My God denom, don't be so angry.
You see the McLaren F1, Bugatti Veyron, Porsche Carrera GT, Ferrari Enzo etc all fall under the 'performance car' category.
Now when you think about 'performance cars' vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics and all other performance aspect needs to be designed first & when this aspects are freezed, the car shape or exterior designing takes place. So the engineers does have complete control on the car & designed with best performance in mind.
When the McLaren F1 was build, its designer Gordon Murray did not thought how it should look like and desined the car 'inside out'. He looked for performance in every aspect of the car and critically examined the components. He did not care how the car should look or what max speed the car will be capable of, he just designed the best possible car he could design.
Mind you Murray is F1 car designer.
This car was 'pure' which resulted in 370+ km/hr top speed, but its real strength was its power to weight ratio which provoded excellent behaviour is racing tracks. So, though McLaren F1 was designed as a road car it had overwhelming success in race competions like LeMans.
Now consider the Bugatti Veyron. It was first shown in an auto show & VW boss approved that this car will go to production. So the car's outside configuration was freezed even before proper engineering from inside the car.
So, its enginners faced the huge problem of desining the car 'outside in'. It was a nightmmare. Again the Volkswagen bosses said the car should do a 400 km/hr down the staright. To do 400 km/hr plus in a car with the exterior design fixed also became a nightmare since the aerodynamicist cannot work on the exterror to make it more stable at high speeds.
Now to make the car stable at high speeds they went for 4 wheel driving in a sports car!!!!!. Have you ever seen a 4 wheel drive in a F1 car. Or Ferrari designed a high performance 4 wheel drive car. Never. Since 4 wheel drive works against vehicle dynamics in a high speed low drag sports car.
So you see, the Veyron is flawed, but Volkswagen have huge money & they pumped in the money for 5 years and somehow the car became drivable & enjoyable and a 'Grand Tourer Car'
Have you ever seen the Bugatti taking part in a race. I have not seen. Since iy does not posses the performance aspects necessary for a sports car.
But denom, this are my personal views and you may have a different one, so if you happy to think Veyron in the best, then be it then.
Please don't be angry my friend.
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