Bugatti Veyron vs McLaren F1

The Bugatti Veyron

The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 A mid-engined touring car. The Super Sport version is the fastest street-legal car in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 hours kilometers (267.856 hours miles).

The original version has a top speed of 408.47 hours kilometers (253.81 hours miles).
Designed and developed by the German Volkswagen Group and of Bugatti Automobiles SAS produced at its headquarters in Château St Jean in Molsheim (Alsace, France) was the Veyron’s chief designer Hartmut Warkuss, and the road was by Jozef Kaban of Volkswagen, with shaped much of the art works under the direction of the former engineer and now Peterbilt performed Bugatti Engineering head Wolfgang Schreiber.

The car is after French racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti company named. It was named Car of the Decade (2000-2009) of the BBC TV show Top Gear.

McLaren F1

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Classic Dream Car : Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing

The Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing was introduced in 1954 as a two-seat, closed sports car with distinctive doors. Later it was offered as an open roadster. It was the fastest production car of its time.

Built by Daimler-Benz AG and numbered internally W198 the injection version was from the road to (somewhat loosely) on a very successful company competition-only sports car of 1952, the slightly less powerful carbureted Mercedes-Benz 300SL (W194).

The road model was suggested by Max Hoffman. Designed for customers in the booming U.S. market post-war period in 1954 New York Auto Show was presented, in contrast to earlier models that was introduced at the Frankfurt or Geneva shows. The Mercedes-Benz fashion, the “300″ on the three-liter engine displacement. The “SL” stand for “Sport Light” (Light Sport).

The Mercedes Benz 300SL was best for both its distinctive gullwing doors and the first gasoline-powered cars are known, equipped with gasoline direct injection into the combustion chamber. The Gull Wing version is available from March 1955-1957. The production of the roadster in 1963 ended with the introduction of the 230SL.

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The Smallest car in the world : Peel P50

The Peel P50 is a small three-wheeled car in 1962 and 1965 produced by the Peel Engineering Company on the Isle of Man, it sells for £ 199 when new, and currently holds the record for the smallest car ever go into production.

Designed as a city car, it can sit as advertised was “an adult and a shopping bag.” The vehicle is only the door on the left and equipment, including a wiper, and only one headlight. Standard colors were Daytona White, Red Dragon and Dark Blue.
In 2010, production was stopped, now an electric version with a top speed of 16 km / h. The production is at a secret location in northern England. were only 50 and would cost at £ 12,499.

With 54 in (1372 mm) long and 41 (1.041 mm) wide and with a curb weight of 59 kg (130 lbs), the P50 has the record as the smallest ever go into production.

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