The successor to the Bugatti Veyron hypercar, the Chiron, will boast a whopping 1,480bhp and will be revealed to the public at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show next March.
That is all according to recent online reports, which add that the expected price tag for the Bugatti Chiron is set to be as high as $2.5 million. That fee works out to be about 2.2 million Euros or just over £1.6 million.
Over time, special edition versions of the Chiron are bound to arrive which will push the price of the hypercar up even further.
Compared to a standard specification Veyron, an entry-level Chiron is set to cost about £650,000 more but boast over 400 extra bhp.
It even has over 200bhp more compared to the Veyron Super Sport, which has held the Guinness World Record for fastest production car since 2010.
Like the Bugatti Veyron, the Chiron will reportedly use a quad-turbocharged 8.0-litre W16 petrol engine and a carbon fibre body structure. It also retains a four-wheel drive powertrain with independent suspension and a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.
In essence, the Bugatti Chiron could be seen as an evolved version of the iconic Veyron.
Upgrades for the Chiron reportedly include new tyres which offer better grip in wet conditions and more boost from the turbochargers. Interestingly, it’s also rumoured that at least two of the Chiron’s turbochargers will be electrically-driven.
All of this results in a reported 0-62mph sprint time of just 2.3 seconds and a projected top speed of 288mph. If the latter figure is accurate, then the Chiron is well placed to beat the Veyron Super Sport’s World Record top speed of 267.5mph.
No official images of the Chiron have been revealed yet, but reports indicate that while it has a similar shape and grille to the Veyron, Bugatti has largely overhauled the design for the new supercar.
While Bugatti built 450 examples of the Veyron during its run, the Chiron will be slightly more common with reportedly 500 examples planned to be built.
Some Chirons may have already been snapped up, however. It has been reported that Bugatti has held private viewings of the Veyron’s successor at its company HQ in Molsheim, France. This apparently has led to a number of deposits having been placed.
