A Day With A Bugatti: Test-Driving The Veyron Grand Sport

In the summer of 2011, I had just started my career as a junior Freelance-Creative Partner, specializing in copy writing, photography and video production. You can probably imagine my excitement when a message that I left at a local automotive blog was met with an invitation to the first test-drive and photo/film shoot of the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport. My first real car-job and it was one of the fastest and most expensive cars on the planet - I was ecstatic.

I arrived at the massive estate at an undisclosed location near Toronto to find the beautiful marvel of engineering sitting quietly at the base of the stairs to the house. The Bugatti didn't remain quiet for long. Before I could snap my second photo since walking up the driveway from the guest-house, the Bugatti representative turned the key, bringing the 1001 horsepower 8-liter W16 to life. We brought the car further onto the estate to get some pictures around the stunning property.

  

Full photo shoot here.

After a while, it was time to take the car out to the open roads. There was a lot of traffic on the city roads, which as you can guess garnered a lot of attention. Attention isn't the best thing to have when you're leaning out the window of a chase car with a camera filming a million-dollar supercar - believe me. I got a ticket for it.

Me, pretending to be badass enough to get a ticket in a Bugatti.

After being pulled over and questioned, we were off again. If you've never seen a Bugatti, I can assure you, this car lives up to the hype. It's loud, gorgeous and faster than a bat out of hell. Although most of the footage I have was contracted away to the automotive blog I was freelancing for, there is a bit of footage for your viewing pleasure:

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