When you thought the Veyron couldn't get any more ridiculous

[ViPER1313]

IIRC the top speed of the Veyron was *limited* to 253mph due to tires, and that it is actually capable of faster speeds.

[BLINGMW]

lol, what tires are rated specifically at 253MPH? :lol:

[WRXtranceformed]

Well yeah, I'm sure even just from a power standpoint that there's a lot left in the Veyron. If they can pull 1000+whp out of 6 cylinder 2JZs, I know that quad turbo W16 is just scratching the surface hah. I saw an aftermarket company (don't recall the name) that did a tuned version of the Veyron and I want to say they added about another 200 horsepower to it no problem.

[WRXtranceformed]

Bugatti Veyron operating costs so expensive, it's cheaper to use a private jet?

Originally Posted by AutoBlog
There are frightening bills, horrific bills, and Bugatti Veyron bills. The legendarily expensive to buy, it seems that the Veyron is equally expensive to keep running, with some pegging yearly running costs at $300,000. It's so expensive, in fact, that Autocar says there's an owner who trailers his car to a particular driving route, then follows behind in a private jet.

Let's just take the tires, for example: in the U.S., the Michelin Pilot Sport 2s fashioned with the Veyron's unique compound cost about $30,000; in the UK they're £23,500 ($38,216 U.S.). Bugatti recommends you change them every 4,000 kilometers, or 2,500 miles, and at every ten thousand miles the company recommends changing the wheels and tires, which runs north of $50,000.

In between those wheel changes will be things like routine maintenance, with a major annual service setting you back about $20,000. None of this is particularly unexpected so long as you remember the Veyron is more a roadgoing Space Shuttle than a car. And we won't even begin to talk about how expensive pelican insurance has become...

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