

If you have an aluminum car, push the envelope a bit and do something different. Anodize it.

[Meroving1an]

gives new meaning to the word: "it'll buff right out"

[WyMCoupe]

Quote, originally posted by WD-40 »

If you have an aluminum car, push the envelope a bit and do something different. Anodize it.

I would mash a a litter of kittens to death with a sledgehammer in front of a pre-school during recess to get a hold of a black anodized aluminum Veyron.

[TazioNuvolari]

Quote, originally posted by Wes@motivemag »

something worth considering when the 4,200-pound Veyron, which still weighs less than a modern Saturn Vue...

There is nothing at all impressive about a supercar weighing as much (well actually a little less) then a Saturn SUV. The McLaren F1 weighed ~2,500lbs, the F40 weighed ~2,600lbs, the Zonda F weighs 2,800lbs. The Veyron is a pig of a supercar (it even has a snout). Give me any one of those three over the Veyron, you can keep your top speed and 1,000 hp.

[Non_Affiliated]

If, IF i had the money I would take a regular Veyron painted car, plain and simple it's faster.

As for the weight, meh who cares,

Quote »

The Veyron is a pig of a supercar (it even has a snout). Give me any one of those three over the Veyron, you can keep your top speed and 1,000 hp.

But there has yet to be a head to head that I have seen.

[venom600]

Is this what Tiff was trying to hide from the camera on last week's Fifth Gear?

[De Stijl]

Lets see, after:

-Jay Leno sticks two in his garage,
-Good ol Rasist Ralph the rickster Lauren buys one just to curate,
-Lindsay Lohan backs this one off a cliff mid-coke snuff,
-And finally.... Eddie Griffin crashes the last one on the set of his next cheeseball movie...

Who is even gonna get the chance to buy one?

[J-Tim]

Quote, originally posted by pfunkn87 »

Who is even gonna get the chance to buy one?

Some Russian mob, most likely.

As for the car, I think it looks like a 1950s era aircraft.

[TazioNuvolari]

Quote, originally posted by Non_Affiliated »

But there has yet to be a head to head that I have seen.

True, but there its top time around the N-ring that I've seen is 7:40, tied with the LP640 and the McMerc SLR, putting it behind the Carrera GT, Zonda F, Koenigsegg CCR, and a few others according supercars.net's giant Nurburgring track times list-

http://www.supercars.net/PitLa...10073

Granted, we don't know the absolute specific conditions of each run or the difference in drivers, but none-the-less it is at least an indication of performance.

Now I know people are going to say, "but its meant to be a road car, not a track car." Fair enough, but personally, if I'm going to spend a million dollars on an ubercar, it better beat cars half its price, maybe thats just me. The Veyron is definitely an exposition of the best in street car technology, but that doesn't really seem to translate into a great performing car, at least not on a road course.

When Caparo was developing the T1, they did some number crunching to find how much power a car could have before the added weight and complexity made any more power pointless. They came up with a figure around 600hp or so which is interesting, because thats about how much power as the Zonda F, CGT, McLaren F1, Enzo, and T1 all have. Essentially they are saying that had they given the T1 a larger, stronger engine they would have actually lost out on performance due to the weight and drag.