2006 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 front

Remember the McLaren F1, the million-dollar 1994 speed champion of the world whose BMW racing engine cranked out 618 raging horses that catapulting it to 60 MPH in 3.2 seconds en route to a staggering 240 MPH top speed? Well, forget about it. The Volkswagen Group has felt a need for speed lately, and owning Lamborghini was apparently not enough. No, they wanted to be the new champion, a price-is-no-object exotic to serve as the world's performance pinnacle and set the speed record for decades to come. Sometimes the numbers do the talking. 8.0 liters. 16 cylinders. Four turbochargers. Nine hundred eighty-seven horsepower (world record), 253 MPH top speed (world record), 0-60 MPH in 2.5 seconds (world record). In the time it takes a Geo Metro to reach 60 MPH, the Veyron will be at 188 and counting. Heck, Michelin had to engineer a new set of tires to make this a roadgoing reality. It may have 4,163 pounds weighing it down (up a good ton on the McLaren) but with all that power