Veyron's Not Dead Yet!

2012 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport Special Edition

The fastest car in the world is still here and isn't going anywhere for a long time. In Shanghai this week, Bugatti unveiled two new Veyrons for the public to drool at. First, there's this special Veyron Super Sport that's been decked out in Carbon Black with some iconic 20-inch 10 spoke rims. It now looks more like a slippery, streamlined jet. It still has the powerful 8.0-liter Quad-Turbocharged W16 engine producing an iconic 1,200 horsepower. With a 0 to 60 of just 2.5 seconds, this road jet will reach a top speed of 258 MPH, the fastest a production car has ever gone. But, if the Super Sport is too fast for you, Bugatti has another alternative.

2012 Bugatti Grand Sport Special Edition

And here it is: the Veyron Grand Sport Special Edition. Now, the Super Sport may be the fastest Veyron, but the Grand Sport is definitely the most exciting. Why? How does speeding at 220 MPH along the highway with the roof off sound? It should sound good, unless of course your face comes off before then. This car is also powered by a 8.0-liter Quad-Turbocharged W16 engine, but with only 1,001 horsepower and a top speed of 252 MPH with the roof secured on, and 220 MPH with the roof off. So, if you've been looking to buy a special Veyron lately, look no further. No specs on how long each model will run, but they're here now and that's all that matters.

Test Drive Unlimited 2: Double-Header

2011 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (Test Drive Unlimited 2)

So, if you haven't been in the TDU 2 loop lately, some new cars have come out for the game that you can now purchase, most of them being the pre-order bonuses, including the Pagani Zonda Tricolore (I already had), the Audi RS5, and, wait for it...the Bugatti Veyron SUPER SPORT!! Finally TDU fans, the day of reckoning has come. If you have $3,000,000 in your TDU account, and have $0.99, 80 Atari Tokens, or 80 MS Points in real money, head on over to the Used Car Dealer and pick your car up. Finally, you'll be able to thrash those posers who think they can drive this car correctly. You'll be able to thrash your old speed records on the highway. You'll be able to outrun the police through a plume of smoke and Quad-Turbocharged speed. You'll be able to do all that and much, much more behind the wheel of the Veyron Super Sport. I've made a batch of videos below showing some of the bonus cars you can now buy. I also created the sequel to my famous Bugatti Burning series, now that the Super Sport is here. So, now all of the cars you've desperately waited for can be yours, including the fastest car in the world. What's next? A Discovery DLC? Some new challenges? The Veyron Super Sport vs. the Ariel Atom 500? Who knows. The answers will come soon.

Reaching Mach Speed

2008 Racer Motors Mach 5

I'm afraid I have another fictional car that has been brought to life. If you've seen the Speed Racer movie back in 2008, you've probably seen Emile Hirsch in the driver seat of this car wearing a blue shirt, leather racing gloves, a red bandana, and a helmet with an M on it. Thanks to Computer Generated Images, we were supposed to believe that the Mach 5 was a real car. The one he sat in while filming the movie was a model. But, a company known as Racer Motors brought the actual car to life.

GO! Speed Racer GO!

Believe it when I say this: this car is as fast as everyone thinks it is. Under the hood is a real 8.0-liter Quad-Turbocharged 1,700 horsepower V12 engine. Racer Motors says the car will do 0 to 60 in less than 2.4 seconds and over 300 MPH. Road & Track took this car to an oval circuit and averaged 271 MPH. That's faster than the fastest production car in the world, the Bugatti Veyron SuperSport. The wheels are 5-spoke circles fitted with Yokohama Supercar tires. The gadgets work as well.

Buzz-saws under the bonnet

When will this car come out? How about never. Racer Motors only made one, and that one was for the museums. So, there you are: another fictional car brought to life.

Twin Mill Lives!!

2009 Hot Wheels Twin Mill

When you were a little boy, or if you still are a little boy, and you've played with Hot Wheels cars, the name "Twin Mill" may have come across your mind. It was one of the idols of the Hot Wheels diecast line. Since the 1960's, this car led Hot Wheels to economic success. It still is the most popular car Hot Wheels has designed. They even made two more versions of this car. It was that cool. Well, the car you see in front of you is Twin Mill. The only difference between this car and the actual toy model is that it has lept from its 1/64 scale figure to the real world. A special team of designers and engineers helped build Life-sized Twin Mill. The engines are two real 502 Block Chevy V8s with dual B & M superchargers. Altogether, this car produces 1,400 horsepower, 200 more than the fastest car in the world, the Veyron Supersport. This picture was taken at SEMA in Las Vegas, but Hot Wheels recently uploaded a video of the car in real life with the engines roaring to life and the car actually moving. Check it out below and see if the brings back any childhood memories.

Racing against God with a Cat

Clarkson in the Jaguar XJL SuperSport

The season finale of Top Gear Season 16 aires tonight on BBC America, and it's definitely a good one. Richard Hammond tests the two best supercars in the 1980's from Porsche and Ferrari. James takes a ride in a Space buggy from NASA. John Prescott, former Secretary of State for the UK, takes the Kia Cee apostrophe D around the track putting in the slowest wet time Top Gear's ever had. Then, Jezza takes God on in a race against time, in a Jaguar XJL SuperSport. You'll never guess who wins this race. This is a very interesting episode, and to make things even more interesting, the guys brought back an old friend that's been gone for two years: the Cool Wall.