The Bugatti Veyron is a car built around an engine. Essentially, Bugatti made the decision to blow the doors off the supercar world by creating a 1,000-horsepower engine. Everything else follows from that resolution.

How would you define the most amazing production car in the world? Would it be:

The car with the most horsepower?
The car with the fastest top speed and acceleration?
The most expensive car?

At the moment, the Bugatti Veyron appears to have it all:

A W-16 engine that can produce 1,001 horsepower
A top speed of 250+ mph (400+ kph)
A zero-to-60 time of three seconds
A zero-to-180 time of 14 seconds
A price tag somewhere in the $1.2 million range.

THATS ALL I GOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT

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I think. (my daddy claimed anyway) that the Allison engines in the WW2 P51 Mustang were based in Cadillac V-12 and V-16 designs of the 1930s. (This needs more research than I'm willing to commit at the moment. However, those motors did make more than 1000 HP. (In Aircraft form). Anyway, the V-12s and V-16s were built for smoothness. not altogether for high horsepower. Review, 4 stroke engine theory, a 12 cylinder 4 cycle will generate a power stroke every 60 degrees of crankshaft rotation, as opposed to a 4 cylinder's every 180.

Honda's "V65 Magna"(motorcycle), had an advertised 0 to 60 time of 2.3 seconds the year it was released, 1983. (Bikes are a b***** in the 1/8 mile drag.

I probably would have to agree with you that the Veyron would be the ultimate "kick the tires and go' kind of driving rush. A little bit easier than lighting up a bike though, at least you couldn't wind up with it laying on your chest from an unannounced wheel stand.

Tell me about it. Sadly, around here, they all run 7's.