Officially launched on the eve of the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, it’s been dubbed the ‘world’s most powerful, fastest, most luxurious and most exclusive production super sports car’ to be built. Based on the numbers, it will gazumps everything else out there in a game of Top Trumps, with a 261mph top speed, 1,500bhp power output and a £1.9million asking price. Check out more photos and some mind-boggling facts about Bugatti’s new Chiron hypercar after the break
- The world’s first production sports car with 1500 HP (at 6700rpm) – almost 300bhp more than the Veyron
- Maximum speed is 261mph with 0-62mph in less than 2.5 seconds
- The two main catalytic converters are six times as large as the unit fitted to an average family car
- The active surface of all six catalytic converters corresponds to an area greater than 30 football pitches
- The transmission has the largest, highest performance clutch fitted to a passenger car
- Monocoque chassis is as rigid an an LMP1 race car
- New braking system features Formula One technical modules
- The electrical system has the electromagnetic compatibility comparable to that of a military vehicle
- Bugatti emblem crafted from solid 970 fine silver and enamel
- More than 60,000 litres of air per minute are pushed through the engine
- In one minute, 800 litres of water are circulated through the engine
- Chiron has 10 radiators, the most sophisticated and highest performing cooling system fitted to a sports car
