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I knew a bit about the Veyron before I read this article on Jalopnik.  I watched the Top Gear episode where Jeremy Clarkson raced an airplane in one, and absorbed lots of tidbits, which were supplemented by James May's top speed run in the monster.  But there are a few more nuggets that I feel everyone should know:

• The handbrake is equipped with ABS
• There are 10 radiators, the tenth to cool the hydraulic oil used to raise the spoiler.
• The car rides at 5" in normal mode, at 130 mph it switches to handling mode which raises the spoiler and lowers the suspension 2 inches.
• There's also a top-speed mode, activated by a key in the door, which drops the car to 2.5" and is deactivated if you tap the brake or turn the wheel.
• The car runs for 12 minutes at top speed (253mph) before running out of gas.  That's a 50.6 mile range.
• The car will stop from full gait in under 10 seconds.
• 0-60 in 2.64 s
• 0-100 in 6 s
• 0-150 in 11 s
• 0-200 in 22 s
  

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