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Powered by a 6.3 L W18 engine, it is a 2-seater mid-engine coupé. The 18/3 Chiron was the last in a trio of Bugatti concept cars by Italdesign, after the 1998 EB 118 coupé and the 1999 EB 218 saloon. The Chiron name was used again on the 2016 successor to the Bugatti Veyron. [4]
0–9. Bugatti Type 1; Bugatti Type 8; Bugatti Type 9; Bugatti Type 10; Bugatti Type 13; Bugatti Type 15; Bugatti Type 17; Bugatti Type 18; Bugatti 18/3 Chiron
In 1967, Scuderia Ferrari built a prototype W3 engine as a feasibility study for a 3.0 L (183 cu in) W18 engine to use in Formula One. [3] In the late 1990s, the Bugatti EB 118 , Bugatti EB 218 , Bugatti 18/3 Chiron and Bugatti EB 18/4 Veyron concept cars were fitted with W18 engines, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] prior to the production version of the Bugatti ...
3 Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. (1998–present) ... 1999 Bugatti EB 218; 1999 Bugatti 18/3 Chiron; 2009 Bugatti 16C Galibier "Royale" 2013 Bugatti Gangloff;
The Bugatti Chiron is a mid-engine two-seater sports car designed and developed in Germany by Bugatti Engineering GmbH. [7] It was manufactured in Molsheim, France, by French automobile manufacturer Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.. The successor to the Bugatti Veyron, [8] the Chiron was first shown at the Geneva Motor Show on 1 March 2016.
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The design of the EB 218 draws inspiration from the Bugatti Type 101 Guillore 4-door saloon EB 218 interior. Bugatti commissioned Giorgetto Giugiaro of Italdesign to update the EB 112 concept that he designed for Bugatti Automobili SpA in 1993. The EB218's wheelbase measures 3 m (118.1 in) and it has a total length of 5,385 mm (212.0 in).
Louis Alexandre Chiron (French pronunciation: [lwi ʃi.ʁɔ̃]; 3 August 1899 – 22 June 1979) was a Monégasque racing driver who competed in rallies, sports car races, and Grands Prix. Among the greatest drivers between the two World Wars, his career embraced over thirty years, starting in 1923, [ 1 ] and ending at the end of the 1950s.