Bugatti’s $Trio.Five million Chiron is fastest car in the world
The Bugatti Chiron is exposed ahead of Geneva debut. (Photo: Bugatti)
Published Monday, February 29, two thousand sixteen 1:26PM EST
The Bugatti Chiron has just taken the title of the world’s most powerful production car, with an 8.0-litre quad-turbo W-16 that turns out 1,480 horsepower and uses it to reach a top speed electronically limited to four hundred twenty km/h (261 mph), the automaker said February 29, ahead of the car’s expose in Geneva.
The engine, which employs what Bugatti calls two-stage turbocharging, channels some 1,180 lb-ft of torque through its seven-speed dual-clutch transmission to all four wheels; and while the company doesn’t yet have an official zero-to-100 km/h figure, its estimate is about Two.Five seconds.
The limit on the top speed is designed to keep the tires from wearing out, but unrestricted the Chiron could go as prompt as four hundred sixty one km/h (287 mph), CAR Magazine figures.
The price on the fresh supercar starts at Two.Four million Euro, or about $Trio.Five million Canadian. Only five hundred cars will be made, but Bugatti says it already has pre-orders for about a third of that total.
You might see more than a passing resemblance inbetween the Chiron and its predecessor, the Veyron – the fresh car is broader and higher – but Bugatti says it drew more on its history in shaping the Chiron’s carbon-fibre bodywork.
Specifically, its design is supposed to echo the Type 57SC Atlantic, specifically in the curve along the rear of the door; and in the central fin that runs from nose to tail, a throwback to the prominent riveted seam down the middle of the pre-war Bugatti.
Bugatti drew on its heritage, too, when it came to choosing a name: the car’s namesake, Louis Chiron, was a factory racing driver for the marque prior to and after the 2nd World War.
The interior of the Chiron has no real connection to past Bugattis, and indeed each car’s insides will be generally rather bespoke, that is, custom-fitted to the owner’s tastes. The trunk up front has been enlarged versus the Veyron’s, and can now fit a 44-litre suitcase.
The engineering Bugatti built into the Chiron is simply astounding. However its W16 engine is based on its Veyron predecessor’s, it comes with fully fresh internals. Its four turbochargers are each thirty percent larger that the outgoing car’s, and work in two stages: two spool up when the Chiron launches, and the other two only kick in above Trio,800 rpm.
All of these chunks are cooled by some ten radiators, tho’ brake cooling is helped in part a hydraulic flap by the front axle, which also lowers haul. There’s also a four-position spoiler out back which can, again, act as an airbrake during deceleration; and an adaptive suspension system to raise or lower the car for optimal aerodynamics.
The Bugatti Chiron makes its auto demonstrate debut at the Geneva Motor Showcase on March 1. The marque is already extra taking orders for the very first Chirons.