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Every Bugatti Chiron owes their existence to development vehicles that exist long before them, but none more so than the long and hard life of Prototype 4-005. One of eight development vehicles produced by Bugatti, this prototype was built in 2013 and served as the test bed for all of …

Ever wondered how Bugatti filmed the Chiron’s record-breaking 400km/h (250 mph) sprint back in 2017? Wonder no more. And if your guess is another Chiron, Congratulations! In fact, the chase car that was just a few feet in front of the Chiron while it accelerated down the straight at Ehra-Lessien …

It’s hard to believe the Bugatti Chiron has been around for five years, with over 400 cars produced since 2016. With production limited to just 500 cars, not including any Chiron derivatives such as the Divo or Centodieci, the supercar maker believes it will reach that target by the end …

The mighty Bugatti Chiron has broken the 482km/h barrier, clocking a TUV verified top speed of 490.484km/h on August 2 on the Ehra-Lessien with Andy Wallace behind the wheel. The company has been working on the secretive Chiron prototype with Michelin and Dallara over the past six months to break …

It’s hard to fathom someone would drop $3.4M big ones on a new Bugatti Chiron and take it straight to a tuner for a makeover but Mansory seems to think there are such people, as it has introduced the first ever tuned Chiron called the Centuria. As you can see …

The purveyors of speed at Bugatti have created a one-off Chiron-based car for a customer that has become the most expensive new car to ever be sold. Unveiled at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, the creation dubbed “La Voiture Noire” – which translates literally as “the black car” – was …

Bugatti is celebrating a production milestone with the delivery of the 100th hand crafted Chiron at the brand’s Molsheim plant in Alsace, France. Specifically commissioned by a wealthy individual from the Arabian Peninsula, Chiron number 100 is finished in a striking dark blue carbon matte paint scheme – a first …

Here it is! The successor to the Bugatti Veyron has officially bowed in at the Geneva Motor Show this week. The new Bugatti Chiron is even more bonkers than its predecessor, sporting a colossal 8.0-litre W16 quad-turbo engine pumping out 1,103kW and 1,600Nm of torque! The mid-mounted engine is essentially …

Bugatti has officially confirmed the Veyron’s successor will be known as the “Chiron” and set to premiere at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2016. Named after Louis Chiron who was a Bugatti works driver in the 1920s and 30s, the Chiron is said to be the “world’s most powerful, …

Some juicy details have emerged on the Bugatti Veyron successor. According to Dutch publication, Autogespot, the Chiron (name unconfirmed) is said to be motivated by a heavily revised version of the Veyron’s 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16 engine. It will reportedly produce 1,103kW and 1,500Nm of torque and cooled by no less than …

The mighty Bugatti Veyron’s successor has been spotted out testing on a public road somewhere in Italy by Instagram poster, Erico Hessel. Widely tipped to be called the “Chiron” – after one of Bugatti’s concepts that premier in 1999 – the prototype appears to be largely free of camouflage. While …

Following Volkswagen CEO, Matthias Müller’s recent announcement that anything that “isn’t absolutely necessary will be cancelled or postponed”, certain parties have questioned whether VW-owned and loss making Bugatti will be under scrutiny. According to a report by Jalopnik, Bugatti appears to have been spared the chop and that “everything will …