Bugatti was founded in Molsheim as a manufacturer of high performance automobiles by Ettore Bugatti. The original company is legendary for producing some of the most exclusive cars in the world as well as some of the fastest. Today the name is owned by Volkswagen AG who have revived it as a builder of very limited production supercars.
Powered by a 1,001 PS (987 hp/736 kW) W16 engine, the Bugatti Veyron is able to achieve an average top speed of 408.47 km/h (253.81 mph).
It is named after French racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti firm.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti
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