[Auto] Bugatti presents the first manufactured copies of the fastest variant of the Chiron

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After two years of intense development, Bugatti has finally started production of the savage Chiron Super Sport 300+, the most radical version of its 16-cylinder sports car and one of the strongest candidates for the fastest sports car in the world.

The French company usually announces the start of production or the start of deliveries of each of its models and variants, although as a general rule it is usually limited to presenting promotional material of the first copy. However, on this occasion, Bugatti has decided to announce the departure from its workshops of the first 8 copies of its most radical and powerful version to date, the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+.

For unknown reasons, the French firm has decided not to limit itself to presenting the first of these rare copies and has preferred to simultaneously present the first 8 units of this exclusive limited edition. So the resulting photos make up an entire multi-million dollar family album, with a total cost of several tens of millions of euros, before taxes.

 

The Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ is already part of the history of the French brand, since it is so far the fastest variant developed in Molsheim and one of the fastest models in history, although the truth is that given the special characteristics Of the tests in which its top speed was measured, it could not be homologated and therefore it is not the official record for the fastest sports car in the world.

The Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ was unveiled precisely with the announcement of these tests, carried out in 2019 with one of the first initial prototypes of this long-tail variant of the Bugatti Chiron. In those tests, the prototype managed to reach a top speed of 304.77 mph or 490.84 km / h, which in theory should have set the official speed record for a production vehicle. However, the brand only timed one pass in one direction to the Ehra-Lessien circuit and in order to homologate the record it is necessary to measure two passes in the opposite direction to the same track and take an average with both speeds.

 

As Bugatti later stated, the characteristics of the asphalt on this oval track prevented a second lap, as it would not have been safe for the prototype tires.

 

This variant of the Chiron mounts a new configuration of the 16-cylinder W 8.0-liter 4-turbos engine that now introduces several internal modifications and a new transmission, in addition to the revised aerodynamic scheme thanks to the modified rear, which now sports a tail style. long. As for its maximum speed, the production copies are electronically limited to 442 km / h, so they do not come close to the speed recorded by the protoype.

 

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