The Bugatti Tourbillon marks a brand new period for hypercars because it supersedes the Chiron
Bugatti stated the Tourbillon prices about $4 million
The Tourbillon has a V-16 plug-in hybrid powertrain with 1,800 hp
Bugatti on Thursday unveiled the successor to the Chiron, a V-16-powered plug-in hybrid hypercar known as the Tourbillon.
As a substitute of naming the brand new hypercar after a well-known racing driver from Bugatti’s historical past, as with the Chiron and its predecessor, the Veyron, the Tourbillon will get its title from high-end watches. Like a effective watch, the Bugatti Tourbillon is a celebration of mechanical complexity, Mate Rimac, CEO of mum or dad firm Bugatti Rimac, stated on the automobile’s reveal.
Manufacturing might be restricted to 250 models, with deliveries scheduled to start out in 2026 and pricing set at about $4 million. Within the meantime, Bugatti will full its remaining W-16 automobiles, together with the Bolide monitor automobile and Mistral roadster.
That is the primary Bugatti created beneath the stewardship of Rimac, additionally accountable for the Rimac Nevera and Concept_One electrical supercars. However Rimac felt a Bugatti demanded the emotionality of an internal-combustion engine, so he commissioned a brand new naturally aspirated 8.3-liter V-16 to switch the quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter W-16 engines that had been signature components of the Chiron and Veyron.
The primary manufacturing V-16 because the engine that powered the Nineteen Nineties Cizeta V16T supercar, revs to 9,000 rpm and makes 1,000 hp by itself. It is teamed with an 8-speed dual-clutch transmission and three electrical motors (two on the entrance and one on the rear) that add 800 hp for a complete of 1,800 hp with a broader energy band than the naturally aspirated engine would have the ability to ship by itself.
A structurally integral 25-kwh T-shaped battery pack sits within the heart tunnel and behind the seats, affording what Bugatti claims will present as much as 37 miles of electrical vary, although it is unclear if that is on the extra lenient European WLTP cycle or the extra stringent U.S. EPA cycle. Even with the pack and motors, Rimac claims the Tourbillon is lighter than the Chiron (though he will not say by how a lot). That was achieved partly with the usage of 3D-printed elements, together with suspension items claimed to be 45% lighter than these used for the Chiron.
Bugatti estimates 0-62 mph acceleration in 2.0 seconds, 0-124 mph in lower than 5.0 seconds, 0-186 mph in lower than 10.0 seconds, and 0-248 mph in beneath 25.0 seconds. Acceleration lastly stops at 276 mph.
Bugatti Tourbillon
Whereas Bugatti claims the Tourbillon does not share any elements with the Chiron, its styling is evolutionary. The Bugatti horseshoe grille has been widened and sits farther ahead, and its flanking intakes have gotten bigger. The ring-like ingredient that homes the facet air intakes stays, however now frames McLaren-style butterfly doorways. The central backbone impressed by the riveted halves of the Bugatti Sort 57SC Atlantic returns as properly. A bigger rear diffuser means much less reliance on the pop-up rear wing, and likewise doubles as a crash construction.
Regardless of the longer engine and the addition of a battery pack, Bugatti claims inside house is identical because the Chiron’s. The inside options an intricate mechanical gauge cluster made with assist from Swiss watchmakers and comprised of greater than 600 components, together with some produced from titanium and gem stones. The middle console is produced from aluminum and specifically designed crystal glass. A touchscreen deploys from the console solely when wanted.