Bugatti Chiron
Bugatti celebrates a world premiere at
the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show: the French luxury brand is unveiling
the Bugatti Chiron, the most powerful, fastest, most luxurious and most
exclusive production super sports car in the world. The Bugatti Chiron is the
latest generation of the ultimate super sports car and is a completely new
development.
The sports car manufacturer from Molsheim, with its long
tradition, has taken the unique features of a modern Bugatti to a new level and
developed a high-performance machine that has become significantly better in
every respect.
With a power output of 1,500 HP,
unprecedented for production vehicles, an exceptionally high torque value of
1,600 Nm between 2,000 and 6,000 rpm and a wide variety of technical innovations,
the Chiron sets new standards in every respect. The Bugatti Chiron is therefore
very well-positioned to become the next world speed record holder and reach a
maximum speed significantly above the record currently held by Bugatti. The
manufacturer has limited the maximum speed of the new car to 420 km/h for road
use. The Chiron is to be built at the company's headquarters in Molsheim.
Only
500 of these exceptional cars are to be produced. The basic price is € 2.4
million net. Currently, advance orders have been received for one third of the
total production run. The first vehicle is due to be delivered to a customer
this autumn. The powertrain features a front-axle differential with
integrated inter-axle lock and a rear-axle differential with integrated
inter-wheel lock and a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox designed for a torque of
1,600 Nm. This gearbox developed especially by Bugatti has the largest,
highest-performance clutch used on a passenger car. It goes almost without
saying that the Chiron has permanent four-wheel drive.
This is the result of the legendary and
unique eight-litre W16 engine that has been newly developed by Bugatti. In
combination with the four new, larger turbochargers that are controlled by the
Bugatti two-stage turbocharging, an innovation that Bugatti is introducing, and
a large number of other technical refinements and innovations, maximum
performance is available constantly and can be easily controlled at all speeds.
In its Top Speed mode, the car reaches the maximum speed of 420 km/h, limited
for road use - however, this is by no means the end of the road for the Bugatti
Chiron.
With the new carbon fibre monocoque, a
newly designed adaptive chassis, tyres developed especially for Bugatti and
other innovative technologies, the Chiron is not only a champion in terms of
maximum acceleration but is, for the first time, also an agile, modern Bugatti
with handling that ensures maximum driving pleasure.
The design of the Bugatti Chiron
combines significantly more "beast" with a very high level of
"beauty". The design language introduced by Bugatti with the Chiron
has a significantly more aggressive tone and does justice to the character of
the new super sports car. The designers have succeeded in reinterpreting Bugatti's
DNA with its distinctive features in a modern manifestation at the same time as
adding new features resulting from the technical demands of even higher
performance. The Chiron remains unmistakably a Bugatti.
The instrument cluster in the cockpit is
also a completely new development by Bugatti. The cluster, installed in an
aluminium housing, consists of three compact displays surrounding the analogue
speedometer. High-resolution TFT displays are positioned to the left and right
of the speedometer with a smaller flat IPS display located below. The
high-resolution graphics are extremely sharp. The principle is that the driver
should be offered only the information that is necessary in view of the driving
mode that is active.
The faster the Bugatti Chiron is driven, the simpler the
presentation becomes. For example, infotainment data are hidden and the main
focus is on the driving data that the driver actually needs to explore the full
potential of this super sports car - safely and extremely enjoyably. There are
four different settings for the definition of different functions: the Icon
mode, the Performance mode, the Cruise mode and the Classic mode.
The audio system installed on the Chiron
is simply sensational. Developed exclusively for Bugatti by the
"accuton" brand, well-known for its high-end equipment, this is the
most luxurious sound system available on a super sports car. Audio system
connoisseurs will appreciate the use of a one-carat diamond membrane in each of
the four tweeters, delivering a crystal-clear sound. In addition, the world's
first mid-range speaker with two separate membrane zones is fitted to the
Bugatti Chiron.
In combination with other sophisticated features, the result is
a sound platform that makes the Chiron the world's fastest concert hall. It is
almost unsurprising that the system can even be adjusted for different interior
materials. It is even possible to take different types of leather into
consideration. In the final resort, the occupants of a Chiron experience music
not as if they were in front of the stage but as if they were sitting in the
midst of the orchestra.
