Bugatti have a record breaking reputation. This new car set to release is yet another record breaker as it the engine has 1,800 HP and has redefined what the hypercar will be for the next generations. Bugatti shocked the world when the Veyron came out in September of 2005. The 1000 HP engine was a marvel of modern engineering and changed the way we see the car. Since then, Bugatti have doubled down on their record breaking cars. The newest car set for release is from an all new Bugatti that has merged with Rimac.
How long has Bugatti been breaking records in the automotive world?
Bugatti was originally founded by Ettore Bugatti in 1909. He started the company in Molsheim, France and the headquarters are still based there. Every single Bugatti on the roads is manufactured in Molsheim. The company’s focus from the beginning was making luxury and racing cars. Their first success came in the Grand Prix de Lyon in 1924 with the iconic Bugatti Type 35.
In the years that followed the company’s success began to fade until in the 1990’s, Romano Artioli brought the brand back to the public’s attention with the EB110. What followed that was a string of successful cars that led to them designing and creating the first car in the world with 1000 HP, the Veyron. The Veyron was truly a huge engineering step forward and was leaps and bounds ahead of anything else in the game.
The Veyron’s engine was the real star of the show. It was basically two engines that were smashed together to create the monster that powered the Veyron. They then continued to set records with the Chiron. Which took everything that was good about the Veyron and turned it all the way up. However, the world was left to ask how much more Bugatti could do to change the car after the Chiron? The automotive world is moving towards an alternative fuel future.
How have Bugatti managed to make this new $4 Million dollar car?
What makes this new car set for release so different to the record breaking cars they have been known for, is the engine. Once again Bugatti have revolutionised the engine. In 2021 Bugatti broke away from the Volkswagen Group and joined forces with all electric supercar maker, Rimac. Mate Rimac became the CEO of the new company known as Bugatti Rimac.
Rimac’s cars were truly incredible and gave the world a glimpse of what the all electric supercar was capable of. And it was capable of quite a lot. Their first car had more than 1000 HP which put it in the same league, and price bracket, as a Bugatti. When the two companies joined forces, the world was excited to see what they could come up with.
The new car will be called the Tourbillon and has a huge, 16-cylinder gas engine that is partnered with another three electric motors. Each electric motor produces 800 HP on their own. They removed the turbo chargers in favor for a naturally aspirated engine. The result is a car selling for around $4 million that has 1,800 HP. That will continue the record setting for Bugatti.
Will the new Bugatti Tourbillon be a success or a failure?
While the automotive industry have their own plans for the future, Bugatti have stuck to the principles set out by their founder. Their new $4 million car has changed the automotive world’s expectations of what a hypercar is and can be. Every car that Bugatti have released in the past 2 decades has broken records and amazed the automotive world. So the evidence is there for the Bugatti Tourbillon to be a huge success. The world is eagerly awaiting the release and we can’t wait to hear what the new car feels like to drive.
