The Bugatti Chiron is a mid-engined two-seated sports car developed and manufactured in Molsheim, France, by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. as the successor to the Bugatti Veyron. The Chiron was first shown at the Geneva Motor Show on March 1, 2016. The car was based on the Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo concept car.
The car is named after the Monegasque driver Louis Chiron.
The first 200 Chirons were sold before the first delivery of the car. The base price is €2,400,000 (US$2,700,000 at the August 2016 exchange rate), and buyers were required to place a €200,000 (US$226,000 at the August 2016 exchange rate) deposit.
At the 2017 IAA show in Frankfurt, Bugatti announced that the Chiron broke the record of fastest 0–400–0 km/h (0–249–0 mph), completing it in 41.96 seconds in a span of 3.2 kilometres (2 miles) at the Ehra-Lessien high-speed oval. The car was driven by Colombian racing driver Juan Pablo Montoya.
Bugatti also added extra livery to the Chiron that they used to confirm that it was the same car that broke 0–400–0 km/h the fastest. During the show, Bugatti also mentioned that during the run, the car went 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) in 2.4 seconds, 0–200 km/h (0–124 mph) in 6.1 seconds, 0–300 km/h (0–186 mph) in 13.1 seconds, and 0–400 km/h (0–248.5 mph) in 32.6 seconds, which altogether, also makes the Chiron much faster than its predecessor, the Bugatti Veyron.
On October 1, 2017, this record was unofficially broken by Koenigsegg and their Agera RS while testing the car for a client just prior to delivery, who asked Koenigsegg to test and record the 0-400-0 time. The run was done on an old concrete airstrip in Vandel, Denmark and the time set was 36.44 seconds. The total distance used for the 0-400-0 run, was 2,441 m (8,009 ft) The car was driven by Koenigsegg test driver Niklas Lilja. Performance data for the run was captured using an AiM EVO5 data logger along with an AiM GPS08.
However, these were in a single direction. World records require passes made in opposite directions to counter the possible effects of wind.
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