We have waited some time to see the Buggatti Veyron be raced around the Top Gear race track from the now famous Stig, only to see it finish in forth. But then out went another supercar to knock it down to 5th. There should not have been any surprises as the sheer weight of the car, would have made the cornering slower and less gentile throughout the race track.
There is no doubt that in a straight line the French made car with the Italian name, and an Audi engine would win them all with time to spare, but even the skills of the white overall driver that few know his real name, managed to get that top spot.
You just can’t imaging why they would build a car so great only to lose $5m every time they sold one, where is the marketing or business sense in that. If it were a rich billionaire who wanted to realise his childhood dream, would be fair enough, but no, this is a business trying to make a profit.
As we get to the driving experience, Jeremy says the only thing wrong with his driving experience, was knowing he would never own one. I can only assume that most owners would just drive the car on safe out of the way roads, but now probably not a race track, who would really use the car, where would you get a replacement radiator, if one of the eight radiators was to develop a fault?
Supposing it did breakdown on the motorway, would your friendly roadside assistance call out engineer have the right parts, or would be insured to put the car on the back of the back of the recovery vehicle. So it is an engineering marvel, everybody talks about the car, but what purpose doe this supercar have if a supped up Caterham R500 can beat it on the track and they can’t be insured by normal insurers and finally you are too scared to drive it on public roads.
They may end up like museum pieces like the one in Orlando Florida. You pay $20 to get in to see all the supercars, but it is the Buggati that everyone wants to see. As far as value is concerned, don’t worry about credit crunch, there will be buyers for some time to come.
