MotorScribes Magazine - May 2016
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1,478horsesandalmost1,600Nm ispretymuchtherealm ofbespoke,purpose-tuned,<br />
one-ofperfomance-moddedmonsterracecars,butBugatihasmanagedthoseinthe<br />
productionChiron.Agreed,theChironhad somemassiveshoestofilwhenitwas<br />
announcedasthesuccessortothelegendaryVeyron,andBugatihavedonewel–at<br />
leastfrom whatthenumberssay.ThefirstVeyronmade‘only’1,000bhpandthatseems<br />
solesscomparedtowhattheChironismakingatitsdebut.Ashistoryhastaughtus,<br />
thosenumbersareonlysettoriseasBugaticomesupwithevenpowerfulversionsin<br />
thefolowingyears.Fornow,theChironisalimitedproductionrunof500andifyou<br />
werewonderingwhointheirrightmindshaseitherthemoneyortheb*lstobuythis<br />
£1.9milion(approxRs18crore,beforetaxes)monsterofacar,therearealreadyover<br />
100buyerswaitingfortheirChironstobedelivered!<br />
“There’sstildividedopinionabouttheChironoutthere–wel,notaboutthecaritself,<br />
butmoreaboutitsexistence.”<br />
There’sstildividedopinionabouttheChironoutthere–wel,notaboutthecaritself,<br />
butmoreaboutitsexistence.Thequestionbeingraisedissimple–what’sthepointof<br />
the Chiron anyway?Ouranswerissimple –it’sa showcase ofbrute automotive<br />
engineeringprowess.Andit’smakingBugatiandtheVolkswagenGroupsomemoney<br />
in the process.And further,there’s a biggermotive here.While mostsupercar<br />
manufacturersaretryingtosolvethepuzzlethatdeterminesconvertingbuyersoftheir<br />
competitorstotheirbrands,Bugati’svisionwiththeChironissimpleenough.Theyhad<br />
theVeyronanditsmanytuned-upvariantswhichforobviousreasonsgotmanybuyers.<br />
ForBugattithequestionwasn’tabouthow togetmorebuyersfrom othercompetitors<br />
butaboutgivingexistingVeyronownerssomethingbetertomoveupto.Indoingso,<br />
they’vecreatedtheperfectexpressionofpure-bloodedautomotiveperformanceand<br />
thatwilatractothersintheprocessaswel.<br />
IfyouaskuswhatmakestheChironsospecialintoday’stimesthough,theansweris<br />
evensimpler.Lookaroundyou–theworldisbeingtakenoverbyelectrictechnology<br />
regardlessofwhetherit’spureorhybrid.Nothingwrongwiththatrealy,butwhilethat<br />
hasbecomethebuzzwordforalmosteveryhigh-performancecaroutthere,theChiron<br />
keepsitclean(oxymoron,Iknow),bystickingtoabsolute,unadulteratedpetrolpower.<br />
It’sathrowbacktothedaysgonebyandinthatsenseithitsanemotionalchordwithin<br />
everyoneofusinawaythatnohybridcan–wearequitehypocriticalthatway,aren’t<br />
we?Soalofthose1,500horsesaretheresultonlyofcombustionineachoftheChiron’s<br />
16cylindersthatmakeupthatmassive8-litreW16powerhouse.Ifthatwasn’tenough,<br />
therearefourturbosforce-feedingtheengine–twostayonatlowerrevsandtheother<br />
twoswitchonwithhigherthrotleinputs,keepingthingsinterestingthroughoutand<br />
endingupcutingdownturbolagbyahugeamount.<br />
“While‘hybrid’hasbecomethebuzzwordforalmosteveryhigh-performancecarout<br />
there,the Chiron keeps it clean (oxymoron,Iknow),by sticking to absolute,<br />
unadulteratedpetrolpower.”<br />
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