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Bugatti W16 Mistral sets world speed record for an open-top car

Bugatti W16 Mistral world open-top speed record

The mighty 1,578hp Bugatti Mistral has just set a new top speed record for the fastest open-top car, clocking 282mph at the Papenburg test track in northern Germany. It was driven by Bugatti’s British test driver and Le Mans winner, Andy Wallace, who also set the closed-car top speed record …

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Life-size LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron you can drive

Life-size LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron

Introducing the ultimate LEGO Technic project – a driveable, full-scale Bugatti Chiron that can be driven. There’s enough space for two in the non-glued, fully-functional, self-propelled model and it can accelerate to around 13mph (20km/h). Constructed out of more than 1,000,000 LEGO Technic elements, it uses motors from the LEGO …

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Historic Jaguar back on track

Le Mans-winning Jaguar XJ-R9 LM

Racing driver Andy Wallace has been reunited with his 1988 Le Mans-winning Jaguar XJ-R9 LM at Silverstone. Andy also got bang up to date during his day-and-night track sessions, also driving the new 550PS, 5.0-litre supercharged V8 Jaguar XJR. Driving at night on the Silverstone circuit gave Andy the opportunity …

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