LONDON: Festival of Speed founder Lord March became the first non-professional driver on Sunday to drive the new Bugatti Chiron.
The quad-turbocharged hypercar appears set to become the fastest production car ever made, Bugatti claiming a top speed of 420kph and 0-100kph time of just 2.3-seconds. This 1,479bhp, eight-litre, W16-engine monster costs around £1.9m (RM10.5mil), and is a replacement for the not exactly slow Veyron 16.4. Just 500 are set to be built.
Lord March.
Lord March enjoyed every second of his outing up the Hill. He said: “In terms of an overall automotive experience, that was at the very top – unbelievable power, yet unbelievably drivable. It was a full rush for all the senses.”
Earlier, the Bugatti super sports car was presented at the legendary hill climb – piloted by British racing driver and Le Mans winner Andy Wallace, who has been an official Bugatti driver since 2011.
Bugatti is preparing for the start of series production of the Chiron at the company’s headquarters in Molsheim, Alsace, France. The super sports car is to be produced in a limited series of 500 vehicles. More than 200 customers have already ordered their Chiron and the first vehicle is due to be delivered to a customer in the autumn of 2016.
Since 1993, the Goodwood Festival of Speed has been one of the international highlights in the calendar for motorsports enthusiasts and fans of racing cars of all vintages. Every year in June, about 200,000 visitors flock to Goodwood House to the north of Chichester, 129km south-west of here. The highlight of the event is the famous hill climb; the vehicles entering this event drive over a 1.86km course with nine bends over the hill at Goodwood.
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