Bugatti has unveiled a track prototype called the Bolide, a hypercar with the potential to break multiple speed records, even though the automaker does not set itself such targets. Shortly before the premiere of the mysterious car, the company distributed teasers on social networks with the mysterious figure 0.67 – it turned out that this is the ratio of mass to power.
Track Bugatti Bolide reaches a length of 4756 millimeters, width – 1998 mm, height – 995 mm, and the wheelbase are 2750 millimeters. Bugatti engineers turned to the experience of the aerospace industry and Formula 1, to minimize the weight of the structure – as a result, it was 1240 kilograms. Considering that the car is driven by a forced W16 quad-turbo engine from Chiron, which produces 1850 horsepower and 1850 Nm of torque on 110 octane gasoline (on the AI-98 the output will be 1600 forces), then the ratio of mass and power is just 0, 67 kilograms per horsepower.
According to the automaker, at a speed of 320 kilometers per hour, the aerodynamic body kit of the hypercar generates 800 kilograms of downforce in the front end of the body and 1,800 kilograms in the rear.
Bugatti says the Bolide’s top speed is “well over 500 kilometers per hour without sacrificing handling and agility.”
The hypercar accelerates from zero to 100 km / h in 2.17 seconds, overcomes the 200 kilometers per hour mark in 4.36 seconds. Acceleration to 300 km per hour takes 7.37 seconds, up to 400 km per hour – 12.08 seconds, & up to 500 km per hour – 20.16 seconds.
The Bugatti Bolide spends 24.64 seconds on an exercise of 0-400-0 kilometers per hour. For comparison, Chiron is doing it for 41.96 seconds and Regera the Koenigsegg – for 31.49 seconds. So, in theory, Bugatti would have at least one record in its pocket if Bolide had a road license like the Regera.
One of the features of the Bolide is the reshaping roof air inlet housing. At low speeds, its surface remains absolutely smooth, and at high speeds, it becomes covered with “bubbles”. Thanks to them, air resistance is reduced by 10 percent, and the lifting force acting on this element is reduced by 17 percent.
The company also cites other figures. For example, a computer simulation showed that the Bolide was able to drive the Nürburgring in 5 minutes and 23.1 seconds. This time is as close as possible to the current speed record on the track, which was set by the Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo two years ago (5 minutes and 19.55 seconds).
Last year, Bugatti CEO Stefan Winkelmann said the company would no longer chase speed records.