RE: Bugatti Chiron Sport | Driven

[Davey S2]

Daveyraveygravey said:

Great read about an awesome machine...but I would still have an F1 instead...

Totally different cars and you could probably have 5 Chirons for the price of an F1

[kambites]

sidesauce said:

kambites said:

As long as you don't want to carry anything bigger than a laptop bag. It has less than half the boot space of my Elise.

Yes and seeing as its engine is more than 4 times the size of the one in your Elise, I guess the bootspace had to go!

I think its turbos are bigger than my engine. It's radiators certainly are!

Fabulously silly thing.

[MX6]

Nice piece, sounds a great experience. What a capable machine, the engineering is very impressive.

I'd love to have a go in it, though I don't find it's a car I would desire to own, not one that pulls at the heartstrings.

[Esceptico]

I wonder who actually owns these types of cars? Only Veyron I’ve seen on the road up close was in Mayfair and it was gold wrapped. Mmm.

Amazing engineering but I’ve no interest in ownership. If I were rich enough to own a Chiron there is a long list of other out of reach exotica eg 250 SWB I’d be getting first.

Acceleration sounds fun but you can get similar on a superbike and that is more tricky to do safely and feels more brutal (given that you can’t flip or fall off a car)

[E65Ross]

Esceptico said:

I wonder who actually owns these types of cars? Only Veyron I’ve seen on the road up close was in Mayfair and it was gold wrapped. Mmm.


Acceleration sounds fun but you can get similar on a superbike and that is more tricky to do safely and feels more brutal (given that you can’t flip or fall off a car)

We all like different things. I have never been a fan of the 250GTO if I'm honest. It is far from a bad looking thing, I think there are nicer things out there.

And have you considered that for some the appeal may be the fact you are doing those acceleration numbers so easily, and in the safety of a car?

[Kolbenkopp]

MX6 said:

Nice piece, sounds a great experience.

Yup, enjoyed reading that!

[michaelw3628]

I don’t normally make comments on here now, and don’t normally follow Bugatti news, but something drew me to this and I have to say, a superbly written article.
A “new” EB110 would be interesting though.

[Esceptico]

E65Ross said:

Esceptico said:

I wonder who actually owns these types of cars? Only Veyron I’ve seen on the road up close was in Mayfair and it was gold wrapped. Mmm.


Acceleration sounds fun but you can get similar on a superbike and that is more tricky to do safely and feels more brutal (given that you can’t flip or fall off a car)

We all like different things. I have never been a fan of the 250GTO if I'm honest. It is far from a bad looking thing, I think there are nicer things out there.

And have you considered that for some the appeal may be the fact you are doing those acceleration numbers so easily, and in the safety of a car?

The SWB and the GTO are different cars. This is a SWB

https://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?p=250+swb&f...

[E65Ross]

Esceptico said:

E65Ross said:

Esceptico said:

I wonder who actually owns these types of cars? Only Veyron I’ve seen on the road up close was in Mayfair and it was gold wrapped. Mmm.


Acceleration sounds fun but you can get similar on a superbike and that is more tricky to do safely and feels more brutal (given that you can’t flip or fall off a car)

We all like different things. I have never been a fan of the 250GTO if I'm honest. It is far from a bad looking thing, I think there are nicer things out there.

And have you considered that for some the appeal may be the fact you are doing those acceleration numbers so easily, and in the safety of a car?

The SWB and the GTO are different cars. This is a SWB

https://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?p=250+swb&f...

It's nice, but many other cars I'd personally have over one

[SRT Hellcat]

I had the opportunity back in the day to drive a Veyron and I was mega impressed with its capability and I had driven a few supercars of that era. The Veyron moved the game on massively and the Chiron no doubt does more of the same. The levels of grip are quite incredible and for anyone who reckons a 261mph car would not handle is talking utter rubbish. There are very few cars out there that you can drive at 200mph plus that would not be at best a buttock clenching experience. The Bugs are one hand on the wheel stuff. That all said if I had the money to own one I probably would not unless I lived in Germany. They are built to drive at incredibly high speeds and you just can't do that anywhere in the UK except at a circuit and they are not built for that purpose. A fantastic feat of engineering.

[Vaud]

Well worth listening to the two Motorsport.com podcasts with Wallace and Weaver.

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/sports-...

[mhurley]

How Much is an annual service?

[anonymous-user]

mhurley said:

How Much is an annual service?

£179 at Kwik Fit.

[kambites]

mhurley said:

How Much is an annual service?

I think a basic yearly Veyron service was about £20k. I guess this is similar.

[Pesty]

Truly epic car that’s got to be a blast to drive

I see the ‘well it won’t handle like a caterham so I’m not interested because I’m a proper driver and anybody who wants one isn’t ‘ bores already got in here like every thread

[C.MW]

Pesty said:

Truly epic car that’s got to be a blast to drive

I see the ‘well it won’t handle like a caterham so I’m not interested because I’m a proper driver and anybody who wants one isn’t ‘ bores already got in here like every thread

No one expects it to handle like a Caterham. Your comment is just BS full of hyperbole.

[Leon R]

C.MW said:

Pesty said:

Truly epic car that’s got to be a blast to drive

I see the ‘well it won’t handle like a caterham so I’m not interested because I’m a proper driver and anybody who wants one isn’t ‘ bores already got in here like every thread

No one expects it to handle like a Caterham. Your comment is just BS full of hyperbole.

Which car are you comparing it to when you say it doesn't handle well?

[Schermerhorn]

C.MW said:

Very fast on a straight line, not so great in corners, isn't it some sort of a lavish, glorified version of american muscle car concept, except these are made on the other side of the planet?

I have to say it certainly does one thing extremely well: looking ugly.

I bet you are fun to be around.

[Mackofthejungle]

Always think it's telling that one of the most expensive cars on sale doesn't have a bunch of tacky touch screens everywhere.

Fabulous machine. Designed to be timeless.

[otolith]

SRT Hellcat said:

The levels of grip are quite incredible and for anyone who reckons a 261mph car would not handle is talking utter rubbish. There are very few cars out there that you can drive at 200mph plus that would not be at best a buttock clenching experience. The Bugs are one hand on the wheel stuff.

Without commenting on the actual characteristics of the Veyron or Chiron, what you are describing there is one subjective opinion of what constitutes a well handling car. There are other opinions.