To drive the impossible dream

I read about this amazing car first on The New York Times a few mornings ago and saw it on the evening news that same day. Touted as the fastest, most powerful and most expensive car to date. I give you the Bugatti Veyron 16.4.

With four turbochargers, the Veyron's mighty 8-liter, 16-cylinder power plant produces 1,001 horsepower and enough torque (922 pound-feet) to uproot a redwood. The engine drives all four wheels via a seven-speed automated manual gearbox.

In the words of Mr Richard Feast, journalist of The New York Times, "the car is a sheer technological wonder."

However, it guzzles down fuel at a rather alarming rate. According to Mr Raphanel, a former professional racer who demonstrates the car to potential buyers, at maximum speed, the car would theoretically run out of fuel in 12 minutes.

The price is $1.2 million in the United States, before taxes. Way too expensive for any ordinary bloke like me to afford. It is indeed an impossible dream to drive.

Read more about the car here.