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Video: The Bugatti Bolide's Track Pace Will Melt Your Mind

The Bugatti Bolide is a track-only hypercar unlike any other. Only 40 will ever exist, and each one costs $4 million. It's the type of car you'd expect to find in a climate-controlled garage waiting for the 2088 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

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Brabus Is Building a Freakin' Island

Automaker-branded real estate is a booming business. Aston Martin and Porsche both have skyscrapers in Miami, soon to be followed by Bentley, Mercedes-Benz, and Pagani. Bugatti, meanwhile, is building a massive 171-story-tall tower in Dubai. And soon, Brabus will have—not just one skyscraper—but an entire freakin’ island.

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Bugatti's New V-16 Has a Bizarre Timing System

Bugatti just released a video and accompanying photos of the Tourbillon's amazing, Cosworth-built, naturally aspirated V-16, and obviously, we're poring over all of it. What jumped out at us is the V-16's unique timing system. It's unlike anything we've ever seen in an automotive engine.

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How Ferdinand Piëch Invented the Bugatti Veyron

A legend of the automotive industry, even six years after his death: Ferdinand Karl Piëch, born in Vienna on April 17, 1937, was fascinated by technology from an early age—a passion that would define his entire life. He studied mechanical engineering in Zurich and began his career at Porsche, where…

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This watch costs as much as my entire street – and it's inspired by the Bugatti Tourbillon

The Jacob & Co Bugatti Tourbillon Baguette is an exorbitant display of wealth – and it's absolutely brilliant.

Rimac Wants Complete Control of Bugatti: Report

In late 2021, the pillars of the hypercar world were shaken. Rimac and Bugatti merged under a new joint venture called, fittingly, Bugatti Rimac. Could the two brands—one being a young EV hypercar builder and the other a seasoned combustion-engined hypercar powerhouse—actually coexist without sacrificing each brand's identity? Bugatti Rimac…

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Designing a Bugatti: How 300-MPH Hypercars Come to Life

Car designers do not simply draw cars. To be a great one, you need a deep technical understanding, and must form productive relationships with everyone involved in making a vehicle come to life. Bugatti design chief Frank Heyl is a perfect example.

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Bugatti Will Sell You a Tourbillon With Eight Exhaust Tips

Feeling disappointed by the Bugatti Tourbillon? We don't blame you. A hybrid hypercar with three electric motors and a naturally aspirated V-16 making 1,800 combined horsepower just isn't that special these days. If only there was some way to make this car stand out a bit more.

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Miami Concours 2025: Magnificent Supercar Art Event Enjoyed By Thousands

In the heart of the Miami Design District, where creativity fuels luxury, one annual event stands out as the pinnacle of automotive elegance—the Miami Concours. This exclusive gathering, which celebrated its eighth edition in 2025 led by Design District visionary Craig Robins, transformed the district’s streets into a gallery of…

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It's the Beginning of the End for Bugatti's W-16 Engine

The W-16 era is coming to an end. Bugatti has given us two decades of quad-turbo insanity by mounting a massive 8.0-liter engine in its record-breaking hypercar duo: the Veyron and Chiron. Both have spawned their fair share of derivatives over the years, including this Chiron-based Mistral. The roadster is…

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Bugatti Tourbillon Hits the Track To Unleash Its V-16 Fury

Although Mate Rimac made a name for himself with electric hypercars, he's a true petrolhead who loves combustion engines as much as we do. The old guard at the Volkswagen Group wanted the Chiron replacement to be fully electric, but he insisted on having an ICE setup at the heart…

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Are You Brave Enough to Ride a 300 Horsepower Turbocharged Motorcycle?

I've been fortunate to ride a lot of very fast, very sketchy machines. From turbocharged two-stroke backcountry snowmobiles, to superbikes with over 200 horsepower, and everything in between, speed and horsepower don't usually phase me. I once drove a Bugatti Chiron and allegedly saw 186 mph in less than a mile.

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This LED display can turn your Tesla’s front-end into a Ferrari, Rolls-Royce or Elon Musk's grinning face

EVision Auto's new aftermarket LED display can morph a Tesla Model Y into a Bugatti, but big questions remain.

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Le Mans via the scrapyard: South Korea's forgotten project Genesis will hope to surpass

Genesis, you might think, will become the first South Korean manufacturer to compete at the Le Mans 24 Hours when its forthcoming LMDh takes to the grid in 2026. But you’d be wrong. Thirty years before the Hyundai brand’s intended arrival there was another campaign at Circuit de la Sarthe…

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Inside Cosworth: King of Hypercar Engines

Bruce Wood calls it the “hypercar era.”

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The Best New Supercars and Sports Cars Coming in 2025

For all the fear-mongering about cars becoming soulless transportation boxes, enthusiasts still have a lot to look forward to in 2025. This year is already proving to be one of the biggest in recent memory for debuts of new sports cars and supercars.

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Ariel Atom 4R Laps the Top Gear Test Track Quicker Than the Old V-8

Top Gear fans will remember the Ariel Atom V8, the wild followup to the car that deformed Jeremy Clarkson's face. Thirteen years ago, the 500-horsepower track special showed the world what a true lightweight car could do, posting a 1:15.1 lap around the show's test track. That was the fastest time…

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KTM Will Quit MotoGP After All

Are you good in a crisis?If you are, then you already know at least two things. One is that there are near-term plans and there are long-term plans. And you have to successfully prioritize both types of things if you're going to make it through the problem. The second thing…

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The most outrageous purchases in 2024

Some of us were pretty loose with the purse strings this year

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The Fantastic Four: Bugatti's Record-Breaking Cars

Remember when Bugatti said it would retire from chasing records in September 2019? Management has changed since then, and so have the company's objectives. The newly founded Bugatti Rimac joint venture has already smashed a record. The Mistral is now the fastest open-top production car ever. It follows two record-breaking Veyrons and…

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Bugatti Owners Are Spending Crazy Money on Options

Exotic car brands tend to brag about how they make truly unique cars. Even when more vehicles are built within a limited-run series, the one-percenters opt for different customization options. Consequently, in theory, no two cars are alike. But how much are the rich spending to own a genuinely bespoke…

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The Bugatti Tourbillon's V-16 Engine Sounds Amazing

Things have been relatively quiet since Bugatti unleashed the Chiron’s successor back in June. This new video is anything but silent as it allows us to hear the thunderous soundtrack of the mighty V-16. A prototype of the Tourbillon has been filmed in Zagreb at Rimac’s facility located in Croatia’s…

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Meet the F1 concierge making the wealthy's wildest dreams come true

Imagine your dream F1 weekend — travel, drivers, maybe some on-track time. Dream bigger. For this concierge, no request is too large or late to make happen.

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Bugatti's Next Target: 310 MPH

Bugatti isn't done with setting records just yet. Hot on the heels of the Mistral's 282-mph top-speed run, CEO Mate Rimac says the company is aiming for a new top-speed record: 500 kilometers per hour, or 310 miles per hour.

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The Bugatti Mistral Is the Fastest Roofless Car Ever Made

Remember when Bugatti said it was done chasing records? Well, that turned out to be a lie. The W-16 era is coming to an end, but not before the last hurrah for the quad-turbo 8.0-liter monster. Installed in a customer’s Mistral, the marvelous engine helped the roofless Chiron become the…

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