Press Kit for 1999 Bugatti 18/4 Veyron Concept Car with photos Predating the First Manufactured Bugatti Veyron by 6 years

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This very early press kit is for the Bugatti 18/4 Veyro dates 5 years before the first car was manufactured. 12” x 8” inches. 6 photographs of cabin, exterior, and the famous Bugati engine. Press kit in English. Bugatti advertised this concept as a “no-compromise interpretation of a high-performance sports car.” It made its debut at the Tokyo Auto Show in 1999 and was a prototype to the record-breaking Bugatti Veyron 16.4. In May 1998, Volkswagen AG acquired the rights to use the Bugatti logo and the trade name Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. To succeed the EB 110 model produced under the previous ownership, the automaker quickly released a series of concept cars whose technological advancements would culminate in the form of the Veyron 16.4. In October 1999, Bugatti unveiled a fourth concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show. The EB 18/4 Veyron was a mid-engine sports car styled in-house under the direction of Hartmut Warkuß.[15] In 2000, a modified version, the EB 16/4 Veyron, was displayed at motor shows in Detroit, Geneva, and Paris. Rather than the three-bank W18 engine of the four previous concept cars, the EB 16/4 featured the four-bank W16 engine architecture installed in every production example of the Veyron. This early Press release predate the cars first production by 5 years, The release includes information on the car’s features and also lots technical data. The first roadworthy prototype was completed in August 2003. It is identical to the later series variant, except for a few details. In the transition from development to series production, considerable technical problems had to be addressed, repeatedly delaying production until September 2005. In perfect condition.

The Veyron is considered an engineering marvel and was the first car on the market to reach speeds of over 400 kilometers per hour. It was named Car of the Decade and best car award (2000–2009) by the BBC television programme Top Gear. The standard Bugatti Veyron also won Top Gear's Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005. A new Bugatti costs today from $1.7 million to upwards of $18.7 million for a Bugatti La Voiture Noire. Only 5 Bugatti Veyron cars were produced that first year of 2005. It was named Car of the Decade and best car award (2000–2009) by BBC's Top Gear. The standard Bugatti Veyron also won Top Gear's Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005. Overall in very good condition. The Veyron features an 8.0-litre, quad-turbocharged, W16 cylinder engine, equivalent to two narrow-angle V8 engines bolted together. Each cylinder has four valves for a total of 64, but the configuration of each bank allows two overhead camshafts to drive two banks of cylinders so only four camshafts are needed. The engine is fed by four turbochargers and displaces 7,993 cc (487.8 cu in). German inspection officials recorded an average top speed of the original version at 408.47 km/h (253.81 mph).

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