The Bugatti Veyron and Chiron relied on the same basic platform for two decades. An all-new chassis enables Bugatti to package the Tourbillon’s complex hybrid powertrain effectively. The hybrid ...

With its quad-turbo W16 pumping out over 1000 horsepower and reaching speeds in excess of 250 mph, surpassing the Bugatti Veyron is no mean feat. Many have tried, but few have succeeded. Yet that ...

Yet, Bugatti, with the help of Volkswagen, its parent company, managed to achieve this in 2005 and did so while making the Veyron safe, reusable, and luxurious.

The naysayers couldn’t have been more in the wrong because the Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse still is the world’s fastest series-production roadster. But first, what’s in a name?

408.84 km/h: Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse sets world speed record for open-top production sports cars – Chinese racing driver Anthony Liu at the wheel of the record-breaking Bugatti ...