liamC
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Photo shoot goes into top gear
Neil Vorano
ABU DHABI Psst, buddy, can you spare me a sports car? Yes, evidently, three of them. This weekend Top Gear, the UK-based car magazine, which is in the country for a photo shoot, sent out an urgent request for an unusual car, the million-dollar Bugatti Veyron.
It was hoping for one. Instead, it was offered three of the vehicles, which cost more than Dh4.4 million (US$1.2m) each. “No other place in the world could we have found three Bugattis in a span of 48 hours,” said a relieved Charlie Turner, the creative director for the magazine.
The cars were tracked down by the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority and belong to local owners who wish to remain anonymous. Built by Volkswagen, the 1,000-horsepower vehicle can reach 407kph. One car in the shoot, a gleaming aluminium-bodied model, is one of only five in the world.
The Corniche area and Jabel Hafeet were briefly closed off for the shoot, which featured the Stig, Top Gear’s mysterious, overall-clad driver.
Top Gear, paired with a BBC television show of the same name, sells more than a million copies a month.
Part of the shoot on top and on this road of Jabel Hafeet mountain as well apparently:
[Edited on 18-05-2008 by liamC]
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JonnyJ
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I wish that was my job 
That road looks amazing
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Nath
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That is probably the coolest thing I have ever seen 
[Edited on 18-05-2008 by Nath]
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Skylined
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would love to know top gears budget for each episode/ magazine feature
and how much petrol they go through
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mattk
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how amazed would you be seeing 3 of them belting down the road at once
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liamC
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Originally posted by mattk
how amazed would you be seeing 3 of them belting down the road at once
gutted that we didnt know anything about it!
i seen a white lambo bomb past me the other way this morning whilst i sat at the traffic lights and only managed a glimpse of the back of it, but thinking it could have been that white veyron. either way, it was a little bit quick 
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liamC
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Originally posted by Skylined
would love to know top gears budget for each episode/ magazine feature
and how much petrol they go through
Well I've drove up that mountain in my peugeot 206 and it takes quite a lot to get up there, so the veyrons probably got through a fair amount of petrol!!
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Originally posted by mattk
how amazed would you be seeing 3 of them belting down the road at once
gutted that we didnt know anything about it!
i seen a white lambo bomb past me the other way this morning whilst i sat at the traffic lights and only managed a glimpse of the back of it, but thinking it could have been that white veyron. either way, it was a little bit quick
[Edited on 18-05-2008 by liamC]
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liamC
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JonnyJ
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Is that an M5 in Matt black?
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Whittie
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It sure is. I only use it when it's raining tbh.
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JonnyJ
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sand-eel
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y
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Tom
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Look how low the veyron is compared to the rarri 
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All Torque
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Originally posted by Nath
That is probably the coolest thing I have ever seen
[Edited on 18-05-2008 by Nath]
Cooler than that helicopter over Shenley Lodge the other day?
(Yes, thats right, come and get me)
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Jules
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Ugly fucking things tbh
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Ben G
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Originally posted by Jules
Ugly fucking things tbh
very good investment IMO, won't lose any money on that
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Jules
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Originally posted by Ben G
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Originally posted by Jules
Ugly fucking things tbh
very good investment IMO, won't lose any money on that
Gimme a fucking big house all paid up and a nice Porsche 911 and the change please - give a fuck if I lose a bit of money on it when I die!
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gavin18787
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That picture of the three of them coming down the road is fucking
I was amazed when I saw one veyron in epping a month or so back
Drives supercharged Tec with torque 
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Ash_EP3
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I can't wait for the new series of top gear
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Mobby
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isit me or have they got tinted front windscreens
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Ben G
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Originally posted by mobby
isit me or have they got tinted front windscreens
probably, theres a guy on here from south africa with the windscreen on his corsa tinted.
keeps the heat out or something.
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liamC
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Few more pics if anyone is interested
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Scotty C
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Stig
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Novaneil
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One word... WOW!!!!!
That silver one with the exposed carbon over the bonnet/roof is immense!!!! STUNNING
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Novaneil
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And chrome window tints to go with the sides and black front windscreen to go with the carbon! What a sexy Veyron!!!
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