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The Bugatti Veyron has wiped the floor with the opposition in Autocar's annual 0-100-0 mph contest, featured in the current issue of the world's oldest car magazine, even managing to beat a Suzuki GSX-R1000 superbike.



Featuring 25 of the world's fastest cars, from the 14th placed £79,995 Aston Martin V8 Vantage to the second-placed £34,995 Ariel Atom, the shoot-out pitches the cars against each other in a straight fight to see which is the fastest to 100mph. There's more to it than just outright speed though - slowing from 100mph to a dead halt is just as important.

The Veyron, with its 987 bhp 16-cylinder engine, wasn't necessarily the favourite to win. "A low weight tends to be the key to a good 0-100-0 mph car," said Autocar's road test editor Adam Towler. "Cars like the Ariel Atom and Caterham Superlight historically dominate this contest."



But the 1890kg £880,000 Bugatti ripped through the gears to hit 60mph in 2.8sec and 100mph in an astonishing 5.5sec. It then stopped in just 3.4sec, giving a 0-100-0mph time of 9.9sec.

Not only is the Bugatti faster than the Suzuki, it creates more g-force at maximum acceleration than you'd experience in an F-16 jet fighter at take off or when skydiving.

But the lightweights still turned in an impressive performance, from the relatively unknown £32k Brooke Double R in fourth place to the £35k Ariel Atom 300 in second.



"Although the Veyron is undoubtedly the quickest road car ever, you can still have nearly as much fun for much less money," said Adam Towler. "It's good to see British sports cars doing so well against such an impressive machine as the Bugatti."



Autocar also brought along an A1 GP car, driven by Brit Robbie Kerr, to see how a purpose-built race car would compare with road-going machinery. The 550bhp single seater weighs just 695kg, and proved to be the fastest vehicle on the day with a 0-100-0mph time of 8.4sec.



More on : www.autocar.co.uk

Competing Cars : 0-100-0 Time

A1 GP	8.40 seconds
Bugatti Veyron	9.90 seconds
Suzuki GSX-R1000	10.70 seconds
Ariel Atom S'Charged	11.00 seconds
Ariel Atom 450	11.05 seconds
Atom Private Owned	11.05 seconds
Caterham CSR260	11.95 seconds
Brooke Double R	12.50 seconds
Porsche 911 Turbo	12.50 seconds
Ford Focus WRC	13.57 seconds
Lambo Gallardo	13.65 seconds
Ascari KZ1	13.80 seconds
Corvette Z06	13.80 seconds
Alpina B6	14.80 seconds
BMW M6	14.95 seconds
TVR Tuscan 2	15.00 seconds
BMW M5	15.20 seconds
Audi RS4	15.80 seconds
Aston V8 Vantage	15.81 seconds
BMW Z4M Roadster	15.95 seconds
Porsche Cayman S	16.46 seconds
Lotus Exige S	16.60 seconds
Nissan 350Z	18.80 seconds
Vauxhall Astra Sprint	18.85 seconds
Vauxhall Astra VXR	19.05 seconds
Renault Megane F1	20.55 seconds
Mazda 6MPS	21.00 seconds
Ford Focus ST	21.35 seconds
Vauxhall Vectra VXR	22.35 seconds
Vauxhall Astra Thurlby	22.65 seconds