2009 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport 001 – Good Lord, $2.9 Million SOLD

0-60 in 2.5 seconds, starting bid $1.7 million, sold at $2.9 million!

The new 2009 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport – The very first produced drop top Bugatti Veyron went up for auction and sold for a whopping $2.9 million! Good Lord, that’s a lot but you are getting a lot of car right?

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport: The Fastest Goes Topless

If you had the fastest production car in the world do you think it will be any more room for even more excitement? How about if you go topless? Not too exciting for a guy but what if she goes topless, the Bugatti Veryon that is. You didn’t think we were talking about a flesh barring woman did you?

The guys at Supercars.net have revealed the targa styled Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport. So what do you have to give up going topless? The speed is now limited to just 217mph. Oh boy, just a little 217mph, that’s still enough to beat just about everything on the road isn’t it? The developers of the new Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport claim the drop-top has no negative effects on drag. You might want to keep your head down because something tells me at 217mph that bug may take an eye out.

So why are we talking about only 80 cars that will be produced and cost about $2,250,000? Just because it is cool!

Enjoy the images!

Top 12 Worst Gas-Guzzling Cars

With gas prices reaching ALL-TIME highs and yet another raise of the prices to a national average of about $3.40 over this weekend, you may wonder why and how some people ride around in gas guzzlers. Well, simply put, they can not only afford the car payment but they can actually afford to drive them (afford the gas).

Next time you see kids looking out of the window at an SUV barreling down the highway going about 90mph, just imaging him or her saying “daddy, they are rich”. You ask why the kid would say something like this? Well, if you can drive that fast in an SUV then you must have a good cash flow to pay for the $4-a-gallon gas that you are burning up ever-so-fast.

Here is a list of CARS to stay away from (for now while gas prices are high) because of the horrendous amount of gasoline that it consumes. But then-again, if you can afford some of these cars then you probably are not too worried about the price of gas YET.

Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8
Base Price: $28,520
Annual Fuel Cost: $4,186
Engine: 6.1-liter V8
MPG Rating: 11 city/ 14 highway

Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG
Base Price: $88,050
Annual Fuel Cost: $3,438
Engine: 6.2-liter V8
MPG Rating: 9 city/ 14 highway

Audi S4 Avant
Base Price: $48,610
Annual Fuel Cost: $3,352
Engine: 4.2-liter V8
MPG Rating: 13 city/ 20 highway

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Drop Top Bugatti Veyron – Bugatti Veyron Targa Top

Fast lane’s daily feature today has a drop top Bugatti Veron Targo Top.

Bugatti Veyron vs. Eurofighter Typhoon Jet

Richard Hammond races a Eurofighter (Typhoon Jet Fighter) on TopGear Season 10 Episode 3. Oh what excitement we have here!!!! Who will win? You might be surprised… well… maybe not! Check it out now and place your bets before it ends. Post up your comments… i want to know what you think!

Speed Kings – Road & Track Exclusive

In case you missed this show down of the “speed kings” then here it is. Follow this link to Road and Track’s test of unbridled acceleration from a standing start to 200 mph. During the memorial day weekend these guys didn’t exactly bar-b-q but they had a BBQ on the asphalt at the Naval Air Station Lemoore in California’s San Joaquin Valley.

The cars included:

Lamborghini Murciélago	Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren	Ruf Rt 12
Lingenfelter Corvette	Bugatti Veyron 16.4	Hennessey Venom 1000 Twin Turbo Viper

Check it out at Road and Tracks website link here!

Bugatti Veyron Top Speed run at 407.4km/h or 253mph – Video

Almost a million people have viewed this video on YouTube. I thought I would re-post it again to reach a broader audience. Here it is again, on AutomotiveAddicts.com … Enjoy!