Bugatti Veyron

The Bugatti Veyron.

Look, I'm not a gear head ... cars are nice and I appreciate a good car but it's not really a big deal to me.

And then there's the Bugatti Veyron.

I had never heard of this car until I saw a piece on BBC America's Top Gear.

Oh.

My.

God.

A few statistics:

1. It costs about $1.55 million ... yes, you read the right ... "million".
   
2. It is currently the fastest, most powerful and most expensive production car in the world.
   
3. It has two, four-liter V8 engines and four turbo chargers.
   
4. It's rated at 1,000 horsepower ... 1,000 HP!
   
5. Goes 0 - 60 mph in 2.5 seconds and has a top speed of 252 mph, which comes to 373 feet per second.
   
6. Its gas mileage is rated at 8 mpg/city and 13 mpg/highway. At full throttle, it would empty its tank in about 12 minutes.
   
7. On average, drivers hit 7th gear at around 252 mph at which the engine is taking in 10,000 gallons of air per minute.
   
8. The engine (which is mounted in the middle, rear of the car) doesn't have a cover but it does have 10 radiators: three to cool the engine itself, three for the inter-coolers, one for the rear axle oil, one for the engine oil, one for the differential oil and one for the hydraulic fluid used to raise the car's rear spoiler.
   
9. The control stalks for the windshield wipers and directionals are made of a magnesium-aluminum alloy and cost almost $7,000 ... each.
   
10. It costs $7.5 million to make one car.

I have to admit that, even not being a gear head ... if I had all the money in the world, I'd have one of these in my garage.