New Bugatti Tourbillon

[Simon]

Looks familiar.



v16 though. Crazy!

[Holley]

Watched this earlier and very impressive. Engine makes as much power as the original Veyron but without the 4 turbos!

[Jobbo]

When I saw the Youtube videos appear and read the name, I genuinely assumed they had launched a watch. Really not a very exciting update to the Chiron's design; it could in fact be a GTA version of a Chiron.

V16 as opposed to W16 though - well that goes some way to justifying the price but does seem a compromise. The car has to be longer to accommodate it and the crankshaft will be long and thus needs to be beefed up a lot to stop it being twisty and bendy.

[Mito Man]

It has a very long nose. Surprising how much the steering wheel is getting talked about online when it’s just like an old Citroen :lol:

[ZedLeg]

Aye, the W16 was interesting because it was big displacement and power in a relatively compact package.

A mid mounted V16 just seems like too many compromises tbh. It’s not like it’s making tonnes more power than you could reliably get out of a smaller engine.

Saying that, in the front of a new Bugatti limo would be pretty cool.

[Simon]

Having watched it all now I'm excited for it. v16 is NASP, revving higher than a GT3. Useful electric, whilst still being no heavier than the Chiron is great. Lots of useful design details too. I think Mate's done well.

[Ascender]

It has a very long nose. Surprising how much the steering wheel is getting talked about online when it’s just like an old Citroen

First thing I thought was "which long nosed dog does this remind me of", then, who came up with that name. But it's on-brand for Bugatti I guess.

Looks interesting and it's great they keep on evolving it.

[jamcg]

When I saw the Youtube videos appear and read the name, I genuinely assumed they had launched a watch. Really not a very exciting update to the Chiron's design; it could in fact be a GTA version of a Chiron.

V16 as opposed to W16 though - well that goes some way to justifying the price but does seem a compromise. The car has to be longer to accommodate it and the crankshaft will be long and thus needs to be beefed up a lot to stop it being twisty and bendy.

Crank a full metre long apparently

[GG.]

I think it looks great. All in favour of the V16 N/A - it didn't sound especially great from the audio clip though...

All I wonder is that those combined total figures with the batteries - how long do you really get that for? Its not like the turbo engine where you get a true 1600hp all day long.

I guess for everyday driving it would be fine - try and set ring times with it and I image perhaps not - then again would only need to cope with 7 minutes of deployment.

[mik]

Styling isn't horrible, but massively powerful 2-tonne hypercar.... Not doing a huge amount for me.

1m crank vs approx 0.6m in the W16 of earlier cars. A stat to impress the ladies.

Hate the way the speedo and rev counter mimic a clock dial, but accept that a rev counter is less important when the box is shifting for you.

I see it's already being referred to as The Toblerone.

[Mito Man]

Yeah the instruments look nice like a fancy watch but utterly shit from a functionality perspective. Guess that’s why the only digital display in the whole car displays the speed.

[GG.]

Tourbillon is a crap name though I must admit.

Particularly as Tourbillons are pointless outside of pocket watches which spend their lives hanging still in a single axis. An extravagant irrelevance... oh wait maybe that's why they chose the name

[speedingfine]

Naturally aspirated V16 gets my vote

PS any excuse to post this. I was there, it does sound rather nice

[V8Granite]

V16 engines in medium speed works are beautifully balanced so I’d expect the extra firing moments make this a particularly smooth engine.

Sounds great, a needless engineering challenge “just because” and chasing for a redline, brilliant. This is my favourite Bugatti yet.

Dave!

[nuttinnew]

Cosworth has been busy (even if it's just four fours stuck together).

[jamcg]

Doesn’t seem to come off “soft limiter” until 100kmph

[nuttinnew]

That does nothing for me, doesn't even tease for seeing the real thing in motion. Meh.
Electric launch 'til 100kph?

[GG.]

Naturally aspirated V16 gets my vote

PS any excuse to post this. I was there, it does sound rather nice

Its a fantastic sounding thing. Overtones of 12 and 10 in there as well.

It also sounds a little like synthesised version of engines you get in games weirdly.

[mik]

Doesn’t seem to come off “soft limiter” until 100kmph

I think that's just the most effective launch strategy for the electricbrain to execute. I still hate the dials, but I can't argue with the way it gathers speed. And it sounds great. I don't want a 2-tonne hypercar though, so I haven't placed an order.

[Beany]

Makes it nice and easy for the police, though - if they hear a gearchange, they can just take their license off them on the spot