The Most Entertaining Facts, Figures, and Boasts from the Bugatti Chiron Press Release
There is nothing subtle about Bugatti’s new Chiron hypercar. How could there be" It has a quad-turbocharged 16-cylinder engine, costs $2.6 million, and boasts a top speed of 261 mph. As you’d expect, the press release for the Chiron is as unsubtle as the car itself, which is wholly appropriate. Press releases for regular cars tend to be overly positive missives, grabbing at all available firsts, superlatives, and best-in-class features. For the Chiron, this posturing is taken to new levels, and Bugatti layers on the braggadocio thicker than Donald Trump in an insecure moment. The Chiron’s press release is so quotable, in fact, that we couldn’t resist dragging a few of its more jaw-dropping factoids and immodest bluster in front of you for fun: ?With the Chiron, Bugatti has made the best even better.?Â
? As opposed to, you know, making the Chiron worse than the Veyron it replaces.
?The design of the Chiron combines significantly more ?beast? with a very high level of ?beauty.? ?
? Didn’t Disney make a movie about this"
?Electromagnetic compatibility comparable to that of a military vehicle.?
? This boast isn’t structured very well, but Bugatti is referring to the Chiron’s level of protection against electromagnetic interference.
?More than 60,000 litres [2118 cubic feet] of air per minute are pumped through the engine.?
? Like the Veyron, the Chiron gulps in a ton of air to feed its quad-turbocharged W-16 engine at fu...
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