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The craftsmen of Hermès Interior and Design have optimized the use of fabrics and leathers to soften ambient noise and vibration. Consoles, drawers and cabinets have been recessed or placed entirely out of view. A sliding glass partition now separates passenger compartment and cockpit, enhancing privacy while allowing light to enter. Overhead Air Conditioning ducts have been center-aligned across the ceiling, providing passengers with cleaner, more symmetrical visuals. Even the landing gear has been redesigned to allow for easier and more elegant access to the cabin. In short, each aesthetic choice is combined with a functional improvement.

Mori Building City Air Services’ private helicopter company in Tokyo offers services ferrying jet-setting passengers between central Tokyo and Narita International Airport on a 30 minute flight. A similar service is also available in the UAE.

If one wishes there is an available Buggati Veyron designed by Hermès to accompany your very own private Hermès helicopter.

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While it’s the bigger turbos and intercoolers that make the additional power, the visually distinctive elements of the Super Sport are a revised front end with larger air intakes and the elimination of the rear, high-mounted air intake scoops that have been replaced by low-profile NACA ducts. The tail has been reconfigured around a new air diffuser and a centered exhaust bundle. It’s just the sort of subtle differences that the elite won’t notice and that are guaranteed to crush the egos of those poor near-billionaires stuck driving their now passé regular Veyrons. The Super Sport’s suspension has also been fortified and stiffened to handle the additional power. The body has also been strengthened and will be available unpainted for those who like the menacing King of the Underworld look of clear-coated raw carbon-fiber.

The Veyron Super Sport will make its public debut in mid-August at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Élégance in California. The first five Super Sports will be finished as replicas of the record setter and be labeled as “World Record Edition” models. The Veyron Super Sport is apparently intended to be the Veyron’s swan song. Since its introduction in 2005, Bugatti has sold 260 regular-specification Veyron coupes and 35 Veyron Grand Sports with a removable roof panel. With a price rumored to start at $2.5 million, the Super Sport will make those 295 previous Veyrons seem ordinary; commuter cars for Paris Hilton or the assorted Kardashians. There is, however, one piece of bad news for anyone thinking of taking their new Veyron Super Sport out and resetting the top speed record. Bugatti will be electronically limiting the production cars to a top speed of 257.9 mph in order to, the maker says, “protect the tires.”

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