Watching an old version of Top Gear last night I refreshed my memory on some of the stats of the Bugatti Veyron. I know I’ve heard it before, but I wonder if I actually took it in properly: VW are LOSING around $4,000,000 on each one that they sell. I knew they had an impressive price tag, but I assumed it would cover the production cost.
So, am I to imagine that VW have gone completely off the rails, or are they just flexing their muscles? Maybe they’re making that much of a killing on the sale of the old vans we love so much.
Impressive car, none-the-less.
Top Gear are at it again!
From what I can muster from this “translated” story it seems as though the Top Gear boys have been rolling around on a LIVE volcano. With water-cooled tyres and an “ash guard” they’ve managed to traverse the polar opposite (snort) of the previous challenge with the same vehicle – the one across the Arctic, remember?
This isn’t one of those challenges where they could just hop out and find a van rental if it all went tits up. Oh no, this was another one of those “We’re all out here on our own. (Okay so there are camera crews and safety guys everywhere, but it’s still a live bloody volcano!)” challenges.
Whilst Clarkson and Hammond will likely rave about this for a good while, I can see James May returning with a brand new clutch of complaints.
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