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.

Around 25 years ago, the late Volkswagen Group chairman Ferdinand Piëch said he wanted to build a car that boasted 1,001PS and would be capable of over 400kmh. They’d figure out to get there along the ...

It’s hard to believe that the Bugatti Veyron is 20 years old. It was and still is one of the most outlandish vehicles to ever be produced, a car that helped usher the word hypercar into the automotive ...