Bugatti has released a new 4-minute-and-a-half long video about the history of the brand, from the early days till the birth of the amazing Bugatti Veyron. Bugatti’s neverending quest for excellence through luxury, performance and technical vanguard has always been imprinted in this carmaker’s DNA since its foundation in 1909 in Molsheim, France.

The amazing Veyron is Bugatti’s latest creation, the hypercar par excellence of our era, with a wide number of variation that should make happy all the ultra-rich enthusiast of the French brand. Powered by a terrifying 8.0-litre quad-turbocharged W16, the most pushy version of the Veyron - the Super Sport - is credited with an output of 1,200 hp with 1,500 Nm of peak torque.

With a monstrosity like that under its bonnet (though this is a mid-engined car) the performance figures of this model are as jaw-dropping as you would imagine - in the case you are not already fully aware of that - 0-100 km/h (62 mph) sprint time of about 2.5 seconds and 425 km/h (265 mph) of top speed, making it the fastest road-legal production car in the world. However, if that vid is just not enough for you, the full 15-minute long version of it is available right after the jump.

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Bugatti has introduced Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse (Vitesse means speed in French), a convertible based on the topless Veyron Grand Sport but with a Veyron Super Sport engine, which will be premiered at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The 8.0 l quad-turbocharged W16 engine, thanks to 16 cylinders, four enlarged turbochargers and ten radiators, delivers a staggering 1,200 hp and 1,500 Nm of torque.

It slightly differs from the original motor due to the fact that Moslheim technicians had to make sure the engine captures the right amount of air when driving with the top off. Some parts of the chassis have also been changed in order to make the structure more rigid.

And if we take into consideration that the Super Sport has set the World Record for the average top speed achieved on a two-way run, registering 431 km/h (268 mph), it’s probably safe to say that the Vitesse is about to be crowned the world’s fastest convertible on the market.

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“360 km/hr, I think we better stop” would have to be the golden quote from this Autocar video test drive of the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. The model was tested to celebrate the historic publication’s 5,000th test drive - and they did it with the car they consider to be the epitome of where a modern automobile can get. The first vehicle ever tested was an Austin 7 back in 1928. The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport test here is all about speed and we recommend you sit through it to see the “show off launch” which sounds something similar to a jet aircraft taking off.

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The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is the best car in the world, according to Autocar. It might have the price tag to match, but it’s fascinating to see someone finally get behind the wheel of this thing and tell us what it’s all about. Describing the unattainable can’t be easy, but luckily Autocar doesn’t indulge in too much hyperbole; in fact, the video comes across as their usual cruisy drive discussing everything from interior finishes to steering precision.

Interestingly, the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is not a perfect car and we thank Steve Sutcliffe for not providing us with a sycophantic review. Getting an idea of how fast the Super Sport goes, is a difficult task to have tackled. You can mention all the figures you like, but we think that unless you’re in the driving seat, you’ve really got no idea how nuts this thing is. The video is well worth the watching (we’d like to see a 90 second spin-off though, just for the fun of it).

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After the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport achieved a new land-speed record, here is the first video of the Veyron Super Sport from bugattipassion.com. While we don’t get any shots of the 1200 hp vehicle in action, there is so much close-up detail that it should satisfy most fans. See the pics of this unique car below.

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The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport has been revealed in the wake of it setting a new land speed record of 430 km/hr. Under the driving of Pierre Henri Raphanel and close supervision, the Super Sport first hit 428 km/hr before then reaching 434 km/hr. The technical specs of this vehicle are nothing short of whopping: it has 1,200 hp and 1,500 Nm of torque which is an increase of 200 hp and 250 Nm on the ’standard’ Bugatti Veyron.

The Veyron Super Sport is equipped with an 8.0-litre, 16-cylinder engine with a quadriturbo system - four large turbochargers with equally large intercoolers. It can accelerate to 100 km/hr in just 2.5 seconds. Obviously some chassis upgrades have been included, to keep the vehicle more stable, and it has racing shocks, too.

The street version Veyron Super Sport, if it can really be called that, will be electronically limited to a mere 415 km/hr. It will go on show at the Pebble Beach Concours. 30 units of the new Bugatti will be built and it will be sold at a price of about 1.43 million euros, taxes excluded. Surely this car can’t get any more extreme….

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