Bugatti developed a brand new chassis for the Tourbillon hypercar. Altering laws and a brand new hybrid drivetrain meant the French automaker could not reuse the platform that underpinned each the Veyron and Chiron. The outcomes are extraordinary, as seen in pictures and video Bugatti simply launched.
To say that the engineers had a problem packaging all the pieces can be an understatement. The temporary for the Tourbillon was a automobile not a lot bigger than the Chiron, however with a V-16 engine paired with an electrical motor and dual-clutch transmission, a twin-motor entrance axle, and batteries to run the entire thing. The V-16 is longer than Bugatti’s outdated W-16 engine, and all the electrical stuff takes up a ton of room too.
Bugatti moved the V-16 nearer to the rear bulkhead, with gasoline tanks on both facet of it; the batteries are configured in a “T” form behind the seats and within the central tunnel; the seats are moved nearer collectively and glued in place to cut back frontal space; the pedals and wheel come again in the direction of the driving force; the entrance electrical motor sits simply behind the (small) baggage compartment. Regardless of all this, the wheelbase of the Tourbillon is simply over an inch longer than the Chiron’s, and the roofline is even decrease.
An essential innovation to maintain dimension in verify is a carbon-fiber diffuser that doubles as a rear crash construction, eliminating the necessity for a separate beam. There are different wonderful particulars. The Tourbillion has eight radiators, and it makes use of “skeletonized” 3D-printed wishbones from Divergent, the corporate behind the Czinger 21C.
There’s a lot cool stuff right here, identical to the remainder of the Tourbillon.
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