Many rich motorists want to own a supercar simply as a status symbol - and few will ever get the chance to use one to its full potential. But a Bugatti Veyron driver has achieved seven runs at astonishing speeds of up to 225mph on Arizona’s Interstate 8 public highway. An amazing video shows the $1.7million vehicle - named ‘car of the decade’ by BBC’s Top Gear in 2010 - driven into the U.S. from Mexico. Scroll down for video Supercar: A Bugatti Veyron driver has achieved seven runs at astonishing speeds of up to 225mph on Arizona's Interstate 8 public highway
@highlight
Bugatti Veyron driven at 225mph on Arizona's I-8
@highlight
$1.7m vehicle named 'car of the decade' by Top Gear
@highlight
It can do 0-60mph in 2.5 seconds; top speed 253mph
And because of its impressive fuel efficiency the car could be driven down to the @placeholder border and back into southern Arizona without refuelling.