Before getting my dibs on Bugatti's newest hypercar, let's take a quick explanation about the Chiron, okay? Okay, when the Veyron's reign is finished, Bugatti's prepared for its new heir to the predecessor's throne. Enter the Chiron, the most powerful, fastest, most luxurious and most exclusive production super sports car in the world. Premiered at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, the Chiron is the latest generation of the ultimate sports car and it's all new from the ground up.
The Chiron's new 8.0L W16 quad-turbo engine with two-stage turbocharging produces 1,500HP of power, a first for a road car, and 1,600Nm of torque, mated to a specifically-developed seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox featuring the largest, highest-performance clutch fitted to a passenger car. It is capable of accelerating from standstill to 400kph to none in 41.96 seconds and in its top speed mode, the Chiron is capable of 420kph (261mph) of top speed limited for road use.
Apart from its feral performance, the Chiron features an extremely high rigidity monocoque, an adaptive chassis for significantly greater agility and driving comfort, new high-performance tyres, new F1-inspired high-performance brakes, an intelligent air intake management for better aerodynamics, and heat shield for the best brake cooling, among many others all rolled up into one handcrafted masterpiece.
The Chiron is produced at Bugatti's Molsheim HQ and up to 500 units to be made, each costing 2.4 million euros.
In a Series 24 episode of Top Gear, Chris Harris checks out the Bugatti Chiron and engaged on an epic race across the Middle East against Matt LeBlanc taking all sorts of vehicles from a Stig-driven limo, a HondaJet, and a motorbike to the finish line. In the end, the Chiron lost the epic duel.
I can't believe it. Even though this game is slowly becoming "the ultimate racing game of your generation" in the same way an all-oldies AM radio station DWWW called themselves "the ultimate station of your generation playing the music of your life", judging the fact that they keep adding older cars of the past century in-game or DLC, they still remember those guys. They still remember the Top Gear episode where Chris Harris drives the Chiron on an epic Middle East race as well as The Grand Tour episode where Jeremy Clarkson drives the Chiron from Saint Tropez to Turin for a date with his contessa. See what I mean? Yes, I know they're long overdue to feature the Chiron because that car came out two years ago and we are desperate as heck to see the Forza franchise feature it for our driving pleasure. Now that it's here, it's time to see what's what about the Chiron.
Of course the Chiron is the fastest car in the world but obviously, it isn't the fastest car in the world right now because some boutique supercar companies, namely Koenigsegg, managed to smash the Chiron's records, especially its predecessor, which remains the benchmark for hypercars everywhere. Still, the Chiron is engineered to the highest magnitude and then some, resulting to a hypercar that not only roars with its ferocious speed but also comes with the velvety smoothness of the jet set lifestyle. It really is the Concorde of the road like the Veyron.
What are the Chiron's highlights? First, it can accelerate from 0-186mph faster than your average city car doing 0 to 60. At high speeds, it will empty its fuel tank in less than nine minutes, the equivalent of seven shot glasses per second. For cooling, the Chiron has ten radiators and a water pump which sends 200 gallons of water a minute round the engine. The news just keeps on going but in the end, it's about the speed itself that makes it the Chiron's party piece. I know, I tried but I won't tell you how fast I drove the Chiron on the straight but all that rumble and the crispy exhaust note makes me want to chew an industrial sized packet full of pork rinds. So, what about on the track? To find out, I went to the Top Gear track.
You might imagine that just because it's a mid-engined supercar does it mean that it can handle round a corner as usual but just like it's predecessor, the Chiron is downright heavy and it's not cumbersome by the feeling of it but it tackles corners in unpredictable patterns. It's about as scary to drive as listening to Vice Ganda's ramblings just to tick other people off. It's My Little Heart with a dab of Royal Sword on it and that makes for a very challenging statement.
Question? Is the Chiron better than the Veyron? To find out, I attempt to be the real-world record set by The Stig round the track in the Veyron Super Sport at the time of 1:16.8 and all I have to do that is beat that without crashing.
The time? I did it in 1:15.545, which means I've beat the predecessor's real time record by a considerable gap but for me, that wasn't fast enough. Still, this is the best I could for Bugatti's newest heir to its throne.
The Chiron may have lost its iron throne to the others, especially to the likes of Koenigsegg, but it really is a force without master that is now under the strength of the select privy by the power of its key. At first, it's all about going itself into Siege mode but it goes all the way into Flight mode to see how far can the Chiron go at such naked speeds in double time. With the Chiron now secured in the world of Forza, cars like this will make players happy to come back playing some more. Speaking of which, here's a little end note to conclude my dibs with the Chiron...
Speaking of "siege" and "flight", it does make a nice statement, although unsure about my special treatment. It makes me wanna yell "HOEEEEEEEE!!!"
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