If you have not heard how fast the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse is, the newest supercar to hit the market can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just 2.6 seconds and go beyond the 124 mph mark in just 7.1 seconds and can reach a top speed of 255 mph. The top speed is actually just 13mph short of the world record set by the Super Sports Vmax, also a Veyron. The normal mode of the car though limits the speed electronically to 233 miles per hour which is not at all bad in any standards.

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The near world record performance should not come as a surprise as the Grand Sport Vitesse also has the same setup as the Super Sport of the Veyron lineup . It also has an 8.0L W 16 quad turbo powerplant that gives out 1,200 horsepower and a monstrous torque of 1,106 lb-ft. The chassis of the Grand Sport was reinforrced so it can handle the forces brought about by the additional power that comes comes with the bigger turbos.

The interior of the Vitesse is dominated by carbon fiber elements plus some aluminum, magnesium, and stainless. The parts inside are mostly carbon fiber but the weight of the car still tips the scale at 4,837 pounds.

Just like its cousin, the Grand Sport, the Vitesse has a targa roof which cannot be neatly stored on-board so your topless driving will be limited in good weather and the day time. Given how much you will need to operate the Veyron, that factor should not limit the appeal of the supercar in any way. And talking about the tag price, the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse is expected to start at $2.3 million.

If this is not one of the most luxurious cars you’ve ever seen – I expect you to share the ones that beat this extremely gorgeous Bugatti Galibier Concept below in the comments section.

Such a beautiful design – such great eye for detail by the Bugatti engineers and designers – and an engine to beat a Ferrari Enzo.

Unreal car – unreal price tag of well over 1.5 Million too….

Whether you are looking for a car just to drive around in, polish up on the weekends or you are in the market for a hot looking sports car that you and your girl or boy are going to look goddamn sexy in … the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport is the car for you!

This particular car is so smooth, so fast and so beautiful; I think that you are going to love it!  So check out the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport it is worth at least one look and one test drive!

The 2009 Bugatti Veyron GrandSport packs a punch, at least powertrain wise. It’s got an 8.0 liter, 1001 horsepower quad-turbocharged 16 cylinder engine that pushes out 922 lb-ft of torque at 2200 rpm, and that’s mated to a 7-speed DSG transmission.

With all that power, however, comes a significant price. As if Bugatti cars weren’t elite enough already, only 150 of the GrandSports will ever see ownership, and the first fifty of those were reserved for existing Bugatti owners, who, no doubt, see no issue with plunking down a cool $2.2 million for a roadster.

The GrandSport, they say, is worth every penny, with its thickened-for-safety A-pillars and dual rollover bars on the air intakes on the top of the clear polycarbonate targa-style roof. And with that top up, the car can almost fly, reaching a top speed of 253 mph.

As most convertibles do, the GrandSport suffers a decline in speed with the top off, its drag forcing the number down to 229 mph. That’s still impressive, but the removal of the top reveals the Bugatti Veyron GrandSport’s fatal flaw: there’s nowhere to store the top once it’s removed. So what does the average multimillionaire owner do if it rains? They put up an umbrella – an awkward contraption that covers the roof opening once it’s unfolded, and also drags the car’s speed down even further: to 81 mph. That’s slower than the average Toyota Camry drives on Northern California’s Interstate 280, in case you weren’t sure.

That’s not the 2009 Bugatti Veyron’s only flaw, however. The other is the auto insurance bill. Obviously a supercar like this requires super – or at least specialty – insurance from a company that is comfortable and familiar with insuring exotic vehicles and their exotic risk factors, but AutoTrader.com lists the standard version (not the GrandSport) as the most expensive to insure in the world, with a premium almost as ridiculous as the price of the car: $1.3 million. (AutoTrader.com also cautions that even elite/exotic specialty insurers may not touch it, so you can expect that insurance for the GrandSport comes at an even higher price.

Is the 2009 GrandSport the last hurrah for Bugatti? Possibly. At least until 2010, when the next incarnation is set to start production.

Apparently this car was just parked at a valet lot in Dubai…

I need to move.

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