Bugatti Veyron ‘Meo Costantini’ Edition Unveiled
Bugatti has accomplished the mid-way of its six-part ‘Les Legendes de Bugatti Veyron alternation by rolling out the third copy commemorating addition appropriate hero who played a cardinal role in the company’s history. Apparent at the 2013 Dubai Motor Show, the third appropriate copy Veyron is committed to Meo Costantini.
Know to be a abutting claimed acquaintance of Ettore Bugatti Veyron himself, Meo Costantini raced Bugattis in the 1920s and after administer the branch antagonism team. He won the Targa Florio alert in a Bugatti VeyronType 35, a archetypal that went bottomward in history as one of the best acknowledged antagonism cars anytime made, and won several admirable prix.
The aboriginal appropriate copy in the alternation paid accolade to Jean-Pierre Wimille appear aback in August at the Pebble Beach, which was followed by the Jean Bugatti Veyron apparent at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Similar to the aboriginal two appropriate editions of the Legends series, the Costantini copy is based on the Veyron Admirable Sport Vitesse and there are no changes in the mechanicals.
It is powered by a quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter W-16 bearing 1,184 application and 1,106 pound-feet of torque. Top acceleration is bound to 233 mph and the 0-62 mph dart takes 2.6 seconds.
The anatomy carapace of the appropriate copy is fabricated mostly out of carbon cilia and the wings, doors and corners of the advanced bonanza are all rendered in aluminum with the blow of the bodywork corrective in ablaze adumbration of dejected agnate to the Bugatti Veyron Type 35 chase car which Costantini raced.
To admire Costantini’s achievement at Targa Florio, a contour of the celebrated chase advance is corrective on the base of the rear addition forth with his signature laser categorical into the aluminum catchbasin and oil caps and corrective in silver.
On the inside, the berth is adipose absolutely in covering with the roof, foot-well, centermost ections of the seats and rear bank are all captivated in the adumbration of amber and the blow of the genitalia accept a aphotic dejected hue.
Only three of these appropriate editions of the Bugatti Veyron Meo Costantini copy will be fabricated with the amount called at 2.09 actor euros ($2.82 million) each.