Kusemthethweni. Ozongena esikhundleni seBugatti Veyron uzoze abizwe ngeChiron kanti izokwethulwa embukisweni wezimoto iGeneva Motor Show ngoMashi wonyaka ozayo.
Kube nokuqagela izinyanga eziningi mayelana nokushintshwa kwe-Bugatti Veyron, kodwa manje ukuqinisekiswa okusemthethweni sekufikile: igama lizoba yiChiron (esithombeni esigqanyisiwe ngumbono we-Vision Gran Turismo).
Igama eliza ngokuhlonishwa kuka-Louis Chiron, umshayeli we-Monegasque oxhunywe kwi-brand yesi-French ngeminyaka yama-20s kanye nama-30s. Lena kwakuyindlela u-Bugatti ekwazi ngayo ukuhlonipha nokugcina liphila igama lalokho umkhiqizo okuthatha ngokuthi "umshayeli ongcono kakhulu umlando wayo”.
Njengamanje, imoto yezemidlalo ephezulu isesigabeni sokugcina sesethi yokuhlola eqinile, ezovumela ukuhlolwa kokusebenza kwemoto ezitezi ezahlukene kanye nezimo zomoya. Lezi zivivinyo ezingakaze zibonwe ngaphambili ezimotweni kulesi sigaba "zibalulekile ukuze i-Chiron yenze kangcono kakhulu kunomanduleli wayo", kuqinisekisa uWolfgang Dürheimer, umongameli weBugatti.
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Izici zobuchwepheshe azikakaqinisekiswa, kodwa kuhlelwe injini engu-8.0 litre W16 quad-turbo enamandla angu-1500hp kanye ne-torque engu-1500Nm. Njengoba ungase uqagele, ukusheshisa kuzoba okumangalisayo: imizuzwana engu-2.3 ukusuka ku-0 iye ku-100km/h (imizuzwana engu-0.1 ukusuka kurekhodi lomhlaba!) kanye nemizuzwana engu-15 ukusuka ku-0 iye ku-300km/h. Ngokushesha kangangokuthi i-Bugatti ihlela ukufaka i-speedometer eneziqu ifike ku-500km/h…Ngokusho kolwazi lwakamuva, i-Bugatti Chiron izovele inama-oda angaphambili angaba ngu-100, okuchazwa ngokuthi "imoto enamandla kakhulu, esheshayo, ewubukhazikhazi futhi ekhethekile emhlabeni wonke". Isethulo sihlelelwe i-Geneva Motor Show elandelayo, kodwa ukwethulwa kuhlelelwe u-2018 kuphela.