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"That&amp;#039;s what Pierre Henri Raphanel had me do just before we got to the banking at a high-speed test track in Spain. Turns out 124 (an even 200 km/h) is the neutral hands-off speed on the banking and at Raphanel&amp;#039;s prompting I&amp;#039;m downshifting 7-6-5-4 without slowing. The road flattens. We do the same with the gas pedal.   Video window may take a few moments to load...          Behind us is the same 8.0-liter quad-turbo W-16 used in Bugatti&amp;#039;s Super Sport, but now in the open-top body. That means we are being rushed forward by 1200 bhp and 1105 lb.-ft. of torque. Plus a wonderful sound, a roar of engine and turbos with an occasional component that sounds oddly like a boiler about to blow.        2012 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse    Adding 199 Horsepower   As with the Super Sport, adding 199 bhp meant numerous elements of the car needed reworking. On the engine the main differences are larger turbos, new intercoolers and ducting to feed air to the system. There are revised ratios in the 7-speed dual-clutch DSG transmission. The all-wheel-drive chassis&amp;#039; ESP has been reworked and comes into effect a bit later than in the &amp;quot;normal&amp;quot; Veyron. The Vitesse rides on new 20-in. wheels and, not surprisingly, more air is routed to the brakes.        2012 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse    On the highways in Spain the Vitesse is one of those modern wonder cars that is as tractable driven slowly through a village as it is at speed on a winding road. We much prefer the latter, of course, and found the Bugatti to feel much more agile and smaller than you&amp;#039;d expect.        2012 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse    Visually the Vitesse looks even more aggressive than the original Veyron, not that the design needed it. The main changes come in the form of adding or venting air, like the larger, horizontally split intakes to the sides of the horseshoe grille. Then there are the large air intakes on the roof, which are part of the rollbar system. Out back are twin tailpipes. Leather and carbon fiber are the interior themes, and if you&amp;#039;re considering a Vitesse, opt for the black trim to replace the interior brightwork.        2012 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse    Back to the High Banks   So the track flattens out and the gas pedal is to the floor. There&amp;#039;s a new spoiler that you add manually to the rear of the windshield header after removing the roof. As speed rises the side windows come up automatically and there is surprisingly little buffeting as we crank through 150 mph and keep going. Raphanel, who is riding shotgun, is the man who drove a Super Sport to the production-car speed record of 267 mph, and looks surprisingly relaxed as we quickly approach the prescribed braking zone. The speedo is still rising and just before getting on the brakes it displays 325 km/h or 201.9 mph.   That was fun.        2012 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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