I'm not really a car guy, but the Bugatti Veyron is amazing
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Quote:Gas mileage at top speed: 50 miles per tank. We're talking 2 to 3 miles per gallon...
Not all that dissimilar from any other supercar at speed, which isn't surprising when considering the energy needed to sustain 2 tons of metal at 200+ mph in a rather inefficient mode of travel (mechanical drive train overcoming friction with the ground). The price you pay for the horsepower (and cruising speed) of a 1930's-era fighter plane.

(of course, an Allison V-1710 could do that on 12 cylinders, not 16;))
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I'm not really a car guy, but the Bugatti Veyron is amazing - by Rhydderch Hael - 03-15-2007, 06:16 PM

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