Roger Biermann is an automotive journalist of 13 years and has been the Managing Editor at CarBuzz since 2021. With no formal post-high school education, Roger launched his career as an automotive ...

In case you haven’t heard, Bugatti recently broke the 300-miles-per-hour barrier with a tweaked Chiron, hitting precisely 304.773 mph at Germany’s Ehra-Lessien test track. Bugatti then promptly ...

A 42 year old Brazilian test driver working for Volkswagen died on the premises of the company's Ehra-Lessien testing site, flensburg-online.de reported. Another test driver, a 27 year-old German test ...

Two years later, Bugatti set a new record by blasting through Ehra-Lessien at 253.81 mph. An additional 200 horsepower sent the Veyron Super Sport all the way to an average of 267.856 mph in 2010, but ...

Back in 2010, a de-restricted Bugatti Veyron SuperSport raised the production car speed record to 268 miles per hour after a two-way run at parent company VAG’s Ehra-Lessien test track. Ehra-Lessien ...

Bugatti made history last month with a record high-speed run on Volkswagen's secluded Ehra-Lessien test track in Germany, achieving a top speed of 304.773 mph on the track's 5.4-mile straight with ...

When it comes to the vital statistics of a modern hypercar, surely none have as little relevance as its top speed. You can make use of a sub three-second 0-60mph time in most parts of the world ...

Factory test driver Andy Wallace piloted a slightly modified Bugatti Chiron to an official 304.773 mph at the Ehra-Lessien test track in Germany. The car has a slightly more powerful version of the ...

From the August 2012 issue of Car and Driver. For automakers set on the glory that comes from breaking records, going fast has become a very serious business. Speed-obsessed manufacturers get bragging ...

On an April day in 1987, the world's fastest cars couldn't catch a 211 mph twin-turbo Ruf known as the Yellowbird. While Alois Ruf was celebrating, on the other side of the water, a South African ...

It takes about a half hour driving north from Wolfsburg along a lonely stretch of route A300 to reach Ehra-Lessien, Germany. It's a speck on the map. There's nothing around for miles. Well, almost ...