The 2006 Bugatti Veyron arrived as more than a new flagship hypercar. Its quad‑turbocharged W16 engine rewrote what a ...

Bugatti’s official story is that the seed of the Veyron was planted in 1997. VW Group boss Ferdinand Piëch and his powertrain chief Karl-Heinz Neumann were on a Japanese train brewing up engine ideas.

Bugatti’s Galibier was supposed to be a four-door Veyron, but the French marque had other plans and shelved the idea altogether. We often overlook Bugatti as a brand nowadays; we’re so used to the ...

When it debuted in 2005, the Bugatti Veyron was something of a sensation. And even that may be selling the hypercar a bit short: With a then-incredible 1,001 ps (or 987 hp) on tap from its immense ...