French firm’s first hybrid will be the first car in decades to use a V16 engine – listen to it here
Bugatti’s next hypercar will use a mammoth V16 engine, the company has confirmed.
Confirming the new hypercar will be revealed in full in June, Bugatti has revealed that it will swap from the W16 engine used by the Chiron and its Veyron predecessor for an all-new unit of a different shape.
It will be the first production car in decades to use such an engine, the last having been the ultra-rare Cizeta-Moroder V16T in 1991.
Bugatti has not given any more details about the engine, including its capacity or whether it has been developed in house, but has revealed a preview video which gives a first taste of the noise it will make – which you can watch below.
The V16 will form part of Bugatti’s first hybrid powertrain, which the firm describes as “incomparable in every detail, it is a pure embodiment of Bugatti’s DNA, created not just for the present, or even the future – but ‘Pour l’éternité'” – for eternity.
Previously, it was thought that Bugatti would downsize its engine in light of the potential electric power boost provided by a hybrid drivetrain, and the need to accommodate a battery and electric motors, but clearly the firm has found a means to stay true its 16-cylinder lineage as it embraces electrification.
