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Fab Five
34 ~ FireFlyz
The Need For Speed
Imagine pushing the pedal to the metal and having a powerful engine react in response. The
roar and throb of the engine as it propels you down the road. Not only are performance cars
very fast, they are also things of beauties to look at. Fireflyz looks at five fast cars to get your
engine going.
The Bugatti Veyronwas amonumental
feat of engineering, a supercar whose
performancewas somarvelous it was
compared to the Concorde. After ten
years of production, the Volkswagen
Group unveiled the Veyron’s successor, the
Bugatti Chiron.
Named for a famous centaur inGreek
mythology, the Chiron is intended to
improve upon the Veyron in every way.
Although the Chiron is built like a racecar,
one needn’t be a professional to operate
it; the car is engineered to automati-
cally adjust itsmachinery as the speed
increases or decreases, ensuring optimal
performance.
When Volkswagen purchased the Bugatti
brand, it had one goal: build the fastest
production car in theworld. The original
Veyron achieved that goal, andwith a
price tag of $1.7million and a quad-turbo-
chargedW16 engine producing 1,000 hp,
it also boasted themost superlatives of
any production car.
With a top speed of 268mph recorded
at Volkswagen’s Ehra-Lessein test track,
the Veyron Super Sport is still recognized
as theworld’s fastest production car by
Guinness. The related VeyronGrand Sport
Vitesse is also theworld’s fastest open-
topped car, with a top speed of 254mph.
Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (268 mph)
Bugatti Chiron (261+ mph)