When Bugatti unveiled the Chiron Super Sport, it said the extreme hypercar had 1,600 metric horsepower and 1,600 Newton-meters of torque – the same numbers the Centodieci model brought to the table. However, a newly constructed dyno stand revealed that the real specs of the Chiron were even more exciting.
The French supercar maker admitted it had great difficulties designing a dyno stand capable of safely holding a hypercar in place as it went from zero to a simulated 483 km/h (300 miles per hour). Such a secure stand has finally been built, and the engineering team immediately dropped a Super Sport on it to see how powerful it was.
As it turned out, the car exerted 1,618 PS (1,596 hp / 1,190 kW) and 1,665 Nm (1,228 lb-ft) of torque at the wheels, surpassing the claimed figures despite significant transmission losses. Furthermore, as you can see in the test footage, it was able to reach these numbers at ‘just’ 338 km/h (210 mph), far below its rated top speed of 490 km/h (304 miles) and even the 440 km/h (273 mph) of a special edition. Make sure you watch the entire test if you are at all interested in the tech behind this world’s fastest cars.
The company will be making only nine Super Sport units in total, priced from €3,200,000 before any options. This is still a few hundred grand less expensive than what the 300+ version costs.
Looking into the future, the company intends to try to keep the iconic W16 for the Chiron’s successor to use. However, with the emission requirements growing stricter by the day, the latter may end up being heavily electrified.