The company was founded in 1909 in the then-German city of Molsheim, Alsace, by the Italian-born industrial designer Ettore Bugatti. The cars were known for their design beauty and numerous race victories. With a total of over 2,000 racing victories over a period of nearly ten years No other car was as fast, beautiful and safe as the eight-cylinder car developed by Bugatti.
The Bugatti Tourbillon is an upcoming, but already revealed mid-engine hybrid sports car manufactured by French automobile manufacturer Bugatti. Bugatti states that the Tourbillon is a completely new design, and does not share any components with the outgoing Chiron. In keeping with the Bugatti brand lineage, however, it does share many of its key design cues, The Tourbillon can accelerate from 0–100 km/h in 2.0 seconds, 0–200 km/h in under 5.0 seconds. It has an estimated top speed of 445 km/h with the use of a speed key.
Production cars
The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engine sports car, designed and developed in Germany by the Volkswagen Group and Bugatti and manufactured in Molsheim.The original version has a top speed of 407 km/h. The Veyron features an 8.0-litre, quad-turbocharged, W16 cylinder engine, equivalent to two narrow-angle V8 engines bolted together. It was named the 2000s Car of the Decade by the BBC television programme, Top Gear. The standard Veyron also won Top Gear's Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005.
The Bugatti Chiron is a mid-engine two-seater sports car designed and developed in Germany by Bugatti Engineering GmbH and manufactured in Molsheim. The Chiron was first shown at the Geneva Motor Show on 1 March 2016. The main carry over component from the Veyron is the 7,993 cc quad-turbocharged W16 engine, though it is heavily updated. The engine in the Chiron has a peak power output of 1,103 kW at 6,700 rpm and 1,600 N⋅m of torque starting from 2,000 to 6,000 rpm.
The Bugatti Divo is a mid-engine track-focused sports car developed and manufactured by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. The car is named after French racing driver Albert Divo. The car includes a redesigned exhaust system featuring quad exhaust pipes. The car is 8.0 seconds quicker than the Chiron manufacturer and generates 456 kg of downforce at top speed. Power output is unchanged from the Chiron, with 1,103 kW at 6,700 rpm and 1,600 N⋅m of torque at from 2,000 to 6,000 rpm. Acceleration from 0–100 km/h
The Bugatti Centodieci is a limited production mid-engine sports car produced by French automotive manufacturer Bugatti. The car is a homage to the Bugatti EB 110 and a celebration of the Bugatti marque's 110th birthday. The Centodieci is 20 kg lighter than the Bugatti Chiron, and has an 8.0 L (488.2 cu in) quad-turbocharged W16 engine, rated at 1,177 kW (1,600 PS; 1,578 hp) at 7,000 rpm. Production of the Centodieci was limited to 10 units priced at €8 million
The Bugatti Bolide is a track-only sports car developed by Bugatti Engineering GmbH in Wolfsburg. Bugatti announced the Bolide would be the last car ever made with their 8.0 liter W16 engine with four turbochargers. The technical demonstrator Bolide is built using the framework of the same 8-liter quad-turbo W16 engine and the 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission used in the Chiron, although upgrades to the W16 engine allow the Bolide to generate over 1,361 kW and 1,850 N⋅m of torque, 183 kW.
The Bugatti Mistral, also called the Bugatti W16 Mistral, is a mid-engine two-seater sports car manufactured in Molsheim.The Mistral is marketed as the fastest roadster in the world.The Mistral is not a cabriolet version of the Bugatti Chiron but rather a separate roadster model for Bugatti that marks the last vehicle to use the W16 engine that was introduced with the Bugatti Veyron in 2005. The Mistral is the fastest roadster in the world with a top speed achievement of 453.91 km/h in November 2024.
See also BUGATTI (Classic Cars)