Swedish rival Koenigsegg Agera RS may have taken away the opportunity to succeed the Veyron as the world's fastest car, but that doesn't detract from the merit. bugatti chiron — it is still a “monster” of 1500 hp, extracted from a W16 tetra-turbo with eight liters of capacity, capable of reaching 420 km/h!
It's, perhaps, the hypersport that makes the mission of exceeding 400 km/h more like child's play — ok, maybe I'm exaggerating… Even because, so far, nobody outside Bugatti has tried to reach the maximum speed of 420 km/h declared… and electronically limited.
This is where Top Gear and Charlie Turner, its editor-in-chief, come in. At his disposal was a Bugatti Chiron Sport and the Volkswagen test track, the Ehra-Lessein, which has a huge straight of 8.7 km.
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If you remember, that's where the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport hit the 431 km/h that earned it the title of fastest car in the world in 2010.
There won't be any speed records broken today, but that's not why the Bugatti Chiron Sport doesn't fail to impress in this attempt to reach 420 km/h which states:
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