Bugatti Engineers Continue Chiron And Divo Development Work From Home

While Bugatti has been forced to suspend production of its vehicles, much like other car manufacturers around the world, the French company continues to develop the Chiron and Divo models, albeit now with some different procedures in place.

Among those from Bugatti still working to make the Chiron and Divo as perfect as they can be is head of chassis testing and application at Bugatti, Lars Fischer, who is still able to constantly develop the vehicles by driving numerous kilometers at the company’s test sites and on public roads.

Admittedly, some things have changed. For example, if there is no possibility for Bugatti engineers to test out the vehicles in the real world, they can work on their calculation and simulation models at home thanks to modern and highly developed digital work processes.

Another change is that there can no longer be two engineers sitting in development Chiron and Divo models.

“Normally, we always have two engineers working on test drives in the Chiron or Divo so that the tests can be driven according to a set checklist and the data can be saved to a computer in real time,” says chassis setup engineer Sven Bohnhorst. “Since we always maintain the recommended safe distance from our colleagues and this is not possible in a car, we are currently driving solo.”

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Being away from the office has also allowed Bohnhorst more time to work on his classic Porsche 911 (pictured below).

Bugatti says that alongside continuing tests at Ehra-Lessien, it is able to make trips to the Nurburgring and Bilster Berg as long as they don’t take more than a working day as overnight stays in hotels are not possible.

Bugatti has made sure to keep the motoring world informed about how it’s dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this week, we got a sneak peek into how chief executive Stephan Winkelmann has adapted to working from home.