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Mate Rimac Gives Us A Tour of The NEW Hybrid V-16 1775 HP Bugatti Tourbillon

Read more: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a61146309/2026-bugatti-tourbillon-hybrid/

Mate Rimac has a cold. But unlike Frank Sinatra in the famous Esquire profile, he's neither sullen nor unwilling to be interviewed. On the contrary, he's eager to talk, despite the occasional sniffle. The focus of his enthusiasm is the Bugatti Tourbillon, the second new model from the French brand since its merger with Rimac in 2021.

The Tourbillon ditches the Chiron's quad-turbo 8.0-liter W-16 for an entirely new 8.3-liter V-16 with a cross-plane crank—the 16-cylinder equivalent of a flat-plane V-8—that spins up to 9000 rpm and is good for 986 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque. Cosworth helped develop the engine, which surprisingly eschews forced induction for natural aspiration.

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00:00 Intro
00:36 Name
01:03 Powertrain
02:03 All-electric range and packaging
03:26 Design
06:58 The "Coke bottle" effect
07:36 Interior
09:18 Pricing and performance
10:59 What it sounds like
 
Credits Car and Driver
added on 21 Jun. 2024
Make: Bugatti

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