Top Gear Filming with not one but THREE Bugatti Veyron loaners in the UAE

[minifreak]

ABU DHABI - Psst, buddy, can you spare me a sports car? Yes, evidently, three of them. This weekend Top Gear, the UK-based car magazine, which is in the country for a photo shoot, sent out an urgent request for an unusual car, the million-dollar Bugatti Veyron.

It was hoping for one. Instead, it was offered three of the vehicles, which cost more than Dhs 4.4 million (USD $1.2m) each. “No other place in the world could we have found three Bugattis in a span of 48 hours,” said a relieved Charlie Turner, the creative director for the magazine.

The cars were tracked down by the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority and belong to local owners who wish to remain anonymous. Built by Volkswagen, the 1,000-horsepower vehicle can reach 255 MPH (407 KPH). One car in the shoot, a gleaming aluminium-bodied model, is one of only five in the world.

The Corniche area and Jabel Hafeet were briefly closed off for the shoot, which featured the Stig, Top Gear’s mysterious, overall-clad driver. Top Gear, paired with a BBC television show of the same name, sells more than a million copies a month.

Well here we are folks in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Top Gear UK’s favorite and definitely my favorite TV show and magazine is filming with THREE Bugatti Veyrons. The BBC show’s crew was jaw droppingly surprised to find all 3 loaner Bugatti Veyrons. The team racecar driver THE STIG was also there. All the Veyrons were heading to the Marina Mall in downtown Abu Dhabi. Transport Officers had to close several roads for the photoshoot.

Oh almost forgot, part of the shoot was on top of the Jabel Hafeet mountains, and the amazing roads leading upto and through it. Boy, would this be a helluva fun joyride!

Lastly, there is also a rumor going around that there was a Koenigsegg CCX spotted during the photoshoot. So will they do some sort of a race with THE STIG, involving the 3 Veryons & the CCX?? Anybody’s guess but I defnitely cannot wait for the 11th season of this show to get started here shortly this summer. Oh and I really hope they get something with the US version up and going, too bad Jay Leno refused to host it.

ive just had a little trouser incident

[driftboy]

Wow... Holy cow 3 of them... Nice...

[salsheikh]

i've told daddy not to let anyone play with my toys, now i am really upset.

[SteveN]

Cool as, suprisingly its the red one I like the best I think.

LOL@Million copies a month though.

Back in the real world, its...

181k UK and Ireland sales.

200k Worldwide

[Godzilla-RR]

I've been to Dubai last year, I was shocked to see some cars there, u name it, they have got it, rich Arabs what can I say. I saw a Bugatti with a Qatar plate outside the Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane London a month ago, in summer if you go to cntral London you will see some amazing cars with Arab plates, when they come to London on Holiday they bring their cars with them, a lot of them are young guys too in their tweties. Saw a whithe Lamborghine LP40 in white Qatar plate amazing.

[CSB]

gotta love dubai

[Nismo-ace]

Looks like the stig is on holiday....

[Rain]

Dorchester is great place for that, plus their food there is pretty damn nice too!!

Not so exciting about the rooms, nicer ones in Tokyo Marunouchi.