Ron Dennis Calls Bugatti Veyron a ‘Piece of Junk’

Bugatti Veyron

McLaren’s CEO, Ron Dennis, has cracked the reputation of the Bugatti Veyron by calling it ‘a complete piece of junk’. He also stated that he can look at a range of women and see beauty in most of them, but he can not look at a Bugatti and think positive about it. He said:

It’s just pig ugly, the Veyron doesn’t do anything for me. I’ve been looking at it for years, and I don’t see one single thing that makes me feel good.

What reason Sir Dennis had for this is unknown, maybe it has something to do with the recent unveiling of his own MP4-12C supercar. The MP4-12C, which will be sold for close to $ 250,000 next year, is believed to boast a top speed in excess of 320km/h.

Still, his criticism had not ended. He also claimed that a recent road race on BBC, Top Gear, organised in Abu Dhabi between the Veyron and the McLaren F1 road car had to be fake to make the Veyron look quicker than it was.

I know that they have to cut the car open to take the engine out. To make an engine in that configuration, you know, it doesn’t go around corners. When we did the race in Abu Dhabi, we beat it off the line so many times that the film crew was getting frustrated because the outcome was supposed to be for the Bugatti to win.

So we had to do that whole thing about ten times before it managed to get off the line cleanly and catch us up. Because every time they dropped the clutch it bogged down and we were gone.

Just jealousy or can you find yourself in Dennis’ way of thinking?

Published: April 10, 2010 3:28 pm

Published by Steven

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22 Comments

Hiband says:

February 29, 2012 at 1:14 pm

One employee was found with the documents. He then gave them to a ferrari employee. Get your facts right!!!
jesus christ says:

May 2, 2011 at 12:17 am

the veyron is a road car and that’s how it feels to drive. no matter what they say, the f1 is a race car. only a race car driver can appreciate the twitchy handling of the thing. the veyron looks like a million pounds, the f1 doesn’t. i want a veyron, i don’t want the f1. ron sold half of the mclaren f1′s to the sultan of brunei who leaves them to rot in the humidity of the rainforest where no one will have a chance to see them. lunatics :)
Sky is the limit.. . says:

January 31, 2011 at 1:25 am

McLaren has a very bright future*
Ian says:

July 14, 2010 at 8:48 am

Actually, it’s Dennis who is “a piece of junk”.
Ian says:

July 14, 2010 at 8:46 am

Reminds the old fable – The Fox and the Grapes. When the Fox couldn’t reach the Grapes it says that the Grapes is too “green”.
BoostGear.com says:

April 28, 2010 at 9:13 pm

I don’t care for the looks of the Veyron either, but I can not hate on any engine with 4 turbo’s that actually work correctly. If you follow F1, you know old Ron Dennis is also known for his RonSpeak :) Long live the McLaren F1.
L.P. says:

April 13, 2010 at 3:59 am

Ron is right the Veyron is butt ugly, but I don’t see Top Gear’s motivation for rigging the race in Dubai. It doesn’t really matter because the king of the hill is the SSC Ultimate Aero TT made in my Washington State, USA!