New Bugatti Bolide revealed with 1 361 kW and 500+ km/h top speed!
Bugatti has taken the wraps off its new two-seater Bolide, a track-focused hypercar based on the Chiron and boasting 1 361 kW and a top speed of “well above 500 km/h”.
Before we go any further, let us point out the French firm says it “has not been decided yet” whether the Bolide will go into series production.
So, what do we know? Well, the familiar 8,0-litre W16 engine has been tuned to deliver 1 361 kW and 1 850 N.m (using 110 octane racing fuel), with Bugatti saying it has “optimised the engine and gearbox in particular for higher engine speeds”.
Four newly developed turbochargers have been fitted, while the oil circuit, oil pressure, check valves, baffles, oil tanks, oil reservoirs and pump design of the dry-sump lubrication system have been “optimised”. Instead of water-to-air intercooling, the Bolide employs air-to-air intercooling with water pre-cooling.
The new Bolide has a wheelbase of 2 750 mm and a width of 1 990 mm, standing a mere 995 mm tall. According to the company, the newcomer weighs just 1 240 kg dry, which combined with all that oomph would result in a lap round the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 5:23,1 (according to "simulations").
Bugatti has revealed its new two-seater Bolide, a Chiron-based, track-focused hypercar boasting 1 361 kW and a top speed of “above 500 km/h”.
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