Bugatti News

What's black and orange and fast all over? The 2013 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport, duh. You may remember hearing Bugatti's name in the news recently, as the Guinness Book of World Records decided to take the title of "fastest production car" away based strictly on a technicality. In ...    Read more

It isn't easy starting a car company, a lesson Fisker learned that the hard way firsthand earlier this week. Unfortunately for the Southern California-based electric vehicle maker, after a series of recent events, it looks like there's no going back and its doors will likely be shutting shortly. It wasn't ...    Read more

Volkswagen, like any number of politicians in this election year, believes in America. It believes in our fair nation so much that it's investing $4 billion into our coffers, including the new Passat factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In return, it wants us to buy 800,000 of its cars, a fair ...    Read more

If you're lucky enough to get your hands on one of the 39 Ferrari GTOs produced from 1962 to 1964, hold on tight and never let go. Why? Because a 1962 GTO netted $35 million in a private sale last month making it the most expensive car ever sold to ...    Read more

Okay, spouse out of the house? Kids asleep in their beds or, better yet, over at the neighbors' house? Good. First, pardon us for a moment (or post) as Automotive.com sheds it consumer-oriented clothes and slips into tight but oh-so-comfortable car enthusiast garb. Ah, much better. Our enthusiast brethren over at ...    Read more

The biggest story of the week was the Beijing Auto Show. No longer a backmarker on the show circuit, Beijing is rapidly becoming a must-attend event for automakers and auto journalists alike. And, not surprisingly, there were some pretty major announcements, and a few sneak peeks of what we might ...    Read more

A teaser video for the Bugatti 16C Galibier four-door concept has just hit the internet, and while it already has thousands of clicks, don't be fooled as most of them have probably come from this office (we're believers). In what may be our best look, or certainly most dramatic one ...    Read more

Porsche has announced today that it has acquired the Nardo Technical Center from Prototipo SpA. Known as the "Nardo Ring" by those familiar with it, the oval track features 7.8-miles of open road and steep embankments. The track was designed specifically with high embankments so test cars could circle it ...    Read more

Geneva's a peaceful city, usually where countries meet up to share a bucket of fried chicken and talk about their differences. But there's one time of year when it plays host to an all-out war: auto show season. In between Chicago and New York, Geneva is situated as the exotic ...    Read more

There's a window, and common sense just took a nosedive out of it with the announcement of the 1,200-horsepower Bugatti Grand Sport Vitesse. And for the record, we're thankful. For all of the supposed exotic sports cars, supercars, and the like out there, none can really lay claim on Bugatti's territory ...    Read more

Things just ain’t the same for gangstas. A recent video shot in Paris (near the Arc de Triomphe) shows a gaggle of exotica being loaded by the French police, onto one suddenly very special car carrier. Sacré bleu! There’s a Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe, a yellow Porsche Carrera GT, a Maserati ...    Read more

  Want a Bugatti Veyron but don’t have $1.5  million handy? Not a problem, as long as you can weld. Like the vast majority of us, 25-year-old Floridian Mike Duff couldn't afford a Bugatti of his own, so instead he built one from, of all things, a wrecked 2002 ...    Read more

The limited production Bugatti Veyron already accelerates from 0-60 mph in less than 2.5 seconds and has a top speed of 268 mph (Super Sport). Now Bugatti is adding even more exclusivity to the $2.39 million supercar with the one-of-a-kind porcelain-enhanced  Veyron Grand Sport L’Or Blanc. Bugatti has teamed with German ...    Read more

Are you ready for an even more powerful Bugatti Veyron? Well, one has been built: the Super Sport. Yes, the same car that reset the land speed record for a production car at 267.855 mph last month. And that's even verified by the Guinness Book of World Records.So what's so ...    Read more

A rare Bugatti after sitting at the bottom of a lake for more than 70 years is expected to sell for more than £80,000 (over $130,000) at auction. Despite being underwater for seven decades, the Bugatti is still in remarkably good conditions. It was reported that there was still ...    Read more

Some people should never be near a car. Especially if said car is a Bugatti Veyron supercar. Case in point: A Texas man drove his Bugatti Veyron into a saltwater lagoon near Galveston Texas. The Bugatti Veyron is one of the fastest street-legal cars in the world, powered by an ...    Read more

It’s been quite some time since we’ve been hearing about a four-door Bugatti that would go by the name of Royale or Bordeaux. ...    Read more

We’ve been seeing leaked teaser shots of what has become to be known as the Bugatti Bordeaux - the company’s next model. According to Bugatti’s boss Dr. Franz-Josef Pfaegen, the Bordeaux is just one of the three proposals for the next model that will be unveiled in September. ...    Read more

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More pictures (images?) of the Bugatti Bordeaux at the The German Auto Blog What do you think? Our take? What's with that Porsche Panamera rear?

What does that rat bastard Simon Cowell drive when he's not running over people's egos over in American Idol? How about Jeremy Piven (when he's not suffering mercury poisoning, that is)? And does The Hill's "star" Audrina Patridge have enough brain cells to even spell "drive" without getting into a ...    Read more

If they had cars when Moses climbed Mt. Sinai to get the 10 Commandments, there may have been an 11th Commandment -- Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbors Supercar. And now the early supercars that did exist, those that first appeared in the 1930s, are coveted by collectorsWell, what many ...    Read more

Cars are not merely rides, or machines, they’re an evolving aesthetic as newer standards and higher technology come into play. “Green” concerns and gas prices are dictating the current trends, but there will always be enthusiasts who are willing to dig into their pockets for an exotic or unusual ride. ...    Read more

Ann Arbor, Mich. (August, 2007)-- AUTOMOBILE Magazine, America's leading automotive lifestyle publication (www.automobilemag.com), unveiled in its September 2007 issue the "25 Greatest Cars of All Time." "This feature is certain to get people talking at water coolers, kitchens, garages and bars," said Gavin Conway, editor in chief of AUTOMOBILE.After assembling ...    Read more