Flat-Out In The £3.5m Bugatti Bolide!
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Published 2024-04-03
It’s arguably the world’s greatest hypercar powertrain, and in the Bolide it’s strapped to a true racing car chassis, an entirely new carbon monocoque built to FIA safety requirements.
The mad engine and unique chassis are then clothed in bespoke carbon body panels, which look knee-tremblingly good and generate almost three tonnes of downforce at the Bolide’s top speed. Which is 227mph in the high-downforce setting.
Bugatti is building only 40 Bolides, they’ll cost £3.5m each, and Top Gear is the first to experience it in full flight, besides chief test driver (and Le Mans winner) Andy Wallace...
Over to Top Gear Magazine’s editor-in-chief, Jack Rix, who tries not to be sick in the passenger footwell.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:04 Drive
03:51 Chat With Andy Wallace
05:41 The Engine
07:32 The Chassis
10:27 Aero
12:59 Interior
18:38 Conclusion
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All Comments (21)
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Which track would you take the Bolide to?
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The rolling launch was a revenge after you said that a tesla can do the same thing
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It must feel like an airplane that never takes off
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That driver wasn't budging an inch. Imagine how strong you must be to handle such forces..
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Head Test Driver for Bugatti ....What a job... 👌🏼
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Jack: Compares it to a Model-S Andy: Procedes to give him whiplash and acts like it was all part of the experience...haha
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Didn’t know that Batman knew how to design a Bugatti “The Bugattimobile”
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Bruce Wayne: Hey Alfred, get my pocket book.
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Bro confirming every shift with a head nod 😂. Valid man!
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1:30 jack's belts are clearly not tight enough
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Imagine being in bugatti and thinking about tesla
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I believe this is the most violent, highest roaring, most beautiful machine i've seen so far!
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Andy Wallace's enthusiasm and knowledge are great.
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The heaadlights with an X, oh my god, chef's kiss 😘
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This is basically the Sesto Elemento of this era •A Concept track only car that ended up entering production •Same powertrain and figures as the road going models •Saving alot of weight over the road going model it's based on
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Love a video that immediately shows what the title says! Nicely done guys.
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Now that's a track special! Custom architecture from the ground up love it
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I think it's safe to say that Andy Wallace is one of the most precious gems we ever had the blessing to have in the car culture...
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He REALLY compared this BEAST with a Model S...
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Wallace is such a baller. I still remember watching the video of him doing the top speed run in the F1.
