‘There is a surface change, and I was calling it a ramp and jump, and everyone was wondering why I was calling it that, ’ said Wallace in an interview with Wheels Magazine. A lot of ground is covered in that time, and not all of it was plain sailing. For example, it took the Chiron some 43 seconds to climb from 200mph to 300mph alone. It wasn ’t just a case of a quick dash, when it came to setting the benchmark speed, either. The car was driven by Briton Andy Wallace, who also set production speed records with the McLaren F1 and Jaguar XJ220 in a blistering career of driving fast. Regardless, it ’s a remarkable achievement – and no mean feat to drive a car at such speeds. Consequently, it ’s not eligible for any formal record title.įor now, the Koenigsegg Agera RS retains the world ’s fastest production car record with its 277.9mph average. Or, at least, that ’s what Bugatti keeps telling everyone while there ’s no doubt that the car went that fast, the test run was only carried out in one direction and the car was substantially modified. Tell me more about the ‘record ’ 304.8mph run?īugatti broke the 300mph barrier with a specially prepared Chiron, claiming that the ‘near-production prototype derivative’ hit 304.773mph – which is a world record. Mind you, it ’s unlikely that many would ever consider stretching its legs that far but, if enough money is thrown at the problem, perhaps a customer could get their car up to such heady heights. All production Chirons have also been limited to 261mph, due to tyre-related concerns. The modified Chiron that achieved such speeds had a different seventh gear and a range of upgrades, including a laser-controlled ride height system. There ’s no word as to whether this so-called 300+ variant can actually hit 300mph, however. Only 30 of the special-edition Chirons will be built, automatically granting them licence-to-print-money status in this case, each costs €3.5 million (£3.12 million) – about €1 million more than a regular Chiron – and that ’s presumably before local taxes. That ’s not something you ’re going to notice on the road, but every little helps. That ’s a jump of almost 100bhp, compared to the Chiron and Chiron Sport, which is admittedly a less impressive percentage hike of 6.6 per cent. The new Super Sport 300+ also reportedly packs the same amount of power as the 300mph-run car, more to the point, with Bugatti claiming an output of 1577bhp. The interior is far more conventional though, a few bespoke tweaks aside, unlike the stripped-out and caged speed run car. The new special edition features the same long-tail design, reworked nose, stacked exhaust set-up and jet-black exposed carbonfibre finish with orange detailing.
This is one of the things we have to look into, with the existing Chiron.’Ī marginally ‘slower’ but altogether more agile and responsive Chiron, happy on a twisty road? Oh yes.Įarlier in 2019 Bugatti showed off its Chiron Super Sport 300+ based on the modified Chiron that recently exceeded 300mph at the Ehra-Lessien test track. This is less orientated to top speed and more towards fun, and agility. But there’s another type of performance you can achieve – handling how fast you can get into a corner and out of a corner. With the long-tail we highlighted top speed again. ‘Since the Veyron Bugatti has focused on longitudinal acceleration and top speed. So, another limited-run design exercise, like last year’s stunning EB110-inspired Centodieci? Eminently plausible, as Winkelmann chases profitability and Bugatti’s on-fire design department continues to work its magic.īut perhaps there’s a clue in something Winkelmann said at the Frankfurt show. The key for him is working to ensure Bugatti can afford to replace it – ‘We are making sure we can finance the follow-up to Chiron – we should not be worrying about this.’ Certainly it appears to be based on the Chiron – everything Bugatti’s done since its Veyron successor has been Chiron-based, and as CEO Stephan Winkelmann told CAR last year, its successor is still some way off. Molsheim isn’t giving anything away, so we can only speculate about the car beneath.
The image, which Bugatti posted on January 6, shows a cover artfully – and infuriatingly – draped over a low, wide supercar.
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