Jeremy Clarkson over de Bugatti Veyron

In zijn weekelijkse column heeft Jeremy Clarkson het ditmaal over de snelste en duurste auto ter wereld. Dan heb ik het natuurlijk over de Bugatti Veyron. De ondertitel van zijn column luidt: “Utterly, stunningly, jaw droppingly brilliant”, dus dat nodigt uit tot lezen…

Jeremy beschrijft zijn ervaringen zoals alleen hij dat kan. Enkele aardige quotes:

– At this sort of speed the tyres and the suspension are reacting to events that happened some time ago.
– Happily, stopping distances become irrelevant because you won’t see the obstacle in the first place.
– In other words, the door mirrors were generating downforce. That gives you an idea of how much of a bastard the air can be at this speed.
– From behind the wheel of a Veyron, France is the size of a small coconut. I cannot tell you how fast I crossed it the other day.
– I also cannot tell you how good this car is. I just don’t have the vocabulary. I just end up stammering and dribbling and talking wide-eyed nonsense. And everyone thinks I’m on drugs.

Lees de volledige column over de Bugatti Veyron op timesonline.co.uk.