Where is veyron built

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Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news. Travis Okulski. The cylinder engine is the heart of the Veyron. And it's journey starts here: VW's Salzgitter engine plant. This is, without a doubt, one of the largest engine factories in the world. Yet the Veyron's engine is assembled by hand in a tiny room. The bespoke titanium and aluminum parts are delivered by hand in sealed, padded cases. Each piston is carved out of solid aluminum.

The engine is actually a W configuration. This is two V8 engines bolted together. It takes craftsmen one week to complete a single Veyron engine. To test it, they ran it on a dyno for the first time in There, it produced the magical horsepower, and then some. The building almost burned to the ground. Volkswagen bought Bugatti way back in and it was in that the company decided to produce a car which irrespective of its effect on the balance sheet would show the world what did pushing the envelope of auto engineering meant.

Here is how they make and test the Bugatti Veyron at the its bespoke factory in Molsheim, France. The bespoke titanium and aluminum parts are delivered by hand in sealed, padded cases. Each piston is carved out of solid aluminum.

It takes craftsmen one week to complete a single Veyron engine. Italian company Riccardo makes the gearboxes. Massive Ceramic brakes bring the Veyron to a halt safely from high speeds. Essentially, the quad turbo W16 engine is an amalgam of two VR8 engines sharing a common crankshaft and operating as one. The Centodieci also utilizes the W16 engine, but boasts 1, hp compared to 1, with the Chiron.

Even when it first debuted in , the W16 was no slouch. Powered by the W16, the Veyron produced over 1, hp and raced to a top speed of mph. At the time, the Veyron was the highest performing production sports car. Over time, the engine has been retuned to be stronger, faster, and better.

The most recent addition to the Bugatti lineup — Bugatti Divo — houses a W16 engine that produces 1, hp and 1, lb-ft of torque. Needless to say, the legendary W16 engine has come a long way since it took the auto world by storm over 15 years ago. All good things must come to an end — and the end is approaching for the famed quad-turbo cylinder.

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