Bugatti: new hybrid engine

The Molsheim company reveals to the world the first page of a new chapter in its history: the arrival in June of the V16 hybrid engine that will replace the powerful W16 in the “new Bugatti family”.

Bugatti it reveals to the world the first page of a new chapter in its history. Eight years after the presentation of the Bugatti Chiron, the official announcement of the speed change arrives, and new V16 hybrid engine, which will continue to express Bugatti’s DNA, but will replace the W16, a masterpiece of engineering and creativity. It will be presented by the French manufacturer in June and created, as stated by the Molsheim company, “pour l’éternité”.

Bugatti V16 hybrid engine

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The new Bugatti, a marvel in design and high performance, as the tradition of French luxury cars dictates, will continue to be powered by a 16-cylinder engine, but it will no longer be the W16 that wrote the most amazing pages of the modern era. of the Alsatian brand, from 2005 onwards, but a V16 hybrid. Eight years after the presentation of the Chiron, after performing with the 1,600 horsepower 8-liter quad-turbo W16 of the latest Bugatti W16 Mistral, an official announcement of a change of pace has also arrived from the French manufacturer. The short video shows a new engine that will be combined with one or more electric motors, detailing the top of the new engine that will replace the one that powered the supercharged supercars made by Bugatti, Veyron and Chiron. . The teaser posted on YouTube also allows you to listen to the sound of the new engine, but there is no overview of its displacement and power, or what kind of hybrid system it is.

But since the last Chiron Super Sport 300+ breaking the record develops a maximum power of 1600 horsepower and more than 440 kilometers per hour of top speed (this is the official declared speed but, in a test carried out on 2 September 2019 at the test track of the Volkswagen group in Ehra-Lessien, the driver. Andy Wallace reached a terrifying speed of 490.48 km / h) the new hypercar with a hybrid V16 can exceed. 2000 horses. In the short black and white video footage, the carbon fiber details of the new engine, Bugatti branding, V16 lettering and firing order numbers flow, while the audio shows the powerful sound of the new sixteen cylinder, which will replace the current W16 with a unique and extraordinary design, expected to officially leave the scene.