Who said the supercar was dead? Just because gasoline in Europe costs more per liter these days than a decent Cote du Rhone? Or because electromobility is looming large in the minds of politicians and visionaries? Despite all that, the supercar is alive and kicking. Take Bugatti, for instance.

Although not even the new McLaren P1 can out-Veyron the Bugatti Veyron, the ultra high-end VW division decided to raise the bar again just for the heck of it. Word from Molsheim is that the horseshoe brand at next fall’s Frankfurt auto show will unveil the Bugatti SuperVeyron. That’s Super as in even more carbon fiber, even more horsepower and, yes, an even more mind-boggling top speed. Driven, as usual, by grandmaster Ferdinand Piech himself, the Ultra Bugatti gets a beefed up 8.0-liter (or 9.6-liter) engine that delivers 1600 hp, which is enough to see the maximum speed soar from 259 mph to an unreal 288 mph. The rumored acceleration time from 0-62 mph is 1.8 seconds, which would better the upcoming Ferrari Enzo replacement and which would make Sebastian Vettel’s Red Bull racer a real impediment when the lights turn green.

The secret to all this is a weight saving of almost 550 pounds over the Veyron SuperSport W16. At 3527 pounds, the limited-edition Veyron for the super mad and the super rich achieves a dream power-to-weight ratio of one kg (2.2 pounds) per hp. Expect essentially the same tub but completely new front and rear ends with even more sophisticated active aerodynamics. The price? In excess of $2.5 million.—Georg Kacher, photo illustrations by Scott Olsen




source: http://rumors.automobilemag.com/deep...rt-180343.html

 

That's going to be sooo insane! 0-60 in around 1.8 seconds, and only 12 miles away from reach 300mph

 

550lp lighter, 600 more hp. man, it's insane in a way how do they still keep the car on the ground. just crazy. 0-60 in 1.8....

 

I can't even imagine how awesome it would be to get from 0 to 60mph in just 1.8 seconds. That's insane!!

 

SuperVeyron is a cool name. Still want to see the SSC Tutara go head to head with Bugatti

 

0-60 in 1.8 seconds :O

thats freaking insane. screw how fast it is, i wonder how much gas it'll burn just stop light to stop light

 

just curious, do Veyron's have built in roll-cages within the body of the car? at least to substantially withstand 200+ mph impacts to a certain degree of course

0-60mph in 1.8sec is crazy...reminds me of the Hypersonic XLC ride at King's Dominion. I think it did 0-80 in about the same time...face was flapping all over the place for that one, lol

 

Sorry for the bad quality, but you get the idea haha

I can't wait to see that baby on Top Gear.

 

Not even in my wildest dreams could I have imagine something like this. 1.8 seconds, wow

 

Leave it to Bugatti.

 

This is really fun to think about.

With the GTR and Porsche Turbo S getting under 3 seconds. For 0 to 60 I have been wondering where the limit will be

Once the Super Veyron demonstrates a sub 2 second capability, I wonder who will get there next with a car in a more real price range

 

Insanity if true. I love it.

 

I can barely stand the 0- whatever on the start of some roller coaster rides, I think I'd pass out from the 1.8 0-60mph. I wonder if it'll need wider tires.

 

I am smiling ear to ear right now

 

I am not surprise, I always say the regular Veyron is tuned very conservatively, even the 1200 hp super sport only makes the same specific output as a stock Mitsu EVO at 150 hp per Liter.

So if is 1600 hp for 9.6L, that is 167 hp/L, still less then the 172 hp/L of the 997 GT2 RS, so nothing haven't been done before.

The challenge is cooling all that hardware and a tranny to handle it.

I am still waiting for a middle eastern oil baller to mod his Veyron to 2000+ hp, it is easy, just take money. If people can mod their 2.4L EVO to 1000 hp, that means a 8.0L Veyron can make 3000 hp easily with the same tune.