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11-30-2007, 11:21 PM
http://www.motorauthority.com/cars/bugatti/bugatti-driving-school-for-veyron-owners/
Bugatti Revs Up Exclusive Driving Course for Veyron Owners
COLMAR, France — Bugatti's new driving school for owners of the $1.6-million Veyron is shaping up as perhaps the ritziest one of its kind in the world.
Students are tutored by Pierre-Henri Raphanel, the former Formula One driver who now works for Bugatti as a product specialist. The setting is the "Anneau du Rhin" track in Colmar, the home of Alsatian wine and a former stomping grounds of (appropriately enough) King Charles the Fat. Bugatti supplies the vehicles for the event, so you can leave yours back home in the garage.
The driving course includes a round of exercises including emergency braking, change maneuvers and slaloms. It ends with a high-speed drive.
Perhaps of greater note is the fact that after a grueling day on the track, participants can hoist a glass and share a meal with Raphanel that evening "when they will have the possibility to exchange their impressions of the day's experience," the automaker says. Bugatti is also offering a visit "to nearby Molsheim for a tour of the birthplace of the first and today's Bugattis."
Bugatti Revs Up Exclusive Driving Course for Veyron Owners
COLMAR, France — Bugatti's new driving school for owners of the $1.6-million Veyron is shaping up as perhaps the ritziest one of its kind in the world.
Students are tutored by Pierre-Henri Raphanel, the former Formula One driver who now works for Bugatti as a product specialist. The setting is the "Anneau du Rhin" track in Colmar, the home of Alsatian wine and a former stomping grounds of (appropriately enough) King Charles the Fat. Bugatti supplies the vehicles for the event, so you can leave yours back home in the garage.
The driving course includes a round of exercises including emergency braking, change maneuvers and slaloms. It ends with a high-speed drive.
Perhaps of greater note is the fact that after a grueling day on the track, participants can hoist a glass and share a meal with Raphanel that evening "when they will have the possibility to exchange their impressions of the day's experience," the automaker says. Bugatti is also offering a visit "to nearby Molsheim for a tour of the birthplace of the first and today's Bugattis."