The New Bugatti Bolide Is a Study in Speed Set for the Track
The superlight racer’s W16 engine has 1,824 horsepower ready to roar.
The new Bugatti Bolide (seen in a computer-generated image) is an “experimental study” set for the track.
Source: Bugatti
Bugatti announced a new car on Wednesday that could challenge the world speed record just set by the SSC Tuatara.
The Bugatti Bolide is a skeletal-looking coupe with a massive rear wing and the scooped-out body style of a Formula 1 racer. Like its sibling, the Bugatti Chiron, it carries a W16 engine and all-wheel-drive. But with an extremely lightweight body that weighs just 2,733 pounds (roughly half that of a Chiron) and 1,824 horsepower (in excess of 200 hp more than the Chiron Super Sport), it can reach a top speed of 310 mph, according to a Bugatti spokesperson, who declined to offer further details on the transmission.