For those familiar with the Bugatti Veyron are likely saying to yourself what the heck is a Cougatti and how did I miss the memo and is it even worthy of such a comparison, how was it kept a secret?
The Cougatti is limited production of only one at this time and is essentially a knock off or an imitation of the real Bugatti Veyron for a faction of the cost. Can a knock off of anything be worthy of anyone's attention? I would propose that it's likely to be determine by each individual and exactly what it is that they love and admire about the vehicle.
Some enthusiast love the looks, beauty, and lines of the Bugatti Veyron and desire just to be able to park it in there driveway while neighbors admire and envy it. They may just want to take it out on the town and watch it turn the heads of all the other drivers that rarely get a glimpse of a one and half million dollar super car. Some just love how it will feed their egos.
While many others could care less about what the Bugatti Veyron looks like, but more of it's performance. It is the raining champion with it 0 to 60 times, braking, handling, quarter mile times, and horse power. The Bugatti Veyron will no doubt take the lunch of just about any other car or motorbike for the matter.
I mean lets face it the Bugatti Veyron is fastest road-legal car in the world with a top speed of 267 mph. It has been named Car of the Decade (2000–2009) by the BBC television program Top Gear.
The Veyron features a 16 cylinder engine, equivalent to two narrow-angle V8 engines mated in a W configuration. Each cylinder has four valves for a total of sixty four, but the narrow staggered V8 configuration allows two overhead camshafts to drive two banks of cylinders so only four camshafts are needed.
The engine is fed by four bi-turbochargers and displaces 7,993 cubic centimetres (487.8 cu in), with a square 86 by 86 mm (3.4 by 3.4 in) bore and stroke.
The transmission is a dual-clutch direct-shift gearbox computer-controlled automatic with seven gear ratios, with magnesium paddles behind the steering wheel and a shift time of less than 150 milliseconds, built by Ricardo of England rather than Borg-Warner, who designed the six speed DSG used in the mainstream Volkswagen Group marques.
The Veyron can be driven in either semi- or fully automatic mode. A replacement transmission for the Veyron costs just over €120,000.
It also has permanent four wheel drive using the Haldex Traction system. It uses special Michelin PAX run flat tires, designed specifically to accommodate the Veyron's top speed, which reportedly cost €25,000 per set.
[9]The tyres can be removed from the rims only in France, a service which reportedly costs €70,000. Curb weight is 2,034.8 kilograms (4,486 lb).
[9] This gives the car a power to weight ratio, according to Volkswagen Group's figures, of 446.3 metric horsepower (328 kW; 440 bhp) per ton.
The car's wheelbase is 2,710 mm (106.7 in). Overall length is 4,462 mm (175.7 in), width 1,998 mm (78.7 in) and height 1,204 mm (47.4 in).
The Bugatti Veyron has a total of ten radiators.[10]
- 3 heat exchangers for the air-to-liquid intercoolers.
- 3 engine radiators.
- 1 for the air conditioning system.
- 1 transmission oil radiator.
- 1 differential oil radiator.
- 1 engine oil radiator.
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The Bugatti Veyron is the ultimate in super cars as it is the total package of supreme beauty and supreme performance, it just will not let you down in almost no measurement of a high end super car, although it does fall serverly short when it comes to (mpg) miles per gallon, cost to insure, access to maintenance, price, and overall cost to drive.
Hence comes the Cougatii built by a twenty five year old from Florida by the name of Mike Duff. The built started with a complete 2002 Mercury Cougar coupe, in which he transformed the the vehicle's entire exterior into that of the world-class super car.
He used fiberglass and composite material to create the Veyron's iconic lines, and laid it all over a tubular steel frame. After a professional paint job and plenty of buffing, the car was ready for the showroom.
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Now of course the Cougatti lacks the power of the Bugatti, sporting it's original 2.5 liter V6 engine with approximately 170 hp which will be disappointing and defeatist if by chance you encounter any American pony that challenges you to a drag race. It would be my recommendation to exit the freeway as soon as possible and pretend that your knock is too costly to engage in such juvenile behavior.
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However the Cougatti is petty good replication of the original and will turn heads. Mike Duff completed the vehicle in nine months maintaining the rear seats which is a feature that the actual Bugatti does not posses. Mike Duff is selling the Cougatti for a mere faction of the cost of the real Bugatti at a mere $89,000 in which of course that will get you almost any higher performing American pony and even some of the German models that pack much more power and a great deal of prestige.
