Bugatti Veyron ticketed as crowd cheers
 Some cheered and some phoned friends to relay the bizarre scene as the traffic warden smiled 28 January 2008 Click here for more pictures of the Bugatti Veyron A traffic warden ticketed one of the world’s most exclusive supercars – a Bugatti Veyron – to a chorus of cheers in a busy shopping centre. The female warden spotted the 253mph Bugatti Veyron had been parked illegally in Manchester city centre. And a crowd of mobile phone-camera-wielding onlookers snapped away as she stuck the yellow £60 fixed penalty notice to the £800,000 Bugatti Veyron windscreen. Some cheered and some phoned friends to relay the bizarre scene as the traffic warden smiled. Click here to see a larger image of the ticketed Bugatti Veyron The 8-litre Bugatti Veyron produces 1,001bhp and was the world’s fastest production car until last year – capable of accelerating from 0-62mph in just 2.5 seconds – with just 12 examples on UK streets. Last year, Auto Trader reported on a dramatic crash which left one model severely damaged after it was in a collision with a Vauxhall Astra – the first Bugatti Veyron crash in the UK. Bugatti owner Volkswagen makes a loss on every Veyron sold, with each supercar costing £5 million to make – and is one of the world’s most complicated cars – the design of the seven-speed gearbox alone took five years and fifty engineers to perfect. And Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond tested out the supercar's credentials when he pitted the Bugatti Veyron against a £65 million Eurofighter jet last year – with the Eurofighter snatching a closely-run victory. |
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