on the 15 August 2008 Bugatti announced the production of a targa top version, called Grand Sport. The car was unveiled at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the production that began in spring 2009. The Grand Sport comes with small tweaks to the windshield and running lights, and 2 removable tops. The 2nd is a temporary roof fashioned after an umbrella and inspired by pictures of classic Bugatti racers with umbrellas in hand. The Grand Sport can reach 406 km/h with the hardtop in place, the same top speed as the coupé version. With no roof, the top speed is limited to 369 km/h, and to 130 km/h with the temporary soft roof. The Grand Sport has extensive reinforcement beyond the standard Veyron, including carbon fiber doors, hoops, intake faces; carbon fibre enclosed transmission tunnel.

The first Grand Sport (code named: Chassis 001) was sold at the 2008 Gooding & Company Pebble Beach Auction with a winning bid price of $2.900.000. Approximately $900,000 of the auction price went to charity

A few month ago reported that an supercar Bugatti Veyron Pur Sang (picture listed below), it only five car on the world, had been put up for sale in Abu Dhabi at an undisclosed price. When originally announced in 2007, the special edition cars with exposed carbon fiber and aluminum bodywork sold out within 24 hours. right Now a second bugatti veyron Pur Sang is being offered in via online global luxury marketplace JamesList for $3,000,000 in Frankfurt, Germany where the car was originally unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It only has 124 miles on it, in case you were wondering. As we reported previously, the economic downturn has forced many bugatti Veyron owners to try and offload the vehicles in the hopes of cashing in on their exclusivity.

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