Dream cars by Lamborghini and Bugatti

This afternoon at the Detroit Auto Show, Lamborghini will officially unveil the 40th Anniversary Miura concept car, which was previewed last week at the Museum of Television & Radio in Los Angeles. It beautifully revives the iconic mid-60s design, but "will not go into production", according to CEO Stephan Winkelmann - though AutoWeek thinks otherwise. (Here's the official press release.)

And yet even it pales in comparison to the fastest, most expensive car ever made - the $1.2 million, 250+ mph, 1,001-hp Veyron 16.4 by Bugatti, which no less an authority than Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson has hailed as "the most stunning piece of automotive engineering ever created". (The "16.4" refers to 16 cylinders and four turbos, which'll hit 62 mph in 2.5 seconds.) Only 300 will be made.


Speaking of Top Gear (which I first got hooked on back in September), although it sadly no longer airs on Discovery (which is prepping a sure to be less cool American remake), you can watch segments online via Google Video - including the entire Top Gear episode devoted to the Bugatti Veyron. (Click here for a preview.) Or, if you're feeling a bit more adventurous, you can find torrents for every Top Gear episode ever here. Robogeeky bliss!