Bugatti Bolide | 1,850 Hp, 1,850 Nm Of Maximum Torque And A Top Speed Of Over 500 Kph

1,850 hp, 1,850 Nm of maximum torque and a top speed of over 500 kph – now we are sure to have your attention. It’s called Bolide and it’s Bugatti’s latest and maddest creation, the one that at the moment is just a show car, but which could represent the basis for a possible motorsport venture, or why not for a track-only evolution of the Chiron on which is precisely based. The weight-to-power ratio of just 0.67 kg per hp is also unprecedented, achieved by placing an exaggeratedly powerful 8-liter W16 engine on a car body lightened to just 1,240 kilograms.

Whether you look it as a mere exercise in style, for aerodynamics borrowed from the most futuristic videogame, or for a test of strength, the Bolide is still a further step forward in an already spasmodic and boundless search for maximum performance, allowing it to shine for cutting-edge solutions in every respect, thanks also to the use of noble materials such as thin 3D printed layers of titanium used in the aerospace field, carbon-ceramic brakes and carbon fiber for the monocoque and most of the structural elements of the car.

Bugatti claims that the Bolide is able to accelerate from 0 to 100 kph in 2.17 seconds, reaches 200 per hour in 4.36 seconds and 300 per hour in 12.08 seconds, then touching 500 kph in 20.16 seconds. Crazy enough? Yes. Is it real? Yep. A bit like the lateral acceleration which reaches 2.8 g and the fact that if it were ever to be produced – albeit in a limited series – it would cause more than a few dizziness even to the current Formula 1 racing cars.