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... Faster forward - News - Motoring - smh.com.au NEWS register www.smh.com.au Motoring » News » Article Faster forward Email Print Normal font Large font March 31, 2006 JOSHUA DOWLING tests a road car that's faster than the Formula One machines on the grid for this weekend's Australian Grand Prix.

You know a car is fast when the valet key limits the vehicle's top speed to 375kmh.

Imagine the owner: "There you go, old chap.

Don't even bother trying any funny business, as you won't get it a whisker over 375kmh ..." If you want to attempt to reach 407kmh in the Bugatti Veyron, the world's fastest road car by some considerable margin, then you'll need the second, speed key.

I'm not about to attempt a top-speed run.

I'll be happy to bring the Veyron (and myself) back alive after negotiating afternoon peak hour traffic.

After all, what good is having the world's fastest, most powerful and most expensive car if you can't jump in it to head down to the shops?

The clouds above Bugatti's French headquarters in the Alsace town of Molsheim, near the border of Germany, are dark and the surrounding roads are cold, wet and crow...

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