How close we came to a volkswagen supercar

Conditions were perfect. It was a warm, dry afternoon and we were yards from a lightly trafficked and derestricted German autobahn. I joined from the sliproad, saw there was nothing in front, checked

THE WORLD WAS a very different place when the Veyron was launched back in 2005, and I’m not just referring to the fact that it was delivered with an accompanying HP Palm Pilot to access its digital fe

“ I love driving above 300kph and listening to Firestarter by The Prodigy,” remarks Frank Heyl. Bugatti’s director of design might have told people this before, but it’s unlikely that anyone will ever

I WAS A BIT sniffy about the Veyron when it first came out, for all sorts of now seemingly irrational reasons: it looked a bit squashed, a sledgehammer to crack a nut, not a real Bugatti, should have

YOU WOULD BE forgiven for thinking that this black and orange Veyron was one of the five World Record Edition Super Sports (see feature, page 66). At a glance that’s exactly what it looks like, but de

Owning something powered by a dozen cylinders is the idle fancy of many of us. The silky-smooth torque delivery matched with a potent punch of performance when ‘the taps are opened’ is peak automotive