The Bugatti Chiron is a marvelous feat of engineering. It weighs almost two tonnes, yet it reaches 60 mph faster than a fighter jet. That is absolutely insane, and it's not like the Chiron is a regular supercar either, it's a proper grand touring hypercar with an ultra-luxurious interior and a hugely powerful engine. It's the only sixteen-cylinder car still on sale today which makes it even more unique.
The Chiron is a dream car for many and at a base price of $3 million it will only ever be owned by the world's richest. Hence, why only 500 cars will only be made. Here's why the Chiron is the hypercar choice for billionaires.
10 The Speed
The Chiron has a monumental top speed. On the standard Chiron, it is limited to 261 mph. In 2017, the Chiron managed to reach 249 mph in 32.6 seconds. However, that test didn't just prove how fast the Chiron was it also proved how good its brakes are. The Chiron managed to go from 249 mph back to zero in only 9.4 seconds. It takes a Toyota Corolla Hybrid Sedan longer to reach sixty.
Though Bugatti wasn't ready to give up yet. Last year they launched an even faster version of the Chiron called the SuperSport and that hits speeds of over 300 mph. Unfortunately, customers will never be able to go over 300 mph due to the tires' limits. Though like anything else, pay a bit extra and there is always a loophole. By far one of the fastest sports cars in the world.
9 The Engine
The Bugatti Chiron pushes out 1479hp, or 1578 hp in the SuperSport version. There's also 1180 lb-ft of torque, more than double that of a Lamborghini Aventador. The SuperSport has so much torque that no official figure for it exists. Both cars use the marvelous quad-turbo, 8-liter, 64-valve, W16 engine.
The W16 is two V8s put together. It has four turbochargers and ten radiators. It's such a smooth engine and the power delivery is effortless. The engine is so powerful in fact, that the Chiron has to be fitted with the biggest clutch ever fitted to a car, and that's just one of the things people didn't know about the Chiron.
8 The Interior
The Chiron isn't like any other multi-million dollar hypercar on the market. It's trying to be as lightweight and nimble as possible. In fact, it's quite the opposite. It's more luxurious than most palaces inside as it features a lot of leather and exotic materials, such as a magnesium gear shifter.
The design too really is breathtaking. It's so minimalist and unique, yet there aren't any other cars like it. It feels like a private jet and a fighter jet mixed together to create a car. It's a very spartan interior, but it has everything you would ever want.
7 The Exclusivity
You can't just go out and buy a new Chiron. There's a whole process behind it, and from the time you order a new Chiron until you take delivery, two years will have passed. It even involves you actually going to the Bugatti factory in Molsheim, France. Only 500 cars will ever be made and 270 have been sold already.
Actually, 200 Chirons had already been sold before the first unit had been delivered to a customer in 2016. Four years later and only seventy more Chirons have been sold. Bugatti is very picky about whom they sell their cars to, and it's not just to do with how rich you are. There are at least fifteen rules you must follow to purchase a Bugatti.
6 The Presence
The Chiron has a presence like no other. It has a huge grille up front, and it has such curvy aerodynamic lines. It's also a very wide car. However, it's the smallest thing that makes this car stand out so much. What is that smallest thing? The badge. That badge with quite possibly the most prestigious name in the car world. Bugatti.
The Chiron is a car you cannot help to notice. It attracts more attention than really any other car on the road. It's in a league of its own and the best thing about it is that the owner does not need to introduce themselves at all with this car, it screams billionaire alert everywhere it goes.
5 The Looks
The Bugatti Chiron is a classy looking car. It is very reminiscent of the Bugattis of the past and set the standard for the Bugattis that followed, sharing a similar design to the 2015 Atlantic concept.
It was designed by a team of four designers, and it took many years to develop the design, and it was all done in top secrecy. It is a timeless work of art. Furthermore, it wasn't designed to be beautiful, was designed to be aerodynamic. It's a design quite fitting for one of the most powerful cars of the last decade.
4 The Engineering
The engineering of the Bugatti Chiron is beyond breathtaking. From the development to the testing and even the delivery, everything is done to the highest standards and beyond. The only way to create a two-ton car that hits 60 mph in 2.4 seconds and is comfortable enough to cross continents is by maintaining excellent standards.
Even the tires needed to be special, and Michelin deserves some credit for spending so much time developing tires for a car that hits speeds upwards of 260 mph. The carbon fiber body structure has a stiffness of 50,000 nm per degree. It even has one of the biggest production engines ever fitted to a car.
3 The Experience
When you drive a Chiron, it isn't just a journey. It's an experience, even if it's popping down to the shops for a carton of milk. Everyone will look at this car and even those who don't like cars will become very excited. The Chiron is made for pure pleasure and nobody has ever been miserable in a Chiron... even at the gas station.
It is a thrilling car and things get even better. Even when you're not driving the Chiron, the experience is still great. Buying and owning a Bugatti is a once in a lifetime experience. We wouldn't expect anything less from what is one of the most luxurious cars on sale today.
2 The Comfort
The Bugatti Chiron is a very comfortable car that's more than capable of crossing a continent. It has some of the softest seats ever found in any car, the suspension is tuned just perfect, so it's not too firm, but it can easily control all the weight and handle corners. Everything about this car is effortless from the acceleration to the handling.
Its predecessor, the Veyron, was so easy to drive, even a child could handle it. So is the Chiron, despite its 478 hp increase. It's like riding on air. Think of this car as like the Concorde plane, supersonic and luxurious.
1 The Pedigree
The Bugatti Chiron has a very rich pedigree. It's named after Louis Chiron, a Bugatti race car driver from Monaco who was one of the greatest drivers of his time. However, this is actually the second Chiron made by Bugatti, the first-ever Chiron was made in 1999 as a concept by Italdesign.
The Chiron itself takes after the mighty Veyron, which was once the world's fastest production car and the first-ever stock production car with over 1000hp. The Chiron SuperSport became the world's first 300 mph car. Then there's all the motorsport history behind the brand, including the Bugatti Grand Prix team winning the first-ever Monaco Grand Prix.