Bugatti Hyper Sports Car Wins Readers’ Polls Awards

Bugatti Hyper Sports Car Wins Readers’ Polls Awards Image Credit: Bugatti

Bugatti Hyper Sports Car Wins Readers’ Polls Awards

Bugatti hyper sports cars impress several international car juries. The Bugatti Divo¹ and the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ win three awards.

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Beim diesjährigen Top Gear Award überzeugte der Bugatti Super Sport 300+ die Jury in der Kategorie “Physikstunde des Jahres”. Im vergangenen Sommer durchbrach Bugatti als erster Hersteller überhaupt die Schallmauer von 300 Meilen pro Stunde mit einem Vorserienfahrzeug. Ein Weltrekord – und ein Rekord für die Ewigkeit. Die Begründung der Jury: “Während der Sprung von 38 mph im Vergleich zu einem Standardauto nicht viel klingt, erforderte er ein ganz besonderes Fahrzeug, ein Team der klügsten Köpfe bei Bugatti, Dallara und Michelin sowie Nerven aus Stahl seitens der Le-Mans-Fahrerlegende Andy Wallace.” Der Super Sport 300+ ist ein auf 30 Einheiten limitiertes Sondermodell, das als Hommage an das Weltrekordfahrzeug gedacht ist und ab Mitte 2021 an Kunden ausgeliefert wird. Zum Stückpreis von netto 3,5 Mio. Euro.

Bugatti Hyper Sports Car Wins Readers’ Polls Awards Image Credit: Bugatti

In addition to the Bugatti Super Sport 300+, the Bugatti Divo has received two prestigious prizes from German magazines in recent weeks. The hyper sports car from Molsheim was voted best sports car of the year in the “Import Super Sports Car” category as part of the AUTO BILD SPORTSCARS Award. The editorial team of AUTO BILD SPORTSCARS presented a total of 110 current models in ten competition categories.

Und das ist noch nicht alles. Der Bugatti Divo konnte auch die Leser der bekannten Autozeitschrift “sport auto” überzeugen. Seit 27 Jahren küren die Leser jedes Jahr die besten Fahrzeuge aller Sportwagenkategorien. In diesem Jahr fiel die Wahl auf den Divo, der auf den ersten Platz in der Kategorie “Super-Sportwagen Serie” gewählt wurde.

“It makes the entire team and me proud to win these prestigious awards. We’re very pleased that not just our customers but also journalists and automobile fans appreciate the Bugatti Super Sport 300+ and the Divo,” says Stephan Winkelmann, President of Bugatti. “This has been a very successful and eventful year in which we have seen records, interesting editions and our 110^th anniversary celebration and it is now coming to an end, so I look back with pride on what the whole team has accomplished. The Divo, like the Chiron², is one of the most highly individualized masterpieces of automotive craftsmanship ever to be have been created. We are delighted that automotive experts agree with us and have presented these awards to the Super Sport 300+ and the Divo. And I look forward to a very special year in 2020,” says Stephan Winkelmann.

With the Divo this year, Bugatti has extended its longstanding tradition of coachbuilding, which involves placing specially designed bodies on an existing chassis. The Divo, optimized for lateral acceleration, has its own very distinctive character. The 1,500 PS 8-litre W16 engine is a contributing factor here, as well as a new driving response that is focused on agility, maneuverability and optimum handling performance on winding roads. In order to achieve this, the developers particularly refined the car’s aerodynamic properties, suspension settings and weight. The Divo produces 90 kilograms more downforce and weighs 35 kilograms less than the Chiron. In terms of lateral acceleration, the Divo achieves an increase to 1.6 g.

Produced in a small-scale series limited to 40 vehicles, the model was sold out shortly after the presentations, however – at a net unit price of EUR 5 million. Production of the Bugatti Divo started this year at the main plant in Molsheim, Alsace along with the Chiron, and the first deliveries to customers are planned for 2020.

¹Divo: This model is not subject to Directive 1999/94/EC, as type approval has not yet been granted.

²Chiron: Fuel consumption, l/100km: urban 35.2 / extra urban 15.2 / combined 22.5; CO₂ emissions (combined), g/km: 516; efficiency class: G*