Bugatti Veyron

When Volkswagen Group set out to prove that a road car could exceed 250 mph, the result was the Bugatti Veyron — a machine so technically complex it required years of additional development after its 2005 launch. Its quad-turbocharged W16 engine displaced 8.0 litres and produced 1,001 horsepower in original form, rising to 1,200 in the Super Sport variant that set a production car world speed record of 267.856 mph in 2010. The Veyron redrew the boundaries of what engineering could achieve and made the hypercar segment a credible category for the first time.