Remember the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport L’or Blanc that crashed into some hay bales last weekend? It was also filmed doing a couple of fast runs on an airfield, in Switzerland, trying to drag race a Chiron Sport.
Why ‘trying’ and not ‘succeeding’? That’s because the owner of the more modern hypercar jumped the start on both occasions, preventing bystanders from seeing the difference between two generations of Bugattis.
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We have no doubt that the Chiron Sport would have won the drag race, considering that it holds the upper hand in terms of power and acceleration. It boasts small changes in the chassis over the ‘regular’ Chiron, with a firmer suspension set-up, has dynamic torque vectoring, re-tuned differential and is 40 pounds (18 kg) lighter.
The quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter W16 engine remains untouched and works in conjunction with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission and all-wheel drive. The 1,479 HP (1,500 PS / 1,103 kW) at 6,700 rpm, and 1,180 lb-ft (1,600 Nm) of torque from 2,000 to 6,000 rpm it produces rocket it to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 2.4 seconds, with the 0-124 mph (0-200 km/h), 0-186 mph (0-300 km/h) and 0-249 mph (0-400 km/h) taking 6.1, 13.1 and 32.6 seconds respectively. Top speed is limited to only 236 mph (380 km/h), but it can be lifted to 261 mph (420 km/h).
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Unveiled 9 years ago, the Veyron Grand Sport L’or Blanc is a porcelain-trimmed one-off, created with Konigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur, with a 987 HP (1,001 PS / 736 kW) 8.0-liter quad-turbo’d W16 engine and the ability to sprint to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 2.46 seconds and to 249 mph (400 km/h) in 55.6 seconds.