After selling almost all 30 of its US$3.9 million special-edition Chiron Super Sport 300+ supercars over dinner this weekend, Bugatti is moving to double its lineup by adding a second model.Unlike the limited-run Chiron a version of the car that set a 304 miles-per-hour record earlier this month the new vehicle may take the shape of a four-seater, Bugatti President Stephan Winkelmann said in an interview.It could also leave the worlds racetracks for some off-road driving, he said, a departure for a brand honed on producing race cars going at incredible speeds.Bugatti, one of a stable of super-premium Volkswagen-owned brands including Porsche, Lamborghini and Bentley, is looking at sexy financing for the new model, Winkelmann said. Porsche used a German promissory note called a Schuldschein to partially fund the development and production of the battery-powered Taycan.Demand for supercars remains unbroken, judging by a dinner held at Bugattis headquarters in Molsheim, France, over the weekend. Nearly all of the Chiron Super Sport 300+ models slated for production were sold, Winkelmann said.Even so, the focus at the Frankfurt auto show this week will be on electric vehicles like the Taycan and VWs coming ID.3. A battery version of the Chiron wouldnt work, he said hypercars still need combustion fire power. But he could see a less-expensive daily driver at a lower price, say in the US$1 million range, working in a hybrid-electric set-up.There is still a lot of time for internal combustion engines, the 54-year-old said. The Chiron Super Sport 300+ has some modifications and is 20 centimeters longer than the version that raced around a recently resurfaced Volkswagen track in Ehra-Lessien, Germany.Winkelmann briefly discussed the idea of uniting VWs luxury brands under one umbrella. He declined to be drawn on the prospects of Bugatti holding a public stock offering, saying its not his decision to make.If we put those type of brands together its unique in the automotive industry, Winkelmann
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Bugatti Chiron breaks the internet – and top speed records – by nailing 490 km/h
Bugatti has just smashed the record for the fastest production car by a country mile, pulling off an incredible 304.77-mph (490-km/h) top speed run at Volkswagens Ehra-Lessien test track August 2, reports Top Gear.To complete this incredible feat, the production Chiron was modified with a 25-cm-longer tail section, highlighted by a pair of over-under shotgun-style exhaust tips designed to throw emissions from the tailpipe as far from the car as possible to reduce turbulence.Bugattis head of exterior design, Frank Heyl, said, for obvious reasons, the company had to get everything right with this car, from the aesthetics to the engine to the aerodynamics.While the aesthetics may be the least important factor when it comes to breaking speed records, the car looks fabulous, with a split rear window and an orange-and-black colour scheme lifted, we think, from an authentic 1930s Bugatti Type 57.The luxurious interior of this way-fast Chiron has been swapped out for a much more purposeful arrangement, with only the drivers seat left intact; everything else has been replaced with computers and a roll cage.The 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16 engine has been slightly tuned up to 1,600 horsepower, which is why Bugatti gave the car the nickname Thor.The real hero here is Michelin, which was finally able to make a tire that could withstand the high speeds and incredible down force.We expect other supercar makers will, eventually, catch up with Bugatti, but that doesnt really matter anymore, because the French brand is retiring from setting speed records; in a release, CEO Stephan Winkelmann said he wants to focus on other automotive milestones instead.Our goal was to be the first manufacturer ever to reach the magic 300-mile-per-hour mark, Winkelmann was quoted. We have now achieved this making ourselves, the entire team and myself, incredibly proud.We have shown several times that we build the fastest cars in the world. In the future we will focus on other
Origin: Bugatti Chiron breaks the internet – and top speed records – by nailing 490 km/h
Bugatti mulling over SUV, 500-km/h Chiron variant
The Bugatti Galibier 16C ConceptHandout / Bugatti Bugatti said a while ago an SUV wasn’t in the cards. But times, they are a-changing, with an interview with Volkswagen boss Stephen Winkelmann revealing the premium automakers got a crossover utility at the ready and may be planning to build an even faster Chiron.Automobile Magazine sat down with Winkelmann to discuss the future of the storied brand and its forthcoming projects, and apparently the prospect of an SUV joining the lineup is very real.The design is done. Some potential customers have seen it, and they liked it. One or two influential people up in Wolfsburg were complimentary about it, Winkelmann said of what could become Bugattis second product beside the Chiron.But at this point there is no budget and no decision.The decision to make an SUV instead of an all-electric hypercar comes from demand, and a lack of a high-performance, high-end luxury CUV. The refusal to consider an all-electric hypercar also comes from battery technology being relatively young not good enough for a Bugatti yet, Winkelmann says. The CUV will definitely have some sort of electrification, however. Most Bugatti models are ultra-exclusive, and the CUV will be no different, but the body count wont be as low as the Chirons. Winkelmann says were not talking 100 cars a year here, but 600 to 800.As for the Chiron itself, its not going anywhere soon, with Winkelmann saying it will be another five years before the finishing touches are put on the evolution of the vehicle. That evolution might encompass a 500-km/h version, as well as an open-topped variant though likely not in the same
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