<Tr> <Th> Successor </Th> <Td> Bugatti Chiron </Td> </Tr> <P> The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engined sports car, designed and developed in Germany by the Volkswagen Group and manufactured in Molsheim, France, by Bugatti . It was named after the racing driver Pierre Veyron . </P> <P> The original version has a top speed of 407 km / h (253 mph). It was named Car of the Decade and best car award (2000--2009) by the BBC television programme Top Gear . The standard Bugatti Veyron also won Top Gear's Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005 . </P> <P> The Super Sport version of the Veyron is recognised by Guinness World Records as the fastest street - legal production car in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 km / h (267.856 mph). The roadster Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse version is the fastest roadster in the world, reaching an averaged top speed of 408.84 km / h (254.04 mph) in a test on 6 April 2013 . </P>

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