The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport - How do you make a 1,001 horsepower convertible?

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No. It's pretty much only good for one thing, and that's driving very fast. As far as had been reported it sacrifices almost many of the aspects that would make a vehicle considered "good" by the general population in the name of speed and luxury; drivability, affordability, utility and efficiency.

Apparently you didn't actually LOOK at the car.

If you offered someone from the "general population" either the Grand Sport or any other "good" car they would pick the Grand Sport every time.

It certainly does sacrifice utility, efficiency and (especially) affordability, but so what? It's still a masterpiece of engineering.

There's room in the world for both types of products: the ones that do all things reasonably and the ones that do one thing extremely well. The one-thing-extremely-well type are usually the more interesting, whether they be designed for ultra-high speed (Veyron), ultra-high efficiency (Tesla) or ultra-high affordability (Nano).

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