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Old Jul 11, 2018 | 10:36 AM
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Default Bugatti Divo announced

A $5.8 million hypercar with an appetite for corners

The Divo is an even more extreme take on the Bugatti Chiron supercar




Too much is never enough, especially when you're talking about Bugatti supercars. The Divo is the next step in Bugatti's continuing history of building the most covetable vehicles on the planet. Based on the existing 1,479 horsepower Chiron, the Divo is intended to be lighter in weight and significantly quicker around corners. Oh yes, and it's almost massively expensive, with a starting price of approximately $5.8 million. If you want one, hurry up, because only 40 will be produced.

"Happiness is not around the corner. It is the corner. The Divo is made for corners," says Stephan Winkelmann, President of Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. "With the Divo, we want to thrill people throughout the world. With this project, the Bugatti team has an opportunity to interpret the brand DNA in terms of agile, nimble handling in a significantly more performance-oriented way."

Little to no details have been released about the Divo ahead of its official introduction this August at Monterey Car Week. The powertrain will likely be carryover from the Chiron, which means the quad-turbocharged W12 will be there in all its decadent glory. The body could be significantly different, however, in keeping with Bugatti's promise that the car has been honed to go around corners at physics-defying speed.

As for the name, it might conjure up images of a certain 1970s-80s band, but the Divo is named after Albert Divo, a French racing driver who twice won the Targa Florio while piloting a Bugatti race machine.
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Old Jul 11, 2018 | 01:35 PM
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Interesting, I would love to see Bugatti do the ultimate luxury/performance sedan, 16 cylinder, 1000hp+ sedan with the absolute finest unique interior. I am surprised they have not done a sedan by now or are planning one.
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Interesting, I would love to see Bugatti do the ultimate luxury/performance sedan, 16 cylinder, 1000hp+ sedan with the absolute finest unique interior. I am surprised they have not done a sedan by now or are planning one.
I was always sad the Galibier Concept never made it to fruition


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I was not nuts over that Galibier concept, too chunky and don't like the rear end treatment although with some more work it could have been nice.

I liked the EB218 more, not perfect, actually had a 18 cylinder though if they could pull off basically a four door Veyron or Chiron that would be really cool too.




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The grill looks saw faux to me, cartoonish almost. Overall nice. That interior specifically the seats look so plush. Like a La-Z-Boy
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Interior looks mostly decked out in nice soft suede.
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What the heck is that?
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Default Bugatti Divo revealed

All 40 are already spoken for

It can whip it good around the Nardo circuit 8 seconds faster than a Chiron









The Bugatti Divo is quite obviously based on the Chiron. Though it shares that car's 8.0-liter W16 engine, it is 77 pounds lighter and is capable of producing 198 extra pounds of downforce. Basically, while the Chiron is all about top speed, the Divo is more about taking corners. To that end, its lateral g is said to be 1.6 g, which is a staggering number, and its maximum speed is limited to only 236 mph.

"To date, a modern Bugatti has represented a perfect balance between high performance, straight-line dynamics and luxurious comfort," said Bugatti president Stephan Winkelmann. "Within our possibilities, we have shifted the balance in the case of the Divo further towards lateral acceleration, agility and cornering. The Divo is made for bends."

The newer, wider front spoiler contributes to that extra downforce, along with a new rear diffuser and a 23-percent wider rear spoiler that remains automatically height adjustable and still functions as an airbrake. It's a whopping 6 feet wide. Tweaks up front also create an "air curtain" that optimizes air flow along the Divo's sides. Besides creating extra downforce, aerodynamic changes also increase cooling to the engine and brakes.

The Divo also gets special suspension and steering settings to maximize handling. That includes increasing camber. Weight was reduced by using lighter wheels and a carbon fiber intercooler cover, along with a reduction in sound insulation, a lighter sound system and fixing the otherwise adjustable front diffuser flaps.

According to Bugatti, the resulting changes result in the Divo lapping the Nardo handling circuit 8 seconds faster than the Chiron can. Its 40 owners are sure to be super impressed by that.

Like the Veyron and Chiron, the Divo is named after a driver from the early years of car racing. Specifically, Albert Divo, the two-time winner of the Targa Florio in the 1920s.
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Not feeling the exterior but the blue accents in the interior look nice.
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way overstyled. looks like something cheesy you'd see at sema.
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That real life image looks like a video game render. Damn.
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The Divo is what the French dark knight aka Batman drives
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They took the design a whole new direction on the same platform. The Chiron has classic styling, it should age really well. The Divo, on the other hand, looks like concept art. I have a feeling the Divo will look silly in a decade or so.
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