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is now available on Ebay. And it only starts at $1,700,000.

I suggest using Esnipe.

987 FREAKIN HORSES!
 

I'd be a bit wary of buying a car from a person who claims: "It also has 4 turbo superchargers".  Wow a new hybrid form of forced induction?  

For now, we'll have to settle for 4 turbochargers.

But someone -- VW, I think -- is, right now, developing a 1.4-liter 4-banger that's turbocharged and supercharged.
 

Chevy Announces Corvette Z06 0-60 mph Time and Base Price

The ultimate Corvette—the 2006 Corvette Z06—is posting numbers at the track and on the window sticker that will get attention. Chevrolet has announced that the fastest Corvette ever—the 505-horsepower Corvette Z06—will achieve 0-60 mph in 3.7 seconds while still in first gear, and pricing will start at $65,800, including destination and freight charges.

“Corvette is a global icon for world-class sports car performance at an incredible value, and offering the fastest production Corvette ever at this price is another testament to that reputation,” said Ed Peper, Chevrolet general manager. “When you compare the Corvette Z06 performance stats to other supercars, you see numerous examples where you’re getting better performance with Corvette for one-third the sticker price of the competition.”

Developed alongside the Corvette C6.R race car, the Corvette Z06 uses advanced lightweight materials typically found only in the most exotic supercars. Use of weight-saving materials such as carbon fiber, aluminum, titanium and magnesium give the 3,132-pound car a highly competitive weight-to-power ratio of 6.2 pounds per horsepower.

“The new Corvette Z06 is the dividend from competing so successfully in endurance racing,” said Dave Hill, Corvette’s chief engineer. “It combines the strong attributes of the new, sixth-generation Corvette with the spirit, technology and know-how from the race program to form an American supercar with outstanding credentials.” The highly anticipated Corvette Z06, which will be available in the fourth quarter of 2005, completes the sixth-generation portfolio, which also includes the 400-hp Corvette coupe and convertible.

Previous Corvette Z06 models, from the original 1963 model to the 2001-04 editions, incorporated suspension and engine upgrades that complemented existing Corvette systems. The 2006 Corvette Z06 is more differentiated from the standard Corvette than any other Z06 in history with every design element serving a performance function.

Corvette Z06 features include:
• LS7 7.0-liter/427-cubic-inch Gen IV V-8 engine with lightweight reciprocating components
• 505 horsepower (373 kw) @ 6300 rpm
• 470 lb.-ft. of torque (657 Nm) @ 4800 rpm
• 6-speed manual transmission
• 7000 rpm redline
• Aluminum body structure with one-piece hydroformed perimeter rails frame and magnesium engine cradle
• Carbon-fiber composite front fenders, front wheelhouses and floors
• Dry-sump engine lubrication system
• Hand-built engine at GM’s new Performance Build Center
• Unique design styling that includes a larger grille, cold-air scoop and lower air splitter, wide-body front and rear fenders and a taller rear spoiler
• Engine, transmission and differential oil coolers and steering cooler

For all its race-inspired functionality, the Corvette Z06 also is designed to be refined as a daily driver with a sophisticated and comfortable interior and generous cargo volume. The Z06 will be offered in Machine Silver Metallic, Victory Red, Daytona Sunset Orange, Le Mans Blue Metallic, Velocity Yellow Tintcoat and Black exterior colors.

Too bad they didn't release it in 2005.  Now it's only gonna be the second-fastest American car, after the Saleen S7.
 

PS - The reserve on that Veyron wasn't met.  harhar.
 

wtsang:
I'd be a bit wary of buying a car from a person who claims: "<font size="2">It also has 4 turbo superchargers".  Wow a new hybrid form of forced induction?</font>

Actually a turbo charger is a form of supercharger. To supercharge and engine means to fill it beyond it's actual physical limit. So any form of forced induction is considered supercharging.  

A supercharger (also known as a blower) is an air compressor used to compress air into the cylinders of an internal combustion engine. The additional mass of oxygen-containing air that is forced into the cylinders improves the volumetric efficiency of the engine which allows the engine to burn more fuel and makes it more powerful. A supercharger can be powered mechanically by belt-, gear- or chain-drive from the engine's crankshaft. It can also be powered by a gas turbine . When a centrifugal type compressor section is mated to a gas turbine drive it is then referred to as a turbo-supercharger, commonly called a turbocharger . Positive displacement Superchargers may absorb as much as a third of the total crankshaft power of the engine, and in many applications are less efficient than turbochargers. In applications where engine response and power is more important than any other consideration, such as top-fuel dragsters and vehicles used in tractor pulling competitions, positive displacement superchargers are extremely common. Superchargers are generally the reason why tuned engines have a distinct high-pitched whine upon acceleration.  

i think they're gonna toss the veyronn's engine into a sedan model or something.

check it out:

http://www.motortrend.com/future/spied_vehicles/112_0601_bugatti_veyron_concept/

dont know if it'll be quite as fast, but hey 950hp in a sedan why not?  

so yes it was acurate, i wouldnt use that term, but it does have 4 turbos.  according to bugatti's very own website, they do say "4 turbo-superchargers"  

The standard's going to change if this...thing...becomes commercial. I hate to see what tuners will do with such an engine  

i think  its out of the range of tuners, you dont really see tuners messing with enzos and carrera gts.. nothing more than bolt ons at least.  i doubt tuner shops will srping for a bugatti veryon as their shop car, they would have to do some amazing business.  

uhh html dosen't work on here (ignorance) preview it before you post.  

by far the best car in the plante if you dont take in matter the price...
great design
great performance.
great handling
great breaking
great interior as well.

what else can you ask for?--- may be if it was 1 and a half million cheaper.. who knows... but the ones that complain about this car price just prove that are not possible clients for it.
so.. its expensive? wellyes,overpriced... nooooooo , it costs a lot, but  if it offers what you are paying for its a very different subject, these car dosent have rivals, ( and dont say enzo or carrera GT, even koenigsegg cars,) they just wont do what this thing can, and im not saying going to 407 kmph , but the fact of going at 380 without any problem, or the 0 to 186 mph in just 14 secs... thats crazy aceleration, not to mention that the 0 to 60 comes just in 2.5 seconds, so its not overpriced, there's not another car more or less in the same league to compare prices, and yes.. according to autoweek TV Show, its wayyy out of the league of anny car.  

the veryron is actually under priced.  i read somewhere (don't take my word for it) that it cost about $4million to actually make that car but that would be an outrageous price for an automobile so they deicded to sell it for less and lose some money.  they maybe losing money but they get a lot of bragging rights in creating the veryron.  it is easy (relatively) to create a 1000hp car but takes an engineering feat to create a 1000hp production car that will last more than 4-5 drives.  this car also has 10 radiators, 4 for the engine, 1 for the wing and i forget what the others are for.  yeah kinda crazy @_@  

I heard it gets like a mile to the gallon.

I'd put my money on a carrera GT on the track...