The pinnacle of automotive engineering — a quad-turbo W16 monster that breaches 300 mph with surgical composure.
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Original Chiron — quad-turbo W16, 261 mph electronically limited.
Lightweight focus — 40 lbs off, dynamic handling pack.
Aero-focused — massive wing, magnesium wheels, lap-time tuned.
+98 hp, longtail body — 273 mph claimed.
Production run of 30 — first car to exceed 300 mph.
99-unit roadster swan song for the W16 — 260 mph open-top.
Performance, build, and ownership-cost composite.
When Bugatti replaced the Veyron in 2016, the brief was almost absurd: keep the quad-turbo W16, make it faster, and make it feel like a grand tourer while doing it. The Chiron Super Sport is the end point of that idea. Its 8.0-litre W16 is really two narrow-angle V8s sharing a crankcase, fed by four turbochargers that stage in pairs so the thing pulls hard from idle instead of detonating into life at 4,000 rpm. Cooling it takes ten radiators. Keeping the tyres attached takes bespoke Michelins that are X-rayed before they ship.
What makes the Super Sport special isn't just the headline number, it's how the car was reshaped to get there. The nose was stretched, the tail lengthened into a longtail with vented rear arches, and the whole body smoothed to cut lift and drag rather than generate downforce. In top-speed mode the car squats, the rear wing lies flat, and the drag curve — not the power curve — becomes the limiting factor.
Drive it slowly and the trick is how ordinary it feels: light steering, a supple ride, a cabin trimmed in leather and milled aluminium with nothing that looks like a parts-bin switch. That duality is Bugatti's real market position. Ferrari and Lamborghini sell drama; Koenigsegg sells engineering obsession. Bugatti sells a hand-built luxury object that also happens to be one of the fastest road cars ever homologated, and it sells every one it builds before the covers come off.
Practical guide for everything a new owner asks on day one — starting the car, finding the gear selector, drive modes, infotainment, driver aids, and easy-to-miss features.
Insert the silver driving key into the slot to the LEFT of the seat, between the door and the sill. Press the brake. Press the start button on the steering wheel. The W16 catches in about a second. (The second 'Top Speed' key only unlocks 261+ mph mode.)
Brushed-aluminum dial between the seats — rotate to R, N, A (Auto), or M (Manual) and use the paddles. There is no traditional 'D'; A is your daily-drive setting.
Drive modes are accessed via the second key (Top Speed key) + EB drive-mode dial. Available modes typically include EB, Autobahn, Handling, Top Speed. Each mode reshuffles throttle mapping, steering weight, adaptive dampers (if equipped), exhaust valves, and stability-control thresholds. On performance trims, an 'Individual' or 'Custom' slot lets you save your favorite combination so you can recall it with one click instead of nesting through menus.
The driver display is a Central analog tach flanked by digital displays. Use the steering-wheel left thumb-pad to cycle layouts (Classic, Sport, Navigation, Minimal). When in Sport / Track mode the cluster automatically swaps to a wide tach with gear indicator and tire-temperature readout. The head-up display brightness, height, and content are configured from Settings → Displays → HUD.
Infotainment runs on Minimalist console (intentionally analog-feel). Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are standard; pair from Settings → Connections the first time, then it auto-connects whenever your phone is in range. Steering-wheel push-to-talk wakes the in-car assistant for nav, climate, calls, and messaging without touching the screen. The main display also hosts vehicle-specific apps: tire pressures, performance data recorder (where fitted), drive-mode customizer, and the camera views.
Standard driver aids include adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist, automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitoring, and rear cross-traffic alert. Toggle each system individually from the driver-assist menu (steering-wheel left-pad → Assistance). Highway-driving assist (hands-off in marked lanes on supported roads), automatic lane-change on indicator tap, traffic-jam assist for stop-and-go, and a 360° surround camera with transparent-hood mode are all available and worth enabling for the first time before driving in heavy traffic.
Premium unleaded (91 or 93 octane) is required on Bugatti performance models — the engine timing is set for it and lower octane causes audible knock and reduced power. Fuel-cap release is a button on the driver door panel; the cap is capless (just push the nozzle in).
Beyond the physical key, this car supports Two-key system (driving key + Top Speed key). Set up phone-as-key from the Bugatti Concierge app: it provisions a secure credential to your phone's wallet so a tap on the door handle unlocks the car and placing the phone on the wireless charging pad authorizes ignition. You can also share temporary keys to family members (with optional speed and area limits on performance trims) directly from the app.
A few things every new owner tells us they wish they'd known on day one:
