Important design elements such as the classic horse shoe grille, inset front lights, converging front hood and an exposed intake plenum would eventually be integrated into the production
Veyron EB 16.4.
The Bugatti
Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engined sports car, designed and developed in Germany by the Volkswagen Group and manufactured in Molsheim, France, by Bugatti.
The targa top version of the Bugatti
Veyron EB 16.4 dubbed the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport was unveiled at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
The Veyron EB 16.4 is named in honour of Pierre Veyron, a Bugatti development engineer, test driver and company race driver who, with co-driver Jean - Pierre Wimille, won the 1939 24 hours of Le Mans while driving a Bugatti.
This time around, VW honored its word: the 16/4 Veyron concept shown in Japan was visually (if not mechanically) similar to
the Veyron EB 16.4 that went into production in 2004.
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Veyron EB 16.4 — 2005: The original Veyron became the world's fastest production car after it achieved a top speed of 253mph.
Not exact matches
[13] In 2000 a modified version, the
EB 16/4
Veyron, was displayed at motor shows in Detroit, Geneva, and Paris.
In May 1998, Volkswagen AG acquired the rights to use the Bugatti logo and the trade name Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. To succeed the
EB 110 model produced under previous ownership, the maker quickly released a series of concept cars that would culminate in the Bugatti
Veyron 16.4.
The «horseshoe» grille surround and
EB badges of the Jean Bugatti
Veyron are rendered in platinum.