15 Manliest Cars On The Road

13. Bugatti Veyron

Maybe it’s just as well that most of us will never experience this car firsthand, as we’d forever be spoiled from that moment.

Yes, there’s the face-distorting acceleration and top speed.

Remember, though, this isn’t just about the seven-figure sticker price, the 1,001 horsepower or the ability to top 55 mph speed limits by almost 250 mph.

As a manly car, the Veyron has the look of an assassin. It’s not overtly tough like Rambo, but that’s because it doesn’t have to be. If James Bond were French, this would be his car.

The Veyron is a car of engineering beauty. So it’s no disservice to bluntly describe the Veyron as a weird, insect-like machine with four huge tires, an absurd number of scoops and winglets along the flanks and across the roof, featuring a distinctive white-and-red badge on the nose that reads ‘Bugatti.’

When you climb aboard the Bugatti Veyron there are no particular physical contortions required of you by the world’s fastest car, as there are in so many so-called supercars.

You pull on the beautifully crafted aluminum door handle, open the door wide and, once you’ve negotiated the high, thick sill, insert yourself easily into the seat, crafted from carbonfiber and covered in thick leather.

The Bugatti Veyron boasts a quite extraordinary set of performance figures. After just 2.46sec its reaches 60mph, and barely a couple of seconds after that it bursts into three figures.