The 1088bhp/ton Bugatti Bolide has entered the next stage of development, hitting the track ahead of first deliveries in 2024 -
’s most ambitious projects to date. In 2021, the marque announced that it would put the track-only W16 hypercar into limited production, embarking on a three-year development programme ahead of first deliveries in 2024. Pairing its iconic quad-turbocharged W16 powertrain with a bare-bones, lightweight body, each of the 40 examples will cost its buyer €4m. As first deliveries approach, we’ve been given our best look yet at the latest prototype out on track.
As the Bolide enters its next phase of testing, Christophe Piochon, president of Bugatti Automobiles, said: ‘The Bolide is treading new ground for Bugatti. Never before has such a powerful engine been paired with an ultra-lightweight design to create a track car that delivers motorsport levels of performance. Almost every component has been analysed and redesigned to ensure Bolide is as light, capable and reliable as our strict targets require it to be.
The low kerb weight is achieved through a vast spread of weight-saving techniques, including the application of 3D printing and biomimicry. Such technologies have been applied to elements like the mounting hardware for the car’s aero, which features a patented construction similar to that of bone. Printed in titanium, each component has thin outer walls and a complex hollow structure inside, something that only additive manufacturing techniques like 3D printing can achieve.
At the rear, a complex, stacked rear wing setup can be found, with a central fin mounted on the engine cover likely there to increase stability. An aggressive new diffuser, rain light and mammoth 400-section LMDh-spec Michelin slicks are also clear to see; for reference, the Chiron is fitted with 355-section rear tyres.
At its core is Bugatti’s 8-litre quad-turbocharged W16, sending 1578bhp and 1180lb ft of torque to those Michelin slicks – unlike a Chiron, the Bolide will lean on all four of its turbochargers at all times, and feature a higher red line. The lighter, more powerful concept was said to cover the 0-62mph sprint in only 2.17sec and hit a top speed of over 310mph, but we’ll have to wait for figures for the production car.
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