Bugatti Veyron vs Lamborghini Aventador vs Lexus LFA vs McLaren

Bugatti Veyron

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Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 in Düsseldorf, Germany
Overview
Manufacturer	Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.
Production	2005–2011 (Veyron 16.4) 2009–present (Grand Sport) 2010–present (Super Sport)
Assembly	Molsheim, Alsace, France
Designer	Jozef Kaban[1]
Body and chassis
Class	Sports car
Body style	2-door coupé (16.4, Super Sport) 2-door targa top (Grand Sport)
Layout	Longitudinal mid-engine, permanent all wheel drive
Powertrain
Engine	Standard (Coupe), Grand Sport (Roadster): 8.0 L (488 cu in) W16 quad-turbocharged 1,001 PS (736 kW; 987 bhp)[2] Super Sport (Coupe), Grand Sport Vitesse (Roadster): 1,200 PS (883 kW; 1,184 bhp)[2][3]
Transmission	7-speed DSG sequential
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,710 mm (106.7 in)
Length	4,462 mm (175.7 in)
Width	1,998 mm (78.7 in)
Height	1,159 mm (45.6 in)
Kerb weight	1,888 kg (4,162 lb)
Chronology
Predecessor	Bugatti EB110

The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engined sports car, designed and developed by the Volkswagen Group and manufactured in Molsheim, France by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.

The Super Sport version of the Veyron is the fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph).^[4] The original version has a top speed of 408.47 km/h (253.81 mph).^[5] It was named Car of the Decade (2000–2009) by the BBC television programme Top Gear. The standard Bugatti Veyron won Top Gear's Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005.

On 6 April 2013, Bugatti set the record for having the highest top speed of any roadster in the world with the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, reaching on average a top speed of 408.84 km/h (254.04 mph).^[6][7]

The Veyron's chief designer was Hartmut Warkuss, and the exterior was designed by Jozef Kabaň of Volkswagen, with much of the engineering work being conducted under the guidance of engineering chief Wolfgang Schreiber.

A number of special variants have been produced. In December 2010, Bugatti began offering prospective buyers the ability to customize exterior and interiors colours by using theVeyron 16.4 Configurator application on the marque's official website.^[8][9]

Lamborghini Aventador

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Lamborghini Aventador
Overview
Manufacturer	Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A
Production	2011–present
Assembly	Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy
Designer	Filippo Perini
Body and chassis
Class	Sports car
Body style	2-door coupé 2-door roadster
Layout	Mid-engine, all wheel drive
Powertrain
Engine	6.5 L L539 V12
Transmission	7-speed ISR Semi-automatic transmission
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,700 mm (106.30 in)
Length	4,780 mm (188.19 in)
Width	2,030 mm (79.92 in) (w/mirrors: 2,265 mm (89.17 in)) [1]
Height	1,136 mm (44.72 in)
Curb weight	1,575 kg (3,472 lb) (dry)
Chronology
Predecessor	Lamborghini Murciélago

The Lamborghini Aventador is a two-door, two-seater sports car publicly unveiled by Lamborghini at the Geneva Motor Show on 28 February 2011, five months after its initial unveiling in Sant'Agata Bolognese.^[2] Internally codenamed LB834,^[3] the Aventador was designed to replace the ten-year-old Murciélago as the new flagship model in the Lamborghini lineup starting in 2011.^[4] Soon after the
Aventador unveiling, Lamborghini announced that it had already sold over 12 months of the production vehicles, with deliveries starting in the second half of 2011.^[5]

Lexus LFA

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Lexus LFA
2011 Lexus LFA (US)
Overview
Manufacturer	Lexus
Production	Dec 2010 – Dec 2012
Assembly	Motomachi, Toyota City, Japan
Body and chassis
Class	Sports car
Body style	2-door coupé 2-door roadster (concept only)
Layout	Front-mid-engine, rear mid-transaxle,rear-wheel drive
Powertrain
Engine	4.8 L 1LR-GUE V10
Transmission	6-speed automated sequential gearbox
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,605 mm (102.6 in)
Length	4,505 mm (177.4 in)
Width	1,895 mm (74.6 in)
Height	1,220 mm (48.0 in)
Curb weight	1,480–1,580 kg (3,263–3,483 lb)

The Lexus LFA is a two-seat supercar from Lexus. It is the second model in the F marque line of performance vehicles from Lexus, following the IS F. Three concept versions have been shown, each debuting at the North American International Auto Show with the LF-A designation as part of the LF Series concept line. After beginning development in the early 2000s (codenamed P280), the first LF-A concept premiered in 2005, followed in 2007 by a second LF-A with a more completely furnished interior and exterior. The third version of the LF-A, a roadster model, premiered in 2008. The production model, trademarked LFA,^[1] was shown at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 2009.^[2]The production Lexus LFA features a new V10 engine and a carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) body. CFRP materials account for 65 percent of the LFA's body composition by mass.^[3] The LFA went into production in late 2010, with a base price of US$375,000.^[4][5] A circuit-tuned variant debuted in 2012 with a base price of US$445,000,^[6] making it one of the most expensive Japanese road cars ever built.^[7] Production ended in December 2012 with 500 vehicles completed, the final version being a Nürburgring Package model.^[8]

McLaren Racing Limited, trading as Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, is a British Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed and won in the Indianapolis 500 and Canadian-American Challenge Cup (Can-Am). The team is the second oldest active team (after Ferrari) and one of the most successful teams in Formula One, having won 182 races, 12 drivers' championships and 8 constructors' championships.

Founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren, the team won its first Grand Prix at the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix but their greatest initial success was in Can-Am, where they dominated from 1967 to 1971. Further American triumph followed, with Indianapolis 500 wins in McLaren cars for Mark Donohue in 1972 and Johnny Rutherford in 1974 and 1976. After Bruce McLaren died in a testing accident in 1970, Teddy Mayer took over and led the team to their first Formula One constructors' championship in 1974, with Emerson Fittipaldi and James Hunt winning the drivers' championship in 1974 and 1976 respectively. 1974 also marked the start of a long standing sponsorship by Phillip Morris' Marlborocigarette brand.

In 1981 McLaren merged with Ron Dennis' Project Four Racing; Dennis took over as team principal and shortly after organised a buyout of the original McLaren shareholders to take full control of the team. This began the team's most successful era: with Porsche and Honda engines, Niki Lauda, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna took between them seven drivers' championships and McLaren six constructors' championships. The combination of Prost and Senna was particularly dominant—together they won all but one race in 1988—but later their rivalry soured and Prost left for Ferrari. Fellow English team Williams offered the most consistent challenge during this period, the two winning every constructors' title between 1984 and 1994. However, by the mid-1990s Honda had withdrawn from Formula One, Senna had moved to Williams and the team went three seasons without a win. With Mercedes-Benz engines, West sponsorship and former Williams designer Adrian Newey, further championships came in 1998 and 1999 with driver Mika Häkkinen and during the 2000s the team were consistent front-runners, driver Lewis Hamilton taking their latest title in 2008. In 2009 Dennis retired as team principal of McLaren handing the former role to longtime McLaren employee Martin Whitmarsh.