If you missed last night's Top Gear, then what a shame. If you didn't, then you'll know what I'm talking about...
The new Bugatti Veyron, the world's fastest production car, the world's most powerful production car, the world's most expensive production car, and possibly the world's most controversial production car. That's a lot of worlds.
As mentioned in a previous blog post, this car pushes out 1001bhp, hits 253mph (even though it's limited) and achieves 0-60mph in 2.5secs. Think for a minute. Are you done thinking? Good.
That's fast.
The car has been in development for several years now, with many critics giving negative opinions towards the car. It's cost Bugatti (well, it's parent company Volkswagen) millions to develop, and each one is costing them £5m to build - with a cost of £840,000 or so to the customer, they're losing out on over £4m per car - and they're building 300 of the things.
Enough of me drooling over it. As Jeremy Clarkson put it, this is most likely the most powerful and fastest car we'll EVER see. With all the restrictions being placed on the motor industry, and the shortages of fuel, the Bugatti Veyron may be the best of the best forever.
Also on Top Gear was Nigel Mansell, in the 'Star in a reasonably priced car'. He beat everyone's lap times (no surprise there), and Clarkson hinted many times at the thought of him as the stig. There's no definitate answer out there - a quick google search brings up many opinions. But The Stig Mark II (the white one), is rumoured to be played by more than one driver. Whoever is available at the time.
That was about it for this week's Top Gear. The Veyron is a huge leap in engineering, that there wasn't much point in talking about anything else. Perhaps Top Gear could retire for good, and the motor industry's research departments could close their doors. But I doubt it. They'll just try to 'better' Bugatti's efforts...