The Bugatti Veyron: the Quest to Outrun Gravity

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06/29/22 • 34 min

The Veyron is what happens when unlimited money and colossal ego meet the hardest automotive-engineering questions ever raised. It was built to be the fastest production car in the universe and also the most expensive. This is the story of what it takes to create something the world couldn’t imagine.

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Car Show! with Eddie Alterman - The Bugatti Veyron: the Quest to Outrun Gravity

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