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Thanks to Bugatti's new YouTube channel, it is now easier to find footage about Veyron. And here is one of the latest one; history of Bugatti.

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Bugatti Galibier 16C Concept

Bugatti Galibier 16C concept is the future Bugatti with four doors. It started as concept car and recently Bugatti released new footage on their YouTube channel. Footage shows the design details of this possible new model after Veyron. And it is clear that it will be powered by a 1000 PS engine and it will feature very nice engine bonnet!

Also, when you buy this €1.83 Million car, you will receive a free watch, which can be placed on instrument panel or you may place it on your wrist! This is great bargain!

The nice thing with Galibier is the mutual design bits from the iconic Bugatti Atlantic model, especially in the rear end. Galibier might be the first features a vertical brake light thanks to its main centre line, starts from the  rear end and finishes at the front.

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Official Bugatti Video or Not !?!

Finally the Bugatti is on YouTube but, with only four videos and very low view rate. They would definitely increase their ratings, as people discover it. I am not going talk about the rating on YouTube, I want to talk about the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse’s YouTube video. It is totally disappointing.

I am not a video expert and I cannot judge it precisely but from a very basic approach to video, I can say that it does not look that exquisite or expensive. Actually, it looks like Bugatti was pushing the agency to finish the video and they did everything in hurry!

Why? Firstly, there is no engine noise! People want to hear W16 Quad Turbo engine! That’s the fantasy of Bugatti. This is like 1900s silent movie, no engine noise. Secondly, the whole video is not that sharp, the contrast of the Veyron’s colour is not clear. Actually, blur footage leads to lose concentration on the car.

During the transitions, the angles are changing from close to very wide and you feel the editing. Also, in the beginning the technical information looks really amateur. Everyone can do this with editing tools. This information should be placed during the video as a caption. So, viewer can associate the right meaning with right moment. Otherwise, for many people 1500 nm torque does not mean anything.

Of course, there are good parts! The intro is really good, the helicopter angles, high speed camera scenes are amazing. It is obvious that, Bugatti spent a lot of money for the video in a compressed time-frame.

On the contrary, some parts of the car is getting inside and outside of the frame too quickly. This shows that camera crew car could not keep up with the Bugatti. Moreover, the scene from the side of the car looks nice in photographs but does not match with this video. Another downside is some of parts are turn into slow by software. They don’t seems to be taken by high speed camera, especially the ones from the helicopter angle.

I don’t like to critise like this but, Bugatti could have made something much much better than this. This car costs nearly € 2 Millions, it is the most expensive production car in automotive history and Bugatti has adequate money to do better. Sorry :(

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Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse

Recently Bugatti announced the world’s most powerful and fastest cabrio car, Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport  itesse. If you are looking for the meaning of Vitesse, here is the definition; in French Vitesse means speed! And Grand Sport is a quite quick enough to deserve Vitesse! Extra information, Bugatti is French but owned by German car manufacturer Volkswagen Group. Technically, it is half French half German.

Let’s move to Grand Sport Vitesse’s technical information. It has an 8-lt W16 quad turbo petrol engine produces 1200 PS and 1500 nm of torque. 7-speed double clutch (DSG) auto gearbox, you may have this gearbox in your VW Polo as well, so there is a reason to be happy for Polo owners! It is also four-wheel drive and best part is coming! It consumes 37,2 lt/km in city, 14,9 lt/km out-of-city and 23,1 lt/km in combined. For sure, these values are the official numbers, it is really hard to achieve these. 

And if you floor the throttle 410 kph is your top speed with 1,4 g lateral acceleration. g-force value means, when you accelerate with Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse your body will face 1,4 times of your body weight. If you weight 100 kg and driving this car, when you accelerate, you will feel 140 kg!

And this huge car can stop from 100 kph to 0 in 31,4 meters! This is really short distance, probably your internal organ change their places! And best bit is coming, Grand Sport Vitesse emits 867 g/km CO2 in city, if you want to be more environmental you need to be out-of-city and achieve 348 g/km CO2, and if you want to be partially environmental 539 g/km combine CO2.

If you want to know more about the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse’s technical details just check the link below. It has everything from gearbox shift time to airbrake’s angle!

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse Technical Information

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