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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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Bugatti states that the Tourbillon is a completely new design, [6] and does not share any components with the outgoing Chiron. In keeping with the Bugatti brand lineage, however, it does share many of its key design cues, including the horseshoe grille, central spine, C-shaped side body lines, and two-tone body colour.
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In December 2010, Bugatti began offering prospective buyers the ability to customise exterior and interior colours by using the Veyron 16.4 Configurator application on the marque's official website. [12] [13] The Bugatti Veyron was discontinued in late 2014, but special edition models continued to be produced until 2015.
Volkswagen is a shareholder of Bugatti stock and shares in the profits of Bugatti products as of 2024. In 2021, Bugatti announced the retirement of the W16 engine, making the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport L'Ultime, which ended production in May 2024, the final automobile to use the engine.
The Centodieci is 20 kg lighter than the Bugatti Chiron, and has an 8.0 L (488.2 cu in) quad-turbocharged W16 engine, rated at 1,177 kW (1,600 PS; 1,578 hp) at 7,000 rpm. Production of the Centodieci was limited to 10 units priced at €8 million (approximately $10 million at the 2019 exchange rate) each.
Employed as a dancer after World War I, Chiron's racing career started in 1923, after a rich American woman he was friends with bought him a second hand Bugatti Brescia. [ 4 ] [ 1 ] He started in local hillclimbs, [ 5 ] and moved to Grand Prix racing in 1926, after getting a Bugatti T35 , and befriending rich industrialist Alfred Hoffman. [ 1 ]