2008 Bugatti Veyron Pur Sang
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The Veyron EB 16.4 is named in honor of Pierre Veyron, a Bugatti development engineer, test driver and company race driver who, with co-driver Jean-Pierre Wimille, won the 1939 24 Hours of Le Mans while driving a Bugatti. The "EB" refers to Bugatti founder Ettore Bugatti and the "16.4" refers to the engine's 16 cylinders and quad-turbochargers. The idea for the EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang originated in the Bugatti factory in Molsheim. In what’s referred to as the studio where the high-tech components of the Veyron are assembled with painstaking precision. “When some of our designers were looking at production and once again became aware of the technical beauty of the structure,” says Achim Anscheidt, Head of Bugatti Design, “they came up with the idea of finishing the car in its pure material configuration. And that means without a coating of paint.” The result is the EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang, a study in which carbon and aluminium blend into a unique two-tone colour, although no paint is involved. “Interestingly,” explains Anscheidt, “the pure materials used to underscore even more clearly the unified extremes of this car. Power combined with comfort, technical structure and organic bodies, light and dark. A closer look at the details reveals the technical logic behind the stylish appearance. The innovatively designed monocoque carries all main structural components, including the W16 engine, the passenger compartment, the crumple zone and the suspension. It’s precisely this foundation determined by function, made of carbon fibre coated with clear paint, that lies open in view at the heart of the Veyron. The use of aluminium linings is equally forceful. Through the bold and muscular coverings of the wheels as a perfectly designed wing they lend the car its stature and the unique body sculpture. Polished to a mirror finish, these perfectly curved shapes make the fascinating surface reflections visible that characterize the Veyron.” The balance of the visual impression is especially apparent when viewing the Bugatti from above. “These qualities,” says Achim Anscheidt, “merge into a unique appearance – almost like a painting by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian.” The outstanding representative of classical modern wanted to express the following in his art in the past century: “Beauty across the line and harmony by the balance of relationships between lines, colours and surfaces. Only 5 Pur Sang units were ever produced.

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