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Top Speed

Under Top Speed, the article says that the final production car reached 500 km/h (310 mph). All of the numbers I have read are in the 250 mph range. It has to be a typo, unless I am reeaaallly behind the times. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.136.187.27 (talk) 02:36, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Top Speed of the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is 431km/h (267mph) so yes it is a typo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Calibreslicer (talk • contribs) 07:42, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Really, that's all ? When I take the maglev to the airport we go faster than that. On the train. With all our luggage and stuff. 116.231.78.79 (talk) 11:34, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Guided by rails. With no sharp corners. And no children suddenly running across its path. Also a bit hard to park in your garage, needing another car to get to it before your real trip. :) Stepho talk 11:58, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Top Gear

I have noticed that this article mentions about Top Gear and their reviews a lot which makes it biased because a car should be judged in general by the automotive press, not solely by three motoring journalists. U1Quattro (talk) 05:01, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Primary units

@Stepho-wrs: Regarding your revert: the spec sheet provides the numbers in kilowatts. Getsnoopy (talk) 09:55, 21 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies if I was a bit rash. The references I saw were http://www.bugatti.com/veyron/veyron-164/#technology (figures in German horsepower, which means PS) and http://media.caranddriver.com/files/bugatti-veyron-164bugatti-veyron-spec-sheet.pdf (not loading). So I only saw PS figures. Since they make a big deal about 1001 hp (actually PS, but close enough), it seems better to use the 1001 figure. Of course, we display kW first but the PS figure is much easier to verify through the references. Stepho talk 12:20, 21 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Stepho-wrs: I think changing the references to https://assets.bugatti.com/fileadmin/media/Media/Veyron/Veyron_16.4/Technical_Specifications_Bugatti_Veyron_16.4.pdf and https://assets.bugatti.com/fileadmin/media/Media/Veyron/Super_Sport/Technical_Specifications_Bugatti_Veyron_16.4_Super_Sport.pdf would solve this issue, since they list kilowatts first there and because the Template:Convert doesn't have a way to flip the order of the units with just the first of the output units. For example, flipping it with multiple output units does this: 736 kW; 987 bhp (1,001 PS)

The new references are good. {{cvt}} has a lot flexibility via |order=out. Eg:

736 kW (987 hp; 1,001 PS)

736 kW (1,001 PS; 1,001 PS)
987 hp (736 kW; 1,001 PS)

736 kW (987 hp)

1,001 PS (736 kW; 987 hp)

I can't think of a combination/order that I can't get. Stepho talk 22:23, 21 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bugatti Veyron

How much does Bugatti Veyron cost in South Africa Guy kay (talk) 14:52, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]