The 21st century has brought us many
fantastic supercars, but when it comes to
power, speed and luxury there’s one to
rule them all. The Bugatti, is a historic
brand revived by Volkswagen, it is
undoubtedly the most exclusive automaker in the world. For 10 years it
had just one model, the Veyron, sold at a
price well over 1 million dollars. Now the
Veyron’ has a successor called the
Bugatti Chiron. The Bugatti Chiron which was first
unveiled at the Geneva auto show in
March 1 , 2016 is the most powerful
production street car the world has ever
seen. It is a mid- engine, two-seat sports
car, designed and developed in Germany by the Volkswagen Group as the
successor to the Bugatti Veyron. “It is part of human nature to cross
boundaries and set new records,”
Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. President
Wolfgang Dürheimer said in a statement.
“This striving is also our driving force
at Bugatti. The Chiron is the result of our efforts to make the best even better.” The Chiron was named after Louis Chiron,
a legendary racing driver for Bugatti,
who won virtually all the major grands
prix for the brand in the 1920s and 1930s.
Bugatti had a tough job to replace the
incredible Veyron, but it’s finally done it with the new Chiron. Just like its
predecessor, the new car is surprisingly
powerful, faster and more expensive, a
worthy successor to carry on the Bugatti
breed the Chiron will go on sale in the
Autumn, with a massive price tag of $2.6 million. Bugatti will make just 500 of the first
Chiron series, and around 170 of the
Chiron have already been sold. The
company began giving private
presentations of the car to “select
customers” last fall, and will deliver the new cars this fall. Drivetrain Having set so many records with the
Veyron, Bugatti had no option but to up
the ante and develop a super sports car
that is faster, more powerful and quicker
than its predecessor. Thankfully, the
Chiron is up for it. Bugatti made the Chiron speed possible
by enlarging each of the four turbos.
They are four turbos in all, but two are
designed to be always on, while the other
two are electrically actuated, spun up
when the driver wants more acceleration. And introducing an
innovative new two-stage spooling
system, The Chiron is mostly about
straight-line performance. It uses a new
version of its predecessor’s engine- an
upgraded quad-turbo, 8-liter, W-16 engine. A titanium exhaust also features, as do
six enormous catalytic converters. The
Chiron uses the highest-performance
clutch ever fitted to a passenger car.
Carbon silicon carbide brakes with eight
pistons rein all that power in, as does the air-brake that protrudes from the rear
haunches. Bugatti doesn’t look to be kidding when
it says this is the fastest, most powerful
production super sports car in the world.
The Bugatti Chiron puts out 1,500
horsepower and has a top speed which is
limited by default to 236mph; to reach the higher speed of 261mph (420km/h) a
special “Speed Key” must be inserted.
The Chiron can hit 100km/h (62mph) in
“less than” 2.5 seconds and can
accelerate to 200km/h in less than 6.5
seconds and to 300km/h in under 13.6 seconds. The Chiron has five drive modes:
Lift, Auto, Autobahn, Handling and Top
Speed; the first four are activated via a
dial on the steering wheel, while the last
is activated via the “Speed Key”. With power comes heat, but heat is not a
high performance engine’s friend.
Bugatti takes care of this with an
improved cooling system that circulates
60,000 liters of air and 800 liters of
water through the engine in one minute. The car’s analogue speedometer goes
all the way around to 500km/ h. Bugatti
says it opted for an analogue dial rather
than a digital display so that passers-by
can see the numbers go all the way to
500, and not just a blank computer panel when the car is switched off. Interior Inside the Chiron is just as exquisite as
the outside with more improved
elements in the instrument cluster, the
center console, and sound system. The
latter makes this what Bugatti is calling
“the world’s fastest concert hall. There’s not even an inch of plastic
inside, with every surface being either
carbon- fiber, aluminum, or covered in
fine leather. Like any supercar, the Chiron comes with
a state-of-the-art sound system, speaker
tweeters made out of diamonds.
Featuring a one- carat diamond
membrane on each of the four tweeters,
for what’s supposed to be unsurpassed precision and aural fidelity. The tweeters
are the only features to contain precious
materials; the “Bugatti” emblem is
made from enamel and solid silver. A
cooled glove box rounds out the
Chiron’s fancy interior. While this Bugatti may put many
expensive limousines to shame in terms
of convenience and luxury features, it
won’t be able to match a full-size sedan
for roominess. However, Bugatti
engineers made a few improvements, managing to obtain an extra 12 mm (0.47
inches) of headroom. It might not sound
like much, but this will allow taller
drivers to fit inside and enable customers
to drive the car with a helmet. The overall design is rather simple, but
the organic lines give it a modern feel.
While the exterior is still based on the
Veyron’s, the interior tells a different
story. Exterior The Chiron looks like an evolution of the
Veyron, refining its styling and
emphasizing Bugatti design language.
While the redesign might not appear to be
significant at first glance, Bugatti’s
designers made several changes to turn the Veyron into the Chiron. The front hood no longer extends into the
bumper and features a more angular V
shape that gives the nose a more
aggressive appearance. All the features
of the front end have been designed to
make the Chiron look as wide as possible. LED headlights up the front make up what
the company calls an “eight-eye face,”
while an active wing on the rear serves
as an air brake. 20-inch wheels on front
and 21-inch wheels at the rear make up a
staggered set, with eight titanium brake pistons up front and six on the rears. When viewed from the side, the Chiron is
indeed a significant departure from the
Veyron. The first thing that catches the
eye is the sweeping, C-shaped curve that
defines the profile. The Veyron’s
massive, center-mounted outlet has been replaced by a twin-pipe exhaust, while
the diffuser seems taken off a full-fledged
race car. The engine hood was also
reshaped and Bugatti ditched the
Veyron’s humps in favor of a more
aerodynamic, flying buttress design. It is too early to conclude that the Chiron
would be as successful as the Veyron and
get a lot of attention from both the media
and gearheads. Like the Veyron, the
Chiron will lack any racing ability at the
track and be more of a garage queen rather than a supercar you can hoon
around. Very few cars become legends
the day they are launch, obviously the
Bugatti Chiron would be one of them. Labels:
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