Bugatti Bolide
The Bugatti Bolide is a track-only sports car developed by Bugatti Engineering GmbH in Wolfsburg, Germany and Bugatti Automobiles and manufactured in Molsheim, by French automobile manufacturer Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S., revealed online on 28 October 2020. According to Bugatti, the concept version of the Bolide is using the W16 engine with a weight-to-power-ratio of. Bugatti announced the Bolide would be the last car ever made with their 8.0 liter W16 engine with four turbochargers. The Bolide's name comes from the ancient Greek word βολίς, which literally means "spear" then used in old French as le bolide to describe "the meteorite blazing across the sky", in reference to its speed.
In April 2023, Bugatti revealed the production version of the Bolide as a track-only sports car. 40 units are to be built and the first vehicles were delivered to customers at the beginning of 2024.
The Bugatti Bolide made its Southern Hemisphere debut in February 2025 as part of the Adelaide Motorsport Festival, taking place in the Australian city of Adelaide.
Specifications and performance
The concept Bolide is built using the framework of the same quad-turbo W16 engine and the 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission used in the Chiron, although upgrades to the W16 engine allow the Bolide to generate over and of torque,, more than the Chiron Super Sport 300+. This increase in power can be attributed to bigger blades in the turbochargers and the different orientation of the turbochargers themselves. Combining the fact that the kerb weight of the car is only, the Bolide can accelerate from 0– in 2.2 seconds, 0– in 4.4 seconds, 0– in 7.4 seconds, 0– in 12.1 seconds, and 0– in 20.1 seconds and a projected top speed beyond that. Additionally, Bugatti states that the Bolide has a 0- of 24.62 seconds, and a 0- time of 33.62 seconds. According to Bugatti, computer simulations show that the Bolide could lap the Nürburgring in 5 minutes and 23.1 seconds, making it just four seconds slower than the current record holder, the Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo. The Bolide is also simulated to have a lap time at the Circuit de la Sarthe of just 3 minutes and 7.1 seconds, making it 7.6 seconds quicker than the current record holder, the Toyota TS050, which lapped the circuit in 3 minutes and 14.7 seconds.The series version of the Bugatti Bolide continues to rely on the 8.0-litre W16 engine with four turbochargers with an output of 1600 PS at 7050 rpm and a torque of 1600 Nm between 3800 and 7050 rpm. This enables the standard version of the Bolide to accelerate from 0 to in 2.2 seconds, to in 5.4 seconds and to in 11.5 seconds. The top speed is electronically limited at.
From 300 km/h, the Bolide series version brakes in 6 seconds and stops after. From 200 km/h, the Bolide needs 4.2 seconds and. From 100 km/h, the Bolide needs 2.5 seconds and to come to a standstill. For acceleration and full braking from 0-100-0 km/h, the Bolide needs 4.7 seconds and. At 0-200-0 km/h it takes 9.7 seconds and, and at 0-300-0 km/h it takes 17.5 seconds and.
Design
The main influence on the Bolide's light curb weight is due to the monocoque and all of its components constructed with titanium, along with nearly all of the body panels constructed in carbon fiber. Donning the aggressive design language of an LMP1 racecar, including the signature X-shape, the aerodynamics of the Bolide help it generate more than of downforce at, with at the rear wing and another at the front wing. The height of the Bolide,, matches the height of the famous Bugatti Le Mans racecar, the Bugatti Type 57C, on which much of the Bolide harkens to.The carbon structure, developed in collaboration with Dallara, meets the same demanding LMH and LMDh requirements of the FIA as the Le Mans race cars.