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PORTATION INDUSTRYThe Super Sport version of the Veyron is the fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 km/h
Fact 1: The waste energy from running the 16.4 litre engine at full whack could heat 10 family homes in the winter.
Fact 2: It takes 15 hours to build one radiator for the Veyron – each car has a total of 10.
Fact 3: The brakes can withstand heat of up to 1800°C
Fact 4: When the air brake is at an angle of 55 degrees it generates 70% of the braking force of an average car.
Fact 5: The Bugatti Veyron is split into three parts and only held together with 14 bolts.
Fact 6: The Veyron uses special Michelin PAX tires found on no other car. The rear wheels are 14.5 inches wide, twice as wide as a normal car. If you require replacements the car needs to be shipped to France, a process that costs $70,000.
Fact 7: It takes 8 days to weld a Bugatti Veyron fuel tank.
Fact 8: In a Veyron it is quicker to decelerate from 60mph to 0 than it is to accelerate there. (It only takes 2.8 seconds to get to 60)
Fact 9: Once being road tested for 500 kilometres, each car is put in a light tunnel and inspected and polished for two days solid.
Fact 10: A Bugatti Veyron uses fuel pumps that can pump fuel eight times faster than a normal car.