“Here’s one of the things I had never thought about. As kids, we played with spinning tops: you spin it up, then it’s got a mind of its own and it’s off all over the place. Well, that happens to a car at 300mph. The wheels are turning so fast that they become large gyroscopes, and the force is so great that it overcomes the suspension geometry. So effectively it’s as if you have no caster angle [the Chiron has -2.5deg, helping stability normally].
One thing that strikes me about this Chiron is that, even though two of its four turbochargers are throttled off at low revs to improve response, the W16 engine still makes nearly 200bhp per litre, so some lag is inevitable. It whooshes and builds in the way that an EV, well, doesn’t. “Throughout history, that has been the case,” answers Wallace. “I think we’re a bit too early in the programme to know the full answer to that; but every time a new car comes out, a new Bugatti comes out, it’s a big jump over the one before, and I’ve no reason to think that it won’t be again.”
We’re testing it on public roads “because it’s a road car,” he says. It’s just one with 1578bhp and a 273mph speed limiter. It’s quite loud. The engine isn’t over dramatised, just naturally dramatic, because it’s a quad-turbo 8.0-litre W16 making 197bhp per litre. The peculiar layout isn’t silken like, say, a V12. It makes an imposing noise, like a ship or a tank. There’s a lot going on.
Debatable 🤷🏻♀️
on this, most definitely
If they manage to keep the weight down and keep the W16 then yes
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