Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, 2011, How to Make Sure Your Auto Insurance is Protecting You

 

 

 

 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, 2011

The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport achieved a new landspeed world record for production cars, on the proving grounds of the Volkswagen Group at Ehra-Lessien (nearby its headquarters at Wolfsburg). In the presence of the German Technical Inspection Agency (TÜV) and a representative of Guinness Book of Records the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport achieved an average top speed of 431 km/h.

Bugatti's Pilote Officiel Pierre Henri Raphanel puts his helmet and gloves on, pulls the safety belts tight whilst the engineers check the car a very last time: tyre pressure, temperature, all systems go. Then the orange black Bugatti Veyron Super Sport crosses the light barrier, from now on the time will be taken, within one hour the car has to drive from South to North and then in the opposite direction. No one but the driver is allowed to touch the car during this time. The tension rises. A few minutes later we can hear from the left side the sound of a starting jumbo jet coming closer towards us. First we perceive the headlights of the Veyron, then we can recognize the shape of the car, a loud wooosh…. and Raphanel dashes in top speed past us. The GPS-tachometer stops at 427, 933 km/h. Now the same procedure from the opposite direction. This time the car reaches 434, 211 km/h. As average top speed the representatives of the "TÜV"and Guinness generate a value of 431, 072 km/h (268 mph). This even hit Bugatti's engineering team by surprise.

The climax of the Veyron series: the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport
Had a model been especially popular or highly successful in races, Ettore Bugatti's customers often pushed the master to tease out of the engine a few horsepower more for their future car. Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. had been in a similar situation when their existing customers asked the company to not only design their second model optically differently but to also create a version with a sportier and more extreme driving experience. The result is a car with a uniquely high performance of 1,200-hp (882 kW) offering experienced drivers a whole new dimension of excitement, with a maximum torque of 1,500 Newton metres and a limited top speed of 415 km/h (to protect the tyres) but, the technique of the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is identical to the record car. The first five Bugatti Veyron Super Sports to come off the production line will constitute a special series of their own, with the same configuration as the landspeed record car.

The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is a consequent of the further development of the classic exclusive 1,001-hp Bugatti Veyron 16.4, launched in 2005. This model offers a stunning set of specifications, such as the twin clutch gearbox with seven speeds, the extraordinarily precise driving performance in bends and excellent stability when braking and accelerating.

Every modification is designed to produce an even more powerful car for an agile ride. Four enlarged turbochargers and bigger intercoolers have been used to boost the power of the 16-cylinder engine, and the chassis has been extensively redesigned to maintain safety at extreme speed - thanks to slightly raised main-spring travel, stronger stabilisers, and new shock absorbers with a complex architecture originally developed for racing cars. This gives noticeably more precise control of the wheels and the car as a whole. With lateral acceleration of up to 1.4 G and improved interaction between the tyres and the intelligent all-wheel drive system, the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport offers perfect handling and even more powerful acceleration of 1,500 Newton metres on corner exits.

The body has been fine-tuned to improve aerodynamic efficiency and maintain perfect balance in every situation, while the new fibre structure of the all-carbon monocoque ensures maximum torsion rigidity and passive safety - at reduced weight. The skin is made entirely of carbon-fibre composites, and the new Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is available in 100 per-cent clearlacquered exposed carbon on request.

Dynamic exterior
Every detail of this car, and not just its use of advanced motorsport technology, harks back to the pioneering spirit of company founder Ettore Bugatti. This brilliant designer came from a family of artists, and his philosophy was always to combine mechanical perfection and exterior beauty. This ethos remains alive and well at the company, and the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is wholly unmistakeable, with every external modification serving to coax greater performance from the car.

The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport's flat, elongated silhouette is immediately recognisable. The 16-cylinder engine gets its air from two NACA ducts integrated into the roof, rather than from scoops above the engine. The front air intakes have been expanded and reshaped, with the lower one extending elegantly around the sides to the wheel arch. The revised back looks sportier due to the double diffuser and a centrally arranged exhaust system.

Bugatti has a tradition of making super-sport versions of successful models, usually with racing chassis and supercharged engines. These cars were considered as true racing machines for diehard Bugatti devotees. The most successful were the type 55 and type 57S; only around forty of each were built.

Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. has sold 260 Veyrons and 35 Grand Sports by now, of which 249 Veyrons and 22 Grand Sports had been delivered. The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport will begin production in the autumn of 2010 at Molsheim along with the Veyron and the Grand Sport. The first five cars - known as the World Record Edition - are in a special black exposed carbon and orange finish and have already been sold.

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport will appear for the first time in public in California at the Pebble Beach Concours weekend in mid-August and will be featured at The Quail, Monterey Historic Races at Laguna Seca and on the concept lawn of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
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How to Make Sure Your Auto Insurance is Protecting You
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1. Understand the Value
Uninsured and Underinsured motorist coverage is the part of your auto policy that protects you and your family. This coverage is triggered when you or a family member are injured by a motor vehicle accident and the at fault party is either uninsured or has insurance coverage less than the coverage of your policy. It doesn't matter whether you were injured while in your car, in a friends car, in a cab, on a motorcycle, on a bike or even walking, so long as the injuries are the result of a car accident, you will be entitled to coverage. This is essential in California where most drivers have only the minimum policy limits required by law ($15,000 per person or $30,000 per accident) and many others have no insurance at all. By securing uninsured and underinsured coverage in a high amount you are protecting yourself and your family against all other drivers on the road.

2. Understand the Law
The California Insurance Code requires that auto insurers include uninsured and undersinsured motorist coverage in every policy unless it is waived and that waiver must be secured in writing. However, they have no obligation to make sure your uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage is the same as your liability coverage. They must offer this to you, but if you decline, they are only obligated to provide coverage no greater than $30,000 per person and $60,000 per accident. Don't wait for the agent to ask you about your protection, be sure that your uninsured and underinsured motorist limits are as high as you can afford to get them.

3. Consider increasing your coverage limits
Most insurers will only allow uninsured / underinsured motorist coverage to be equal to or less than your liability coverage. In this day and age, even a moderate collision can result in a claim worth in excess of $30,000. If you or a family member are involved in a more serious accident that requires hospitalization and surgery, your claim could be worth in excess of $250,000. Our firm recommends all our clients carry $1,000,000 in auto coverage if they can afford to.

4. Consider this example
Imagine you and your spouse are rear ended while at a stop light. The impact forces your car into the vehicle stopped in front of you. Both of you are taken to the nearest ER by ambulance. In the accident you suffer a neck strain and low back strain. Your spouse suffers the same but also injured their shoulder. You each see your Primary Care Physician and he recommends physical therapy for each of you. You improve but your spouse's shoulder does not. They require MRI's which reveal a tear in their rotator cuff requiring surgery. You miss 5 days of work and your spouse misses 2 weeks. After filing a claim you discover the driver that hit you has only $15,000/$30,000 in coverage. You find out that the other car, the one you were pushed into, had a mother and daughter in it who were also injured and they too are making claims. They too were treated at the ER and are receiving therapy.

5. What would that mean for you?
This example results in 4 claims being made against a policy of $30,000. Assuming all injuries are relatively similar, each will get $7500 from the liable driver's insurer. Together, you and your spouse collect $15,000, but your medical bills are already $15,000 and climbing and your lost wages from missing work total $3000. Your claim is already worth $18,000 and climbing without considering the damages each of you are entitled to for the pain and suffering you have endured. This is where you would then make a claim to your own insurance company for the benefits of your underinsured motorist coverage. Your insurer will be entitled to reduce your coverage by the amount of coverage available from the driver that hit you. What ever is left is available for you and your spouse to make a claim for after you recover.

6.  Check your auto policy today
Get a copy of your declaration page and make sure that your uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage is equal to your liability limits. Increase you coverage limits to $1,000,000 or as high as you can afford to. Don't expect your insurance agent to do this for you, be proactive!