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| The Bugatti Bolide Was Extraordinary When Tested at the Airbase |
The ultimate Chiron is too wild for public roads.
At the end of 2020, Bugatti introduced the most vicious iteration of the Chiron, the Bolide.
The track-only car was initially shown only once before the next production version was announced almost a year later.
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| The Bugatti Bolide Was Extraordinary When Tested at the Airbase |
It won't be until 2024, however, when the first of the 40 cars planned for production will be delivered to their owners.
Meanwhile, the radical W16 engine has been undergoing testing at the airbase.
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| The Bugatti Bolide Was Extraordinary When Tested at the Airbase |
Even though it's based on the Chiron , you can't tell right away because the hypercar has the new carbon fiber body shown here without a drop of paint on it.
Despite its massive sixteen-cylinder engine, the Bolide only weighs 1,450 kilograms (3,196 pounds) before you add fluids and driver.
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| The Bugatti Bolide Was Extraordinary When Tested at the Airbase |
With a power of 1,577 hp, that means Bugatti has designed a car with a weight to power ratio of 0.9 kg/hp.
It sounds as awesome as it looks, thanks to the W16 engine not needing to comply with the regulations imposed on production cars.
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| The Bugatti Bolide Was Extraordinary When Tested at the Airbase |
The quad-turbo, 8.0-liter engine produces 1,600 Newton-meters (1,180 pound-feet) of torque. These staggering figures convinced 40 people to pay €4 million (before tax) to own one.
Customers will receive a car equipped with a fire extinguisher and HANS (head and neck support) device, as well as "free" access to the race track.
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| The Bugatti Bolide Was Extraordinary When Tested at the Airbase |
As a refresher, the W16 will be retired soon as the Bolide and Mistral roadsters were the last vehicles to use this engine, which has been around for two decades considering the EB 16/4 Veyron concept launched in 2003.
The next model will still use the combustion engine, but will be smaller and most likely will be electric. Bugatti Rimac CEO Mate Rimac previously described the new ICE as "absolutely crazy," and promised that we would all be "blown away."