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The $2.7 million Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is appearing at this weekend's Clipsal 500 in Adelaide, where it will do demonstration runs on the city circuit.
Clipsal spokesman Mike Drewer says the car is one of 10 supercars being used to celebrate the 10th year of V8 Supercar racing in Adelaide.
“It's the jewel in the crown for our event,” he says. “People will be able to see and hear it on the track. It has taken six months of hard work to get it here.”
Apart from the Veyron, racegoers will see a Pagani Zonda, a Koenigsegg, a Lamborghini Murcielago and Gallardo, a Ferrari 430 and 599, an Audi R8 and a Porsche 959.
Accompanying the Veyron is a specialist Bugatti test driver.
After Adelaide, the car will be a star at the Melbourne Motor Show from next Friday.
It is one of four Veyrons used by Bugatti for promotions around the world.
After Melbourne the quad-turbo, 8.0-litre W16 luxury all-wheel-drive two-seater travels to Sydney for a dealer event.
The supercar was developed by Volkswagen, which owns the Italian company. Only 300 Veyrons are being built for the well-heeled.
The supercoupe uses carbon monocoque construction, along with magnesium, titanium and aluminium, to keep weight to 1888kg.
The sleek land rocket hits 100km/h in 2.5 seconds and 200km/h in less than 10 seconds. It has a top speed of 407km/h. With 746kW/1250Nm on tap there is ample power in reserve at just about any speed through the seven-speed sequential gearbox.
Engineers have used sophisticated aerodynamic aids to keep the car on the ground. A huge rear spoiler deploys at speed. It is also used as an air brake beyond 200km/h.
The air brake function is activated by the brake pedal and shoots the spoiler up at a 55-degree angle in less than 0.4 seconds.
Powerful ceramic brakes haul up the car quickly. It comes to a standstill from 100km/h in only 2.3 seconds.
The brakes are made from hi-tech carbon, ceramic and titanium materials. The front brakes use eight-piston monoblock calliper units. The rear brakes use six-piston callipers.
To add to the Veyron's already impressive performance figures, Guinness World Records last year named it the “world's fastest production car”.
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