The world has a new fastest, most powerful and perhaps most absurd motor vehicle.
Meet the Bugatti Chiron, the 1,500 horsepower, £1.8 million successor to the also-ludicrous Bugatti Veyron, which was retired in 2015.
Announced at the Geneva Motorshow, the Chrion is powered by an 8.0-litre, 7993cc W16 engine with four turbos. With 1,180lb-ft of torque, the Chiron weighs just 1995kg — which means it will accelerate to 60MPH in 2.5 seconds, and will reach a limited 261MPH top speed if you were ever legally allowed to drive it that fast outside of a racetrack, which you will not ever do.
The Veyron, by contrast, had just 1,000 horsepower when it launched in 2005.
Some other somewhat worrying details on the new car include the fact that it will have a drift mode, as reported by Engadget, will be built from a new carbon-fibre chassis (with a floor designed with a honeycomb structure to prevent too much noise entering the luxurious cabin), and that the speakers will be constructed with one-carat diamond membranes. Diamonds.
“It is part of human nature to cross boundaries and set new records, to run 100 metres faster than ever before, to fly even further into space and to enter new realms. This striving is also our driving force at Bugatti,” said Bugatti Automobiles president Wolfgang Dürheimer, Business Insider reported.
Many more details about the new Bugatti are set to be revealed in Geneva at a full press event later on Monday. For now enjoy the pictures and the certain knowledge that you will never own one of these vehicles. Only 500 will be made, and 150 are already on order for a total revenue so far of almost $400 million.
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