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Bugatti Veyron reinstated by Guinness as “world’s fastest production car”

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Bugatti has been in and out of the news recently, for both good and bad. Firstly, the brand was stripped of its title as the"world's fastest production car" after deactivating the restrictor that limits the car's top speed during its record run. Bugatti rebounded from that knock by announcing yesterday that its Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse secured the record as the "world's fastest convertible," managing a speed of 254 mph. Keeping with the good news, Guinness World Records announced today that it has in fact now reinstated the Veyron Super Sport as the "fastest production car in the world," returning the 1,200 hp hypercar to its rightful spot as number one.

Let's recap what happened here. This is Guinness's original statement declaring the stripping:

“It has come to the attention of Guinness World Records that there was an oversight in its adjudication of the ‘Fastest production car’ which was set in 2010 by the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport. As the car’s speed limiter was deactivated, this modification was against the official guidelines. Consequently, the vehicle’s record set at 431.072 km/h is no longer valid. As we are now reviewing this category with expert external consultants there is no current record holder.”