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Top Gear Claims Involvement with Bugatti Veyron Speed Record

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Who's missing from this photo with the Guinness Book of World Records staff taken after the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport set a new speed record for production cars with a 276.86-mph v-max run on VW's Ehra-Lessien proving ground in Germany? Evidently, the Top Gear crew if a report on the Top Gear website can be taken at face value.

TG writes, "Now, we wouldn't want to give anything away, but you know how TopGear has always been pretty intimately involved with high-speed runs in the Veyron?" Yes, the video of James Mays's 253-mph run in a regular Veyron is after the jump.

And TG continues, "Well, let's just say... it would have been a bit strange for us not to have been part of this astonishing record run in some capacity. We're not saying any more, but keep a close eye on all things TopGear in the coming weeks..."

TopGear via Autoblog

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2 Comments

breadwagon says:

06:35 AM, 07/ 8/10

They'll probably cover the run in TG. Here's hoping they road test the Veyron SS!

wcoy14 says:

10:44 AM, 07/ 9/10

You guys are saying 276.86 again. You changed it to 268.86 after a few hours last time so I imagine you will change it again later today. I hope its 276 though that would be even cooler.

"Who's missing from this photo with the Guinness Book of World Records staff taken after the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport set a new speed record for production cars with a 276.86-mph v-max run on VW's Ehra-Lessien proving ground in Germany? Evidently, the Top Gear crew if a report on the Top Gear website can be taken at face value."

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