Bugatti president Dr. Wolfgang Schreiber with Anthony Liu
The TÜV witnessed the record
Bugatti set the record at Volkswagen's Ehra-Lessien track
Liu received training from Pierre-Henri Raphanel, The driver of Buggati
1,183-hp of W16
The Bugatti record comes at a time of upheaval for world speed record racing. In July of 2010, Bugatti set the production car world speed record with the Veyron Super Sport, essentially the hard-topped version of the Vitesse, with a 267.8 mph (430.98 km/h) speed. That record stood for close to three years until the Hennessey Venom GT claimed to beat it ... with a 265.7 mph (427.6 km/h) claim.
Don't bother re-reading, Hennessey's speed is indeed lower than Bugatti's.
"While a Veyron Super Sport did run 267.8 mph, Bugatti speed-limits its production vehicles to 258 mph,” said company founder and president John Hennessey. "Thus, at 265.7 mph the Venom GT is the fastest hypercar available to the public."
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