01 April 2009 - 14:00
Build your own Bug
Unless you've recently discovered that you (a) own France and accidentally forgot about it or (b) are shortly to be sacked from an executive role at the Royal Bank of Scotland, you can't afford a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport. Sorry.
With a price tag of £1.45 million - a whopping £150,000 premium on the hard-top,
and all for the privilege of a removable roof and a crappy umbrella - the 987bhp convertible Veyron exists in the realm of the
double-rollover-lottery win for most of us. Until now....
The nice guys at Bugatti have just unveiled a configurator on their website,
giving us all a chance to build our own Grand Sport. And, more importantly,
create the most hideous version we possibly can.
What do you think of Top Gear's Grand Sport (see pic above)? Gorgeous, eh? We've opted for a
subtle mixture of highlighter yellow and a hell of a lot of carrot sick, set
off by a lovely tan leather interior and 'classy' burnt orange highlights.
Hideous it may be, but we can't help but feel that someone somewhere is stupid
enough to buy it.
Unfortunately, Ferrari's just-launched and deeply glitzy new website does make Bugatti's effort look just a touch, well, budget. Where's the
option to spec your alloys? Yes, we know they're probably the only wheels that
can actually survive the Veyron's organ-bending top speed, but since when was
this about the real world? And surely we could at least be allowed to change
the colour of the umbrella?
Try a bit harder next time guys...
If that’s put you in the mood for a bit of proper Veyron action (ie going fast), relive the moment James May V-Max’d it on our telly show:
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Brown/Yellow for the win. http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/6259/browne.jpg
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Equally worse :)) http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/8060/clipboard01yzt.jpg http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8179/clipboard02y.jpg
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Wow I love this it rocks - hate the colours but made one on the internet- red and white looked amazing!
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Haha, this is great - give us the option to change the color on our umbrella, Bugatti!
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nice veyron topgear :P
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As a topgear car it is .... ambitious but rubbish hahah
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Its not as worse as painting it in metallic pink and yellow, then covered in Japanese racing stickers just for the fun of it... =] Compared to above, silver and yellow still looks... rational...
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http://www.bugatti.com/gs-konfigurator/generatePDF.php Here is mine UGLY!
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http://www.bugatti.com/gs-konfigurator/generatePDF.php Here is mine UGLY!
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Mine eyes!! They are burning....
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Here's my saudi princesses dream car! http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/7873/picture2xsx.png
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I think that Veyron suck's it's ugly as hell! Come on! Who on his right mind would build a Veyron like that? Black and white on the outside and magnolia and beluga on the inside. Now that's a keeper.
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Lacking for effort, boys. There MAY (hint hint) still be someone interested in buying this one off you. So the jury holds up a couple of grudging sixes. I'd think something in lilac metallic pearl fx, with snowwhite velvet interior, goldtrimmed rims... No, hold on, either Britney or Paris might be interested. And at least Paris still has the money. Gawd, this is difficult. Wait! I know! Mudbrown on Glow-in-the-dark green, with Transformerdecals! And some blacklight neontubes on the underside plz.
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nah that would be weird! like the lilac idea but the car is still way to much for less of a car!!!? :o
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{:-< its a bear by the way! ;)
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Hey thats not hideous, its actually very nice, then again I would be driving it only at night in severe fog and after discovering I'm the last human on earth :), just in case I'm seen.
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Looks horrible but if it was that veyron or no veyron id still take it in a heartbeat.
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I agree about the wheels though. Screw topspeed, you want to be seen, right? So you're just cruisin' anyway. Some 22in chrome spinners would be nice then.
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They don't do markergreen, nor neon lights. And the interior colours are downright civilized (if not always tasteful). For shame! 50Ct just left the building... My advice: buy a white one and bring it over to Westcoast, I bet they can do a better job. You just need to hook up a caravan for all the speakers & subwoofers.
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I felt compelled to give it a try. After all, I've been to an art-oriented high school. I should know what colours look fabulously awful together. Here's my Bug. http://s693.photobucket.com/albums/vv293/mello-7/?action=view¤t=prettybug.jpg&newest=1 Now when I actually wanted to find a really neat combination, I went for Pearl and Red on the exterior. Silk on the interior.
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Violet M with Lemon arches, Green dash with Burnt Orange seats. Oh yeah.
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Bright pink, Orange and yellowy green racing stripes!
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i know i'm not exactly participating in the true spirit of this exchange, but here's my John Players Special Edition of the Veyron... http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/4020/mybugatti1.png You can't beat black and gold!
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^It looks like an expresso!!
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I am no very skilful when it comes to computers, so I can't get the image as a link, but image dark green and dull orange with a grey/brown interior.... my Bugatti is a carrot! :D
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I think I've came close with this: a gold and Lilac Bugatti with a burnt orange and cognac interior. http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h63/andrewmcd1/1.jpg
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Beat this! http://www.bugatti.com/en/grand-sport/configurator.html
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yuk!!! thats minging
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i am an american viewer. top gear you told me the veyron is the worlds fastests production car and now i hear that there is a car that can beat that a SSC Ultimate Aero. could you please test this car. the site that i found this from is http://www.dream-carblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/worlds-fastest-cars-2007-2008-top-10.html
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samabu, it appeared in the news section a series or two ago. They dismissed it as being faster than a Veyron, but not a better car, because it's just another American dragster made of plastic.
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graphite with red interior, is nice :D.
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Well, I think we have worst colour combos covered so lets try something else.... http://s613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/dexter0909/?action=view¤t=bugatticopy.jpg
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I've just puked up a hideous lemon, green, burnt orange bugatti veyron. http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8038/bugattis.jpg nice. If you have that much money to spend on a bugatti then I doubt you're going to go for the disgusting colours they're offering.
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nice! that is an awesome bugatti....................but the worst possible colours (apart from puke green and ginger maybe) but still it is a bugatti, i could live with it!! :) xox
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Here's how to recreate my vulgar Veyron... exterior colours = individual combinations top colour: dark green m bottom colour: lemon interior colours = individual combinations option: 4 top colour: grenadine bottom colour: burnt orange WARNING - Its pretty poisonous so I would wear sunglasses or something while viewing it. It looks especially awful from the aerial view.
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ashleypiller commented on this article
01 April 2009
THAT BUGATTI IS OSUM AND "TOP GEAR" IS THE BEST SHOW IN THE WOLD
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