Bugatti Chiron

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Bugatti Chiron Vs Bugatti Veyron In Drag Race

The wild Bugatti Veyron set a new standard for hypercars when it debuted in 2006 but since then a new Bugatti beast has entered the scene, the Chiron.

YouTuber Stradman took his Veyron to a one-mile airstrip where it lined up against a friends Chiron.

The Veyron delivers 987 hp (736 kW), while the Chiron produces 1,479 hp (1,103 kW). The power difference shows how much can change in a decade, and it’s instantly noticeable on the tarmac.

https://www.zero2turbo.com/2021/10/bugatti-chiron-vs-bugatti-veyron-in-drag-race

 

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The Bugatti Bolide is officially the world’s most beautiful hypercar*

*According to an expert jury assembled at the Festival Automobile International in Paris, anyway

The Bugatti Bolide has been crowned the world’s most beautiful hypercar, fending off competition from the BAC Mono, Gordon Murray T50 and Mercedes AMG One.

First deliveries of the Chiron-embarrassing track monster aren’t due until 2024, but Bugatti says the design of the concept is unlikely to change much before production begins.

The numbers behind it are certainly a sight for sore eyes: Molsheim’s quad-turbo W16 engine produces 1,824bhp on a diet of 110 octane racing juice, enough for 0-62mph in 2.17 seconds and a top speed in excess of 310mph. That rear wing generates 1,800kg of downforce at 198mph, a figure Bugatti itself admits is ‘extreme’.

“The Bolide was an entirely different challenge for our design team, and a kind of mental experiment where we stripped the car back to its W16 quad-turbocharged heart and rebuild it with the bare minimum to create the most extreme Bugatti yet,” explains Bugatti design director Achim Anscheidt. “The key for us was to respect the technical requirements of Bolide, focusing first on the function and only then developing the form.

“It’s an honour for us that the resulting design has won such a highly coveted award, voted for by experts in our field. Praise must go to the entire design team, each dedicated to their craft in harmonising and perfecting all aspects of the Bolide’s design during an innovative four-months, purely digital process.”

The Bugatti Bolide is officially the world’s most beautiful hypercar*

*According to an expert jury assembled at the Festival Automobile International in Paris, anyway

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Double Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ Unboxing Event In USA

Bugatti recently shared with the world that the first eight Chiron Super Sport 300+ hypercars were ready for delivery and it seems two of those have made their way to the US of A.

Miller Motorcars of Greenwich, Connecticut had the privilege of delivering the very first two customer cars, and they decided to put on quite a show to mark the special occasion.

Sure unboxing videos are a dime a dozen now but never before has it been a double opening of a $4 million hypercar limited to just 30 worldwide.

https://www.zero2turbo.com/2021/10/double-bugatti-chiron-super-sport-300-unboxing-event-in-usa

 

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FIRST DRIVE

Bugatti Chiron Super Sport review: a 273mph daily-driver

You mentioned the Nurburgring?

Ah yes, that old place. Typically, it started raining the moment we rocked up to the Devil’s Diner car park at the start barrier – surrounded by slack jaws and a sea of phone cameras. Clearly bringing someone else’s £3m hypercar on cut slicks, to a public session on the world’s scariest racetrack, in biblical weather, isn’t really the done thing. Who knew?

I’d love to tell you I learned about the limits of the Super Sport’s lateral G, regale you with stories about gentle breakaways into four-wheel drifts, heroic speeds around the carousel or about how mighty the brakes were at the end of the straight… but in reality, this was one of the stupider things Top Gear has done.

Within one corner it’s clear this is a fight for survival… and my family’s solvency. To have any meaningful purchase on the surface Cup 2s need temperature – about 35 degrees a corner in the wet, but heating them up when anything faster than a jog and a whiff of steering lock equals a code brown moment, is next to impossible. So we slide around like we’re on ice, waiting to hit something and steal tomorrow’s headlines. Miraculously we make it around.

Even more miraculously Andy Wallace agrees to have a crack himself with me riding shotgun, and confirms it’s pretty much undriveable out there. Still, what a day. What a car.

Bugatti Chiron Super Sport review: a 273mph daily-driver Reviews 2023 | Top Gear

What’s this then? This is the elongated and pumped-up Bugatti Chiron that Andy Wallace drove at 304.773mph in 2019 – the first series production car to break the 300mph barrier. Well… a close approximation of it at least.

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Carwow review of the Chiron Super Sport

 

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Ex-Stig Ben Collins drives the 273mph Bugatti Chiron Super Sport - DriveTribe

 

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500 Unit Bugatti Chiron Production Run Almost Complete

Four years since the very first of 500 bespoke units left the Atelier in Molsheim, the Bugatti Chiron now enters its final production phase in Chiron Pur Sport and Chiron Super Sport form only, with less than 40 build slots left to be allocated. The final units of the Chiron and Chiron Sport are already being handcrafted or scheduled to be built at Bugatti’s Molsheim Atelier, making way for the final encore of the Chiron era.

18 months from its initial announcement, 300 of the limited 500 series run of the Chiron had been sold. This sales momentum has continued throughout the years and into 2021, despite global challenges such as COVID-19. The United States is Chiron’s strongest market, contributing significantly to a record-breaking quarter in Q3, which welcomed Chiron sales that doubled year-on-year and even tripled in some regions.

2021 saw the unveiling of Bugatti’s latest masterpiece – the Chiron Super Sport – which alongside the Pur Sport will make up the final 40 units of Bugatti’s 500-strong Chiron production run.

500 Unit Bugatti Chiron Production Run Almost Complete

18 months from its initial announcement, 300 of the limited 500 series run of the Chiron had been sold.

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Bugatti Chiron nears end of production as 40 models remain

Final 40 examples off the production line will be a mix of Pur Sport and Super Sport variants

The Bugatti Chiron has reached its final phase of production, with the firm planning to produce just 40 more examples of the Veyron successor.

The final 40 examples, set to be a mix of Chiron Super Sport and Pur Sport models, will wrap up a run of 500 units for the French hypercar five years after it first went on sale. Orders for the standard Chiron are now no longer being taken.

“With the Chiron Pur Sport and Super Sport, we're offering customers the culmination of years of continual development of the Chiron platform,” said Bugatti sales director Hendrik Malinowski.

“This spectrum of performance, whether it be hitting the apex on track or cruising on autobahns in total luxury, takes the Chiron to an entirely new level. Now with so few build slots remaining, the purity of the W16 recipe is being honored in style.”

The Chiron was launched in 2016, commanding a price tag of £2 million and offering 1479bhp and 1180lb ft of torque from a quad-turbocharged W16 engine that was comprehensively updated from the unit previously deployed in the Veyron. It was capable of 0-62mph in 2.4sec and an electronically limited top speed of 261mph, and later variants have bumped those figures up.

Bugatti Chiron nears end of production as 40 models remain | Autocar

Final 40 examples off the production line will be a mix of Pur Sport and Super Sport variants

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Bugatti Chiron production run nears its end with just 40 units remaining

The Bugatti Chiron has officially entered the final phase of its production run, just four years after it was officially revealed. The remained of the 500 bespoke units are limited to the Chiron Pur Sport and Chiron Super Sport form only. Just 40 build slots remain.

With this, the Bugatti Chiron has been a success for the French boutique manufacturer. 18 months from its initial announcement, 300 of the limited 500 series run of the Chiron had been sold. This sales momentum continued throughout the years and into 2021, despite global challenges such as COVID-19. The United States is the Chiron’s strongest market, contributing significantly to a record-breaking quarter in Q3, which welcomed Chiron sales that doubled year-on-year and even tripled in some regions.

With the revival of in-person events such as Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and a range of exclusive customer and media drive events, the brand says the Chiron continues to help drive Bugatti’s momentum, attracting universal acclaim, as the model becomes an increasingly rare proposition.

Hendrik Malinowski, Director of Sales and Operations, comments: “Our discerning customer base across the world consists of true Bugatti connoisseurs. They are hard-working, self-made individuals who regard owning one or multiple Bugatti masterpieces as the realization of a dream. They understand the devotion behind the pioneering design and engineering of each Chiron model. Their appreciation for the provenance and performance of our hyper sports cars comes from a genuine passion for the brand.

Bugatti Chiron production run nears its end with just 40 units remaining

The Bugatti Chiron has officially entered the final phase of its production run, just four years after it was officially revealed. The remained of the 500 bespoke units are limited to the Chiron Pur Sport and Chiron Super Sport form only. Just 40 build slots remain.

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Bugatti and Rimac hypercar firms complete merger

Newly formed Bugatti Rimac LLC is headquartered in Croatia, but Bugatti will retain French factory

The long-mooted partnership between Bugatti and EV technology specialist Rimac Automobili has come into effect, with the marged Bugatti Rimac LCC company officially being incorporated.

The new company is 45% owned by Porsche and 55% owned by the newly formed Rimac Group, in which Rimac founder Mate Rimac retains a 37% shareholding, Porsche 24%, Hyundai Motor Group 12% and various other investors the remaining 27%.

Bugatti Rimac is headquartered in Croatia, with Mate Rimac serving as CEO and former Bugatti director general Christophe Piochon appointed chief operating offer.

Porsche chairman Oliver Blume and deputy chairman Lutz Meschke will both serve as supervisory board members for the new joint venture.

Rimac said that he was “honored to be leading this new fusion of automotive minds and begin what will no doubt be a successful, revolutionary and exciting new chapter for everyone involved".

He added: "I am also extremely curious to oversee the profound impact Bugatti Rimac will have on the industry, and I look forward to developing innovative new hypercars and technologies.”

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/bugatti-and-rimac-hypercar-firms-complete-merger

 

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Bugatti Created A $170 Heated Razor With Gillette

Bugatti partnered with Gillette for a special edition razor

I thought that I had been acclimated to the branded merchandise that luxury sports car manufacturers license other companies to produce, but nothing could prepare me for this product. Bugatti has decided to take this trend down a new avenue. The legendary French automaker have partnered with Gillette to start selling a Bugatti-branded heated razor.

The GilletteLabs | Bugatti Special Edition Heated Razor is a five-blade razor with a first-of-its-kind stainless steel warming bar. The warming bar is an electric heating element designed to provide “a noticeably more comfortable shave and sensorial experience.” The warming bar technology was developed by GilletteLabs, Gillette’s premium innovation division. I know that all companies should be striving to create exciting new products. But, it seems ridiculous for a razor company to market their innovation division in a similar manner to the performance division of a car manufacturer. The razor currently retails for $170 on the Gillette website.

While the technology is actually innovative, the heater razor wasn’t created for the partnership. The GilletteLabs Heated Razor, the first-ever heater razor, predated this collaboration. The special edition razor is simply a Bugatti rebrand. The razor is styled with a Bugatti logo and a color marketed as Bugatti Agile Bleu, visibly identical to the Bleu de France used on the Bugatti’s dominant grand prix car of the 1920s. The razor without Bugatti branding currently retails for $150 on the Gillette website.

Bugatti Created A $170 Heated Razor With Gillette - Jalopnik

I thought that I had been acclimated to the branded merchandise that luxury sports car manufacturers license other companies to produce, but nothing could prepare me for this product. Bugatti has decided to take this trend down a new avenue. The legendary French automaker have partnered with...

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Driving the World's Fastest Car - Bugatti Chiron Super Sport - Supercar Blondie

 

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Bugatti Chiron

WHAT'S THE VERDICT?

“The Veyron’s reign as the world fastest production car is at an end, and the usurper comes from within. Yes, the £1.9m Chiron is built to bend physics to breaking point”

The Veyron’s significance transcends its obvious performance qualifications. Yes, it was the fastest, most complicated, most expensive thing available at the time, but it also prefaced a new technology language – one that virtually all modern fast cars have now adopted: turbocharging, all-wheel drive and perhaps most significant of all, the dual-clutch gearbox. The Veyron was essentially Volkswagen’s then-boss Ferdinand Piëch showing the world what his vast conglomerate could achieve. It was his Saturn V moment. And it was nearly as costly.

And yet the world never fell in love with the Veyron. It was never a poster car in the mould of a Countach or an F40 – somehow Piëch created a kind of million-dollar Audi Quattro that we respected but didn’t crave and desire.

But the the Chiron is so enigmatic – it goes about its everyday business with a competence that belies just how much engineering has been thrown at it to be able to travel at such remarkable speeds. We expected a facelifted Veyron – we expected to come away questioning the Chiron’s reason for being. Instead we drove a car that does things no other car can; one with a distinct personality.

Which model would we go for? Bugatti will only ever build 500 Chirons, but within that will be a mix of Chiron, Chiron Sport, Chiron Pur Sport and Super Sport. The coachbuilt specials – Divo, Centodieci, Voiture Noire – are on top of the 500. In fact, the standard Chiron and Chiron Sport have come to the end of their homologation run, so if you have a spare few million sloshing around, your choice is only between Pur Sport and Super Sport.

The best way to think of the Super Sport is as the Chiron Streamliner - the Chiron Pur Sport and Bugatti Divo lean more towards cornering, lap times and handing ability whereas the Super Sport at its core is about minimising drag and maximising straight line speed. But it can still handle itself around a track, maybe not to the same extent, but its bandwidth is definitely wider than the more hardcore models. Given the Chiron was always designed as a monster GT more than a track rat, it would be a Super Sport all day for us.

Bugatti Chiron Review 2023 | Top Gear

Veyron's successor is a car that does things no other car can; one with a distinct personality

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Bugatti Chiron Super Sport vs WET Nurburgring + 211mph on the Autobahn. Worst idea ever? | Top Gear

 

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Shmee has a first drive of the Chiron Super Sport

 

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Watch The World's First Bugatti Chiron Dyno Test

Actually measuring a supercar's horsepower is trickier than you'd think

If you’re reading this site, you’re likely familiar with the Bugatti Chiron. It’s the ultra-powerful, ultra-expensive, top-shelf Bugatti — and one of the last of its kind, before the company merged with EV maker Rimac. But what many people don’t know are the true horsepower and torque figured for the car. Sure, Bugatti has released numbers, but those are just for advertising, right? What does the real car, in the real world, actually make?

Luckily, Cannonball Garage in Illinois got a bit sick of its own curiosity and decided to answer the question. With a Chiron in hand and a dyno bay at its disposal, the luxury tuner shop started on the path of actually measuring Bugatti’s beast.

As Cannonball Garage found out, however, there’s a bit more to dyno testing a Chiron than just strapping it down and mashing the gas. The Drive spoke to Arne Toman, Cannonball record holder and Cannonball Garage owner, and learned some of the difficulties in the process:

https://jalopnik.com/watch-the-worlds-first-bugatti-chiron-dyno-test-1848180134

 

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Bugatti Sur Mesure programme launched – customer-driven customisation

Translated as “tailored”, the Bugatti Sur Mesure has been unveiled as a development upon the marque’s history of coachbuilding, handcrafted interiors, paint finishes, embroidery and bodywork, gathering the collective expertise of its designers and engineers to form a brand-new program to meet growing customer demand for ultra-customised designs, materials and finishes.

As part of the official program, with one-to-one support from the Bugatti Sur Mesure Team, customers will be guided through the possibilities open to them. When configuring a Bugatti, the number of exterior colours and leather finishes is said to be nearly unlimited, but for those who wish to take a further step and create a truly unique piece of personalised automotive art, Bugatti Sur Mesure is at their disposal. From initial design concept through to vehicle production and final handover, customers will receive the full Molsheim experience.

In recent years, Bugatti has showcased the an ability to personalise its cars to a greater degree. In 2013, it set new standards with the Veyron ‘Les Légendes de Bugatti’ series which saw six exclusive model editions, each personalised with unique exterior and interior finishes, celebrating individual heroes of the marque.

2019 witnessed the arrival of the Chiron ‘Zebra 1 of 1’ – a special commission for a customer in Qatar. Featuring an elaborate Titanic Blue and Gunpower Grey colour scheme, the hyper sports car was hand painted by Bugatti’s talented craftspeople over the course of more than three weeks.

2021 saw the now-famous Divo ‘Lady Bug’ come to epitomize the true extent to which Bugatti is able to intricately customize its hyper sports cars. A highly complex geometric-dynamic algorithmic fading pattern was developed over 18 months for the Divo’s bodywork, illustrating how Bugatti is continuing to push the boundaries in making customers’ visions become reality.

Now, Bugatti Sur Mesure unveils its first customer project, a Chiron Pur Sport inspired by the 20th century heroics of renowned racing driver, Louis Chiron. The legend of the Bugatti brand continues to resonate with customers and passionate fans of the marque across the globe. Early racing pioneers who piloted Bugatti’s prototype racing cars continue to fascinate and are admired for their bravery and talent displayed on-track. Today, their spirit lives on and is the very source of the custom design of the unique Chiron Pur Sport.

Bugatti Sur Mesure programme launched - customer-driven customisation

Translated as “tailored”, the Bugatti Sur Mesure has been unveiled as a development upon the marque’s history of coachbuilding, handcrafted interiors, paint finishes, embroidery and bodywork, gathering the collective expertise of its designers and engineers to form a brand-new program to meet...

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