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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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