- The Bugatti Bolide produces nearly 3,000 kg of downforce at top speed.
- It accelerates so quickly it leaves Porsche GT3s in the dust on the track.
- Only 40 will be built, making it an ultra-exclusive, track-only masterpiece.
Bugatti has earned its place as one of the most revered names in automotive engineering over the past two decades, consistently producing some of the most awe-inspiring cars to ever hit the road. But the Bolide? That’s the next level of insanity. This track-only weapon, limited to just 40 units worldwide, is so futuristic that it makes most hypercars look like relics. And it’s not just a looker, it’s faster around a circuit than any Bugatti before it.
So, how fast exactly is the Bolide? Well, Misha Charoudin, a popular YouTuber, has given us a glimpse in a video that showcases just how formidable this machine is. It makes cars like the Porsche 911 GT3 and GT3 RS feel like they’re on a leisurely Sunday drive.
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Charoudin was invited out to the Nurburgring Grand Prix circuit to jump into the passenger seat of the Bolide for a couple of hot laps. There were heaps of GT cars from Porsche on the circuit at the same time, and if you know anything about the GT3 and GT3 RS, you’ll know that they are among the fastest production cars around a circuit. They have nothing on the Bolide.
Spaceship Speeds
During the hot laps, the Bugatti can corner harder than the Porsches, gains time in the braking zones, and absolutely destroys them out of the corners, building pace so quickly that it truly boggles the mind. At the end of the Nurburgring GP track’s relatively short main straight, the Bolide hits 300 km/h (186 mph) without breaking a sweat. At one point during the second lap, it even blasted past a McLaren like it was standing still.
While the Bolide could no doubt threaten some lap records at many of the world’s most famous racetracks, Bugatti itself has yet to publish any official lap times for the car. When it was still a concept, the French automaker claimed simulations had shown it could lap Le Mans in 3:07.1 and the Nurburgring Nordschleife in 5:23.1, just three seconds behind the Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo. However, the production-spec Bolide has less power and weighs more. Nevertheless, it might be able to dip below the 6-minute mark.