I think Bugatti must have heard about the SSC Tuatara’s success out in the Nevada desert because the French carmaker responsible for the unnecessarily fast Chiron has unveiled its next contender, the morphable Bugatti Bolide. Weighing in around 2,734 pounds, with 1,825 horsepower and a top speed well over 310-mph, this brand new hypercar would make even Lewis Hamilton nervous. With a power-to-weight ratio of 0.67hp per pound, the amount of power inside is out of this world. So unbelievable in fact that there is currently only one fully-functioning Bugatti Bolide in existence. Spotted by a keen-eyed Instagram user, the one-of-a-kind hypercar from Bugatti was decked out in an almost confetti-like morphable camouflage print that you might find in a Fortnite fire-fight.
Zooming around the Circuit Paul Ricard, Bugatti puts their money where their mouth is with its experimental prototype. Featuring a unique “morphable” skin on the roof intake scoop, Bugatti claims it offers the Bolide “active airflow optimization.” With aerodynamics meaning the difference between winning and losing on the F1 circuit and determining how much faster you can actually go, this kind of innovation will reach further than just this hypercar. At high speeds, the “morphable” skin forces the air into a field of bubbles to reduce aerodynamic drag. To anyone that didn’t study aeronautical engineering, it’s not a gimmick. According to Bugatti, it reduces drag by up to 10%, alongside a 17% drop in lift forces.
While details are slim on whether Bugatti will put the Bolide into production, I’m sure plenty of the world’s elites will manage to secure a custom order of the track-only hyper sports car regardless. Until then, we have to rely on the simulated numbers and CGI images that currently point to an absolute rocket on four-wheels. If you thought the SSC Tuatara was fast, you might have to wait for Bugatti to respond before any definitive claims are made. Even with internationally acclaimed professional racing driver Oliver Webb claiming “there was definitely more in,” the 5.9-liter twin-turbocharged flat-plane crank V8 engine that can generate a whopping 1,350 horsepower, I’m not taking any chances with this bet.
Especially since to beat the SSC Tuatara, the “fastest production vehicle,” Bugatti must offer it to the public. Though with SSC North America only producing 100 models, it’s not exactly a tall order. For now, it seems Bugatti has its sights set on the 24 hours of Le Mans. With simulated results showing a lap time of only 3:07.1 minutes, the Bolide annihilates Kamui Kobayashi’s record of 3:14.791 minutes inside the Toyota TS050 Hybrid. Developing a radically light, utterly new concept around its iconic 8.0-liter W16 engine, Bugatti completes its uncompromising experiment. Crafting a thoroughbred vehicle with the sole purpose of going fast, in its brute exclusivity, the Bolide impresses above all with high performance, low eight and a dimension shifting driving experience.
But don’t listen to me, hear it from the horse’s mouth: “In my 16 years at Bugatti, I have never worked on a more extreme vehicle concept,” – Achim Anscheidt, Director of Design at Bugatti. Find out more on bugatti.com.
I think Bugatti must have heard about the SSC Tuatara’s success out in the Nevada desert because the French carmaker responsible for the unnecessarily fast Chiron has unveiled its next contender, the morphable Bugatti Bolide. Weighing in around 2,734 pounds, with 1,825 horsepower and a top speed well over 310-mph, this brand new hypercar would make even Lewis Hamilton nervous. With a power-to-weight ratio of 0.67hp per pound, the amount of power inside is out of this world. So unbelievable in fact that there is currently only one fully-functioning Bugatti Bolide in existence. Spotted by a keen-eyed Instagram user, the one-of-a-kind hypercar from Bugatti was decked out in an almost confetti-like morphable camouflage print that you might find in a Fortnite fire-fight.
Zooming around the Circuit Paul Ricard, Bugatti puts their money where their mouth is with its experimental prototype. Featuring a unique “morphable” skin on the roof intake scoop, Bugatti claims it offers the Bolide “active airflow optimization.” With aerodynamics meaning the difference between winning and losing on the F1 circuit and determining how much faster you can actually go, this kind of innovation will reach further than just this hypercar. At high speeds, the “morphable” skin forces the air into a field of bubbles to reduce aerodynamic drag. To anyone that didn’t study aeronautical engineering, it’s not a gimmick. According to Bugatti, it reduces drag by up to 10%, alongside a 17% drop in lift forces.
While details are slim on whether Bugatti will put the Bolide into production, I’m sure plenty of the world’s elites will manage to secure a custom order of the track-only hyper sports car regardless. Until then, we have to rely on the simulated numbers and CGI images that currently point to an absolute rocket on four-wheels. If you thought the SSC Tuatara was fast, you might have to wait for Bugatti to respond before any definitive claims are made. Even with internationally acclaimed professional racing driver Oliver Webb claiming “there was definitely more in,” the 5.9-liter twin-turbocharged flat-plane crank V8 engine that can generate a whopping 1,350 horsepower, I’m not taking any chances with this bet.
Especially since to beat the SSC Tuatara, the “fastest production vehicle,” Bugatti must offer it to the public. Though with SSC North America only producing 100 models, it’s not exactly a tall order. For now, it seems Bugatti has its sights set on the 24 hours of Le Mans. With simulated results showing a lap time of only 3:07.1 minutes, the Bolide annihilates Kamui Kobayashi’s record of 3:14.791 minutes inside the Toyota TS050 Hybrid. Developing a radically light, utterly new concept around its iconic 8.0-liter W16 engine, Bugatti completes its uncompromising experiment. Crafting a thoroughbred vehicle with the sole purpose of going fast, in its brute exclusivity, the Bolide impresses above all with high performance, low eight and a dimension shifting driving experience.
But don’t listen to me, hear it from the horse’s mouth: “In my 16 years at Bugatti, I have never worked on a more extreme vehicle concept,” – Achim Anscheidt, Director of Design at Bugatti. Find out more on bugatti.com.
I think Bugatti must have heard about the SSC Tuatara’s success out in the Nevada desert because the French carmaker responsible for the unnecessarily fast Chiron has unveiled its next contender, the morphable Bugatti Bolide. Weighing in around 2,734 pounds, with 1,825 horsepower and a top speed well over 310-mph, this brand new hypercar would make even Lewis Hamilton nervous.
With a power-to-weight ratio of 0.67hp per pound, the amount of power inside is out of this world. So unbelievable in fact that there is currently only one fully-functioning Bugatti Bolide in existence.
Spotted by a keen-eyed Instagram user, the one-of-a-kind hypercar from Bugatti was decked out in an almost confetti-like morphable camouflage print that you might find in a Fortnite fire-fight.
Zooming around the Circuit Paul Ricard, Bugatti puts their money where their mouth is with its experimental prototype. Featuring a unique “morphable” skin on the roof intake scoop, Bugatti claims it offers the Bolide “active airflow optimization.”
With aerodynamics meaning the difference between winning and losing on the F1 circuit and determining how much faster you can actually go, this kind of innovation will reach further than just this hypercar. At high speeds, the “morphable” skin forces the air into a field of bubbles to reduce aerodynamic drag. To anyone that didn’t study aeronautical engineering, it’s not a gimmick.
According to Bugatti, it reduces drag by up to 10%, alongside a 17% drop in lift forces.
While details are slim on whether Bugatti will put the Bolide into production, I’m sure plenty of the world’s elites will manage to secure a custom order of the track-only hyper sports car regardless.
Until then, we have to rely on the simulated numbers and CGI images that currently point to an absolute rocket on four-wheels. If you thought the SSC Tuatara was fast, you might have to wait for Bugatti to respond before any definitive claims are made.
Even with internationally acclaimed professional racing driver Oliver Webb claiming “there was definitely more in,” the 5.9-liter twin-turbocharged flat-plane crank V8 engine that can generate a whopping 1,350 horsepower, I’m not taking any chances with this bet.
Especially since to beat the SSC Tuatara, the “fastest production vehicle,” Bugatti must offer it to the public. Though with SSC North America only producing 100 models, it’s not exactly a tall order.
For now, it seems Bugatti has its sights set on the 24 hours of Le Mans. With simulated results showing a lap time of only 3:07.1 minutes, the Bolide annihilates Kamui Kobayashi’s record of 3:14.791 minutes inside the Toyota TS050 Hybrid.
Developing a radically light, utterly new concept around its iconic 8.0-liter W16 engine, Bugatti completes its uncompromising experiment. Crafting a thoroughbred vehicle with the sole purpose of going fast, in its brute exclusivity, the Bolide impresses above all with high performance, low eight and a dimension shifting driving experience.
But don’t listen to me, hear it from the horse’s mouth: “In my 16 years at Bugatti, I have never worked on a more extreme vehicle concept,” – Achim Anscheidt, Director of Design at Bugatti.
Find out more on bugatti.com.
