I also beg to differ. McLauren might have set out to create the ultimate driving car, true, but what they arrived at was far from it. F1's were always unpredictable and somewhat of a beast to handle, as the tail on the car was highly unstable in a turn. Both Tiff Needles and Jeremy Clarkson agree on this, and it was a problem that Mclauren never found a way to fix. But true, they went into making that car with the intention of the ultimate driving machine. I cant argue with that, and in fact I agree.
But what the people from Bugatti and Volkswagen have done is pushed the idea of what a car can be further than anyone has ever dared. Sure, the Mclauren was designed for drivers, as a practical car for the superrich who have everything. But the Veyron is different. Its purpose was the challenge everything that had ever been expected of a car. It wasnt made to be sold, and the project took 5 years to develop a prototype. Everything about this car is completely insane, right down to the magnesium/titanium alloy metals they used in the interior. It wasnt built for, well, anyone. It has no market, no specific class that it caters to. Its just completely insane. While Mclauren did set out to make the ultimate driving car, and somewhat succeded, Bugatti instead built the Veyron with the intent to make just the most incredible car ever built. They didnt make it for anyone, and when they do sell a Veyron, it actually costs Volkswagen a ton of money. Thats why, in my humble opinion, there has never been a car like the Veyron, and there probably never will be for our generation. That is why I believe the Veyron is simply the best car.