Bugatti Veyron First Drive Review! Modern Classics Ep 15 

My left ear became more powerful in the presence of this monumental car.

So happy to be sharing this one! Not sure what has happened to the left ear audio on opening of the video sorry! It re-balances in the car - Sounds better without earphones if you can manage, will investigate for future videos!

Am i the only one who could only hear from my left ear???

This guy is litterally living Forza Horizon 4, imagine..

This is not debatable. The veyron is already classed as a future classic.

I cant believe this car is already 15 years old... Makes me feel old

Let's take a moment to appreciate Veyron hasn't aged at all. Also, Mr.JWW crisp video quality.

thanks guy berryman for letting james for show us this car.

nice, my left ear absolutely loved this video

Bugatti Veyron was the car that coined the term hypercar

My car is like Veyron, it stops faster than it accelerates.

The most insane fact about this car: Despite being the most expensive new car at the time, it was sold at a loss. In fact, it was 5 times more expensive to produce, than the price it was sold at. They lost millions with every car sold. That's how much of a leap forward this car was. The tech wasn't even there to make it cost viable.

My Veyron Story: Of course like many of you, I was about 12 when I saw Jeremy Clarkson drive the Veyron on a Top Gear special and that moment forever changed the way I looked at cars. Fast forward 10 years and I was walking with my sister on Rodeo Drive in California when out of the corner of my eyes, I spotted 4 distinct tail lights and massive hips that could only come from one car, the legendary Veyron. Being able to see one up close for 5 minutes just sent shivers down my spine. My sister was so surprised that her gay brother would be so fascinated with cars rather than clothes, but cars, and now electric cars like the Rimac C2 just gives me more hope and passion to my love of the automobile. Keep up the killer work like always James! PS, you should TOTALLY consider the Porsche Taycan for your new daily driver!

So it’s been 15 years since my mind got blown away the most by a car.

Am I going crazy or was this filmed at Guy Berryman’s?

There's a lovely video on the ISSIMI channel in the Spotlight where Jason Cammisa tells the reason behind the 406km/h. A specially designed Peugeot actually broke Porsche's record (370km/h) on the Mulsanne straight and achieved 406km/hr and Ferdinand Piech wanted that record back to honor his granddad, Ferry Porsche.

You did it again ! Wow wow wow !! Again a great video

Like usual a really good quality and very informative video Mr JWW. It’s a joy to follow you and keep up the great videos.

What a machine 👌🏻 The bit that got me is when you said it feels like it could have been made yesterday... What an amazing feat of engineering this car is 😊

Best car video I've seen on RU-vid in a very long time. This feels like a real step up in quality. Top work! Can you do a Porsche 959 at some point? The original hyper car... Like the Veyron, it brought whole new technologies to market.

I'm 11mins 19secs into this and can i just say how much i love these types of videos. I have so much appreciation for the engineering on these vehicles it's literally mind boggling. Looking forward to the driving part lol

James, your best video. I will never tire of the depth & quality of engineering within that endlessly scintillating Motor Vehicle.

Hands down one of the best journalists on this platform!

Hi James, Absolute quality vid👍packed with great drone footage and slow mo's and packed with facts and figures awesome 👏👏 Loved it.

Many thanks for answering my question regarding the tyres and running costs James. Excellent review!

Well done sir. Beautifully shot, warmly presented and artfully edited.The car looks great and the cotswolds look so lush.

That's modern classics royalty! A hyper level! Great review as usual, James! Right on spot!;)

Had to laugh so hard when he roasted the Audi engineers and their gearbox 😂

Its kinda crazy to see how far you've come and the things that you are doing with this channel. Well done brother!

This car will always be the king of the road. Seeing one of these in the flesh is one of the only cars that i still get stupidly excited about!!!

I wished that I could hear the video from both ears!😂 But great video as always!!

As the years passed by its quiet fascinating how veyron hasn't aged a day!

Brilliant, love your work👍

A fantastic presentation of a real legend of a car, a car that defined and redefined an era, and people comment about an audio mishap 🤦‍♂️

Love the quality and story putting forwards in editing J. Been following your channel since you started and enjoy it more every day.. Cant wait to see what @TheProductionBunker is going to provide for content. Keep on..keeping on mate :-)

Mr.JWW... all props too you youve raised the bar with the quality and the content

Awesome! :) E: Woah stunning quality!

MrJWW taking over RU-vid...fukn a right...every hyper car owes their existence to this groundbreaking piece of art

Excellent video from mr JWW .. great channel always great content

What a car and what a video James. I love the format you do this in. Absolutely brilliant video. Really looking forward to the next. 👍👍👍

James always offers proper reviews and experiences in full sentences. This guy is next level. Thanks James, once again, lovely work.

Love this review I watch now and again

Legend reborn ..... Only @mrjww can do it...👏🏼

You’re having the best lockdown out of all of us

Great video especially the music Awesome

Easily the best youtuber. Such fantastic content.

Every decade or so there's a car that defines what it means to build cars: Mercedes-Benz 300SL Lamborghini Miura Ferrari F40 McLaren F1 Bugatti Veyron Aston Martin Valkyrie

15 years watching Veyron videos and never get bored.

James, I truly and honestly love and enjoy all your content. However I think I enjoy your Modern Classic series is my favourite content. We are of similar age and the cars that you review for this series are all cars that were on my walls and dreamed about. I feel as I get older these cars seem to be more important to me (and I feel our age groups) and seem more relevant then the latest Mclaren, Lamborghini, etc. Don’t get me wrong, I love ALL cars new and old. However it’s nice to see how our dream cars are holding up in these incredible automotive times! I also like that your series isn’t just about the crazy expensive cars. I’d love to see more “normal” cars. Like maybe a 1st Gen 986 boxster spyder? Also on the other end of the spectrum, a manual Zonda... Keep up the amazing content and good luck with all your ventures!

A fantastic production on this video, and I loved the way how you told the story of the car - who knew talking about tyres could be so interesting!

Jww to the next level. This hyper cruiser lunch when I was getting out of high-school. I graduated in 2006. Make u stop and think how far it came.

Absolutely love the Veyron! Whilst I don't find it particularly attractive compared to many other hyper/super cars, it's a mechanical tour de force and an incredible vehicle even today. Great review, thank you!

Amazing camera work

this is epic. Thanks man

Wow man! I remember seeing this the first time on Top Gear but didn’t fully appreciate it, you sir conveyed it beautifully. I also don’t know if it’s coincidence since you launched the production bunker but the production, quality and continuity have just blown the roof right off!!! Incredible man

I had no idea the car had 1100 lb-ft of torque, that number is astronomically high. God I love the Veyron and everything it stands for. Unquestionably one of the greatest automobiles of all time.

Amazing video , even makes tyres very interesting . Professional presenting and fascinating insight into a now classic car and highlights the importance of its ground breaking production and what has come since

Fantastic insight James. Wow, just wow. Brilliant thanks.

Simply the best car in the world! Awesome review. No one can explain the tires like you did. Well done! The camera on the windshield was difficult to watch from the flashing sunlight every second light shot through the trees. It was like a strobe light in a dark room.

Great video. Thank you!

James, your the best in the game my friend, next level

I remember the first day this car started up and drove them was on top gear then tracks the streets ect everything it's ever done, my passion and loyalty its power and beauty still stands is still amazing and for me the Veyron is still king of the road

One of the most informative & entertaining car reviews I have ever watched. Well done....

I like those sunnies, great for ski touring. Might have to get a pair

Hello James! Keep up the sick content!

World economy collapsing however James is now driving a Veyron... this channel is elevated to the next level, amazing cinematography and content as usual (if not even better). Thanks and keep it up! 👍💪

Great video James 👍

The stradman should watch this video and buy a veyron. Great video👌🏻

Hi james, thank you for a video on this beautiful car, and I'd just like to say it's a pleasure to listen to someone that gives you all the information right down to the finest detail, I did here from one of our engineears at Cosworth that you was meant to be coming to see our valkyrie engine running on our Dyno's. Not sure if you have been or if you are going to come.. kind regards Bob Rose

Remember the first time I saw one of these - it was parked outside the Dorchester and in a beautiful two tone bronze and black colour scheme - Piech was a mad perfectionist who we have a lot to thank for including the bulletproof nature of your GT3 etc...

Right ear not working? Just remove your right earphone🤷‍♂️

Great car, Great video, Great shoots. I really like that new expanded form of Modern Classic Series. I miss some RAW footage of driving car tought, do you have some?

Another amazing video. Looking forward to the bunker content

This was a great video

Yyyyyyeerrrrr modern classic are back , happy days 👍🏻👍🏻😎

Incredible car. Thankful that passionate petrol heads like guy berryman and quality journalists like mr JWW can bring this to us all. On the plus side, my Macan GTS has a Veyron gearbox 🤪

The best vid on your channel!👍

Everyone: why don’t you like to watch movies? Me: I still do. It’s just different (bro the quality of these videos is just amazing)

You looked like you had a blast driving that. Still one of the greatest looking cars still today....even if it is 10 or so years old!

Usually I wasn't a big fan of the Veyron, but seeing it in this video I kind of fell in love a bit. Never saw it as a classic that changed my perspective towards the car.

Excellent review

Keep posting videos big fan from Kenya 🇰🇪

how JWW is under 600K and Parker is 2.2 is absolute mind boggling. keep up the good work Mate, you’re miles better, in every way, so keep up the amazing work, and you’ll get there

It's unbelievable the speed at which everything is progressing now. It's really hard to appreciate how quickly the world's grown up in the last 15 years, but it was almost in a kind of technological infancy when the Veyron was launched. 15 years ago we were just getting into DVD, the internet was still in its infancy with many connections still being dial-up and the computer tech that made social media possible (Web 2.0 with it's billions upon billions of interconnections) was only being launched, Ferrari only launched the F430 in 2005 (with its futuristic F1 style flappy paddle gear shifters!), flat screen TVs were only just becoming popular then, and the iPhone was still a couple of years away from existing. We were also still 3 years away from the HD digital recording revolution with Canon's 5D MKII (I'm sure James knows what I'm talking about) which was a game-changer for internet content providers. Lastly in 2005, youtube was just launched. With the Veyron I think it was safe to say the future had finally arrived (sorry, that's horribly cliched)! 🤣

Amazing engineering. And the other amazing engineering success is how all these extreme technologies were normalized in a mere decade. These $20k tires which can be only replaced in France, are now superseded by regular stock tires which are rated for higher speed, provide more traction, and you can easily fit it onto your rim without glueing.

What a review man, congrats!!!

Wonderfully stimulating my left ear

Best series in youtube ever made

Mini heart attack - thought my right speaker died...

I love the way I always see a Audi A3 into the front design of the Veyron

Absolutely fantastic video James! Without the Bugatti I don’t think a lot of modern HyperCars would have had a bar to reach for. This really set the bar for all performance cars from 2005 onwards. Can I just say as well with regards to the video, could you get your editor to do some colour correction in future? The otherwise footage of the car is quite flat in colours and quite muted, but otherwise everything else is sublime!

A fancy car and a fancy location!

Absolutely cracking review of a great car. Even now the Veyron does not look second hand or dated. I remember before it came out and all the carmags at the time reported it was delayed due to the tyres needing to be able to take 250mph which at the time seemed an unbelievable speed. I'm sure the likes of Ferrari,McLaren and Porsche nicked some of that hard earned development for the P1 etc. My favourite Veyron tests are Jeremy Clarkson when it launched on top gear driving through Europe and Harry metcalfes drive in a Veyron vitesse. This review is now up there with them,easily could have watched another 10 minutes thanks.

Bugatti veyron is a special car, even after almost two decades it still can compete with the best supercars

Love to see you and guy do road trip in this!

This is the car that got me into cars, and I dream of owning it one day. I have a pretty expensive Dream 😅😅

It’s magnificent how this hyper car is made, how much thinking and advanced technology went in, and at the end someone from the VW Group thought that it’s ok to share a key with the Golf...

The quality of your videos is simply awesome

Excellent video quality When are your Caterham videos coming?

i think mr jww could have his own car tv program as he knows his stuff an keeps the viewers entertained an sheer great video quality