>I suspect the Ultimate Aero, on the other hand, was built for one
>purpose and one purpose only - to go faster than the Veyron, once, so
>that they could say so in the press release without lying. It might
>well do a mile an hour or two more than the Veyron, but it'll be hot
>and squirrelly and uncomfortable while it does it, and once it's done
>it a couple times it'll break down spectacularly and never work again.

On the other(third?) hand, the Veyron was tested on a track with a NINE KILOMETER straight, on which to get up to speed. The PREVIOUS holder of the title, Koenigsegg, invited Bugatti to test the car on the same track THEY did...but Bugatti declined. So, the Italians aren't exactly innocent of the 'look, our car is FASTER' thing. That said, it's still a very lovely car, with a lot of heritage evident.