Autoblog was in conversation with a responsible person at Bugatti and asked him the question that humanity wants answered: what is the maximum speed of a car that already reaches 420km/h with a limiter?
A very important question, isn't it? We think so too. Faced with the Autoblog question “what is the Chiron's maximum speed without a limiter”, Willi Netuschil, responsible for engineering at Bugatti could have answered: “what does that matter? There is no public road in the world where you can reach that speed!” But he didn't answer this. Willi Netuschi openly replied “458km/h. That is the maximum speed of the new Bugatti Chiron”. This is in a car that can be used to go shopping or to drop off the mother-in-law at home (there are things that should be done as quickly as possible…). Remarkable isn't it?NOT TO BE MISSED: Lamborghini Countach: Grazie Ferrucio!
Still, Willi Netuschil warns that “there are only new places in the world where you can reach this speed, and none of them is a public road” – the 1500 hp 8.0 W16 quad-turbo engine needs space to show what it's capable of. Furthermore, it is necessary to take into account "the enormous braking distance required to stop a car at this speed", recalled this responsible for the French brand to Autoblog. We remind you that so far Bugatti has not made any attempt to break the world speed record in the production car category, with the new Chiron. However, this new model should have no problems breaking the previous record set by its predecessor, the Veyron Super Sport in 2011.
