How many special editions will the Bugatti Veyron have? Like the car in itself isn’t a masterpiece already. Let’s see. There’s the Pur Sang. And there’s the Fbg par Hermes. So do think that’s enough limited edition runs? Well probably not. Since Bugatti and parent company Volkswagen isn’t interested in making a better car than the Veyron (at least for now), they’ll probably be content in churning out yet another limited edition Veyron.

Enter the Sang Noir. Literally, “Black Blood,” the Sang Noir is a tribute to the classic Bugatti Atlantique 57S from the days of old. This Veyron will feature carbon fiber panels and a lot of black - which include smoked out headlights, aluminum side mirrors and grille, black powder-coated alloy wheels and a lot of leather inside.

Personally, I think I still like the Pur Sang Veyron in all its naked carbon fiber glory. But since I also personally love black cars (makes you feel like Batman), this one is one interesting Veyron.

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The Wall Street Journal posted this video on why the luxury edition Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermes is worth all of the couple of million of dollars (and more). Interesting bit on US recession and the market of luxury cars shown here.

We all know what the Veyron can do. Let’s see what the luxury line has to offer.

Oh, speaking of the Bugatti Veyron. It seems that they won’t be missing the bigger motor shows in Europe without surprising anyone. The first time I saw the Pur Sang, I was totally enamored by the exquisite purity and nakedness of pure muscle. While Koenigsegg pretty much ripped off the idea, Bugatti is here again with another spin on the Veyron with the Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermes.

As expected, we can’t expect anymore tweaks on the almost already-perfect Veyron 16.4 technical specifications so the only route to make a “different” Veyron is to give it multiple personalities with the way it looks. This one, is designed by Gabriele Pezzini in partnership with Hermès. The name “Fbg par Hermès” is a spin of the the historic Hermes headquarters in Paris.

Tie-ups with luxury designer brands and cars aren’t really alien to use. Remember that Maserati and Ferragamo tie-up to produce a luggage set? The Bugatti Fbg par Hermès will cost 1.55M Euros and will go on sale late this year. It comes with two color options:ebony and étoupe, or ebony and brick.

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We know that as far as engineering supercars go, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is probably the ultimate supercar out there today. But since Bugatti people are crazy people, they’ve initially indicated plans for building a faster and more track-oriented supercar (which of course, the blogging community caught, and started banging drums). For gearheads, that meant exceeding the limits posted by the Veyron. And that has gone from crazy to insane (”completely bonkers” is the more apt Clarksonesque term, perhaps).

But while that news got us all riled up, Bugatti just confirmed the news about the alleged project Lydia, a track car that would sport the Veyron’s quad-turbo engine that dishes a biblical 1175hp, will not see production daylight. There were existing plans (even a dossier) but the project was already killed off last year as confirmed by VW (Bugatti’s parent company) senior execs.

Oh well. Such is life. While other supercars like that Venom are looking out to kill Veyron’s legendary status, the Veyron is probably still the king of supercars.

Source: Motor Trend

He said, she said. BS? Maybe not.

Rumors run abound but AutoGespot is claiming that their folks have the details on the Bugatti Targa or Spyder. Jeez. Whatever they want to call the top down version of the biblical (pardon me, too much Clarkson) Bugatti Veyron. And that it is already on the road for testing! Bombshell? Perhaps.

Definitely (and quite logically) you won’t be experiencing the Veyron’s top speed with a top down as the roof has got a lot to do about it. But it will still be zippy with a top speed of 211 mph. Still faster than most thoroughbred supercars out there. Yeah. Like you can always max that one out.

Okay, a point that sucks with this car probably is that it’s not a proper top down. While other cars can automatically do it for you with all those fancy electronic and hydraulic arms pulling the top back, the Bugatti top down can’t take the top down for you while driving. That means you have to decide to take the top down or put it back up before you roll.

So there is always a possibility of rain on your parade.

Source: AutoGespot via eGMCarTech

The Bugatti Veyron has been the epitome of automotive engineering and you can only think that there aren’t too many things that could make it better. For some reason, Bugatti was able to up the ante on the looks department and they did it by putting less on the car. Bugatti presented a special edition Veyron dubbed as the Pur Sang at the Frankfurt Motor show.

The design twist? Forgo exterior paint and leave the Veyron in its purest carbon fiber and aluminum body work. This translates to a still-amazing two-tone polished exterior and a weight of just 1,888kg - 100 kg less than the standard Veyron. That’s an amazing 1.88 weight to power ration.

Only five of these Pur Sangs will be made and they’ve already sold out in the Frankfurt Motor Show.

Holy crap, is this real? I must get hold of the Road & Track Magazine next month then.

Road & Track tried to answer which supercar will perform best in the standing mile with, technically, a super car drag race, first to hit the 0-200mph. Out came the six supercars - the Lamborghini Murciélago, the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, the Ruf Rt 12, the Lingenfelter Corvette, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4, Hennessey Venom 1000 Twin Turbo Viper.

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