Though it would have made a great story if someone had actually given his own personal Bugatti Veyron 16.4 a mirror-finish, this particular vehicle is the work of artist Olaf Nicolai and it is on display at Volkswagen Group’s redesigned Autostadt pavilion in Wolfsburg, Germany, that reopened on the 31st of October 2008. VW Group’s most prized automobile is positioned in a special exhibition area that’s covered in mirrors in which the observer sees himself reflected back and infinitum from the mirrors, thus (supposedly) becoming part of the exhibit.

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The Bugatti Veyron is already considered to be the supercar supreme with a rarefied 300 unit production run for the 1,000-hp beast and a top speed of 253 mph. The Veyron’s already ridiculous stats will be getting a boost if you believe a “secret and confidential” memo stating that Bugatti will end the Veyron’s production with a bang. The rumored GT edition of the Veyron will have mad sick power to the tune of 1,350 horsepower and 1018 lb-ft of torque, and upgraded ceramic brakes with new active aerodynamics to control all that power. Apply all that force to the pavement and you’ll hit 62 mph in a mere 2.4 seconds while being able to stop the car from there in another 2.2 seconds, and its new top speed will reportedly be 264 mph. To keep the mighty Veyron planted to the cement, the rumored GT will also receive an upgraded electronic stability program. That would make abundant sense considering power is being increased by 30% over the “base” Veyron.

If you are one of the 200 or so people to already own a $1.4 million dollar Veyron, you reportedly won’t be left out in the dark, either. According to the alleged memo, all Veyrons will be able to be retrofitted with the upgrade. The memo states that the Veyron GT would be available March 2009 and be the last iteration before the next-gen Veyron arrives around 2012.

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he announcement actually came from Monterey but was quickly overshadowed, somewhat ironically, by the unveiling of the open-top Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport and the subsequent auction of its first example for $3.2 million. The unveiling of the new-tint Hermes Veyrons took place at the Quail motorsport gathering on Monterey Peninsula, where Bugatti revealed the four new color schemes available: “indigo blue and vermilion”, “indigo blue and lime green”, ” black and garance red” and “Prussian blue and blue jean”. We’re not entirely sure what all these colors are, exactly, and given that Bugatti put them in quotation marks, we’re not sure they’re sure, either. They undoubtedly would have shown us pictures of all four, but given that these 1.5 million euro hyper-exotics are made to order and available only from the end of the year, we doubt examples of each color option have been made yet. Of course they all come decked out with the H-pattern grille, eight-spoke wheels, lavish calfskin interior and exclusive package of specially-made Hermes luggage.

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Supercar collectors rejoice; the most powerful production car in the world, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is now available with a removable roof top. Set to make its first public appearance at the Pebble Beach Concourse d’Elegance on August 16 in Pebble Beach, California, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport gets the same 1.001 HP 16-cylinder turbocharged engine as its coupe sibling. For the handful of folks interested, the first example of the open-top Grand Sport will be auctioned by “Gooding and Company” at the Equestrian Center in Pebble Beach.

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  Less than a month after the reveal of the limited edition Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès at the Geneva Motor Show comes another highly exclusive version of one of the fastest and most desirable supercars on the planet, the Bugatti Veyron Sang Noir. The new edition is dedicated to the original Bugatti Atlantique 57S of the 1930s and features a number of new styling elements, namely an all-black exterior with unpainted carbon-fiber panels.

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AutoExpress has revealed that production of the open-air exotica will be limited to just 80 units compared to the coupe’s comparatively ample run of 300 cars. The cost of letting the sun shine through your Veyron’s dome will also be more prohibitive, with a price tag creeping up on £900,000 compared to the £840,000 cost of the coupe. As with most open-air cars, the Veyron’s chassis will be made beefier to cope with the loss of rigidity caused by a big hole in its roof. As such, the new car will weigh more than than the record-setting original. Top speed will therefore be relatively limited, if one can call a 217-mph top speed limited. Then again, as we learned while driving the car ourselves, every car is limited compared to the original Veyron.

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