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How do you follow the Veyron? Bugatti's answer, unveiled at the Geneva motor show in 2016, was to keep the formula and turn everything up. The Chiron kept the 8.0-liter W16 and its four turbochargers but raised output to 1,500 metric horsepower, wrapped it in a body with a distinctive C-shaped side curve and a raised spine running down its center, and priced it near the $3 million mark. It was named after Louis Chiron, the Monegasque racing driver who won major Grands Prix for Bugatti between the wars.
The Chiron's legend was sealed in 2019, when a lengthened, aerodynamically modified prototype driven by Andy Wallace exceeded 300 mph at Volkswagen's Ehra-Lessien test track, making it the first hypercar to break that barrier. The production Chiron Super Sport 300+ and later Super Sport followed, along with the lighter, more agile Chiron Pur Sport. Owners praise its effortless, almost serene way of covering ground at absurd speeds; critics note its weight, which makes it more grand tourer than scalpel on a tight road.
The platform also underpinned a run of extraordinarily expensive derivatives, including the track-tuned Divo, the EB110 tribute Centodieci and the one-off La Voiture Noire, before the W16 era closed with the Bolide and Mistral. Production of the Chiron itself ended after 500 cars, and the model now sits in a strange space between new and collectible, with values watched closely by the auction houses and the world's richest car enthusiasts, from footballers to musicians.
This page follows sales and auctions, celebrity cars, special-order specifications, maintenance and restoration stories and the occasional Chiron that ends up in a ditch or a headline about a theft. It also tracks how the car's reputation evolves now that the hybrid Tourbillon has taken over as Bugatti's flagship, and how the W16 era is remembered. Expect a steady flow of resale reports too, because as the last Chirons settle into collections, their prices will say a great deal about how the market values the final generation of pure combustion Bugattis.
The 1,500-horsepower W16 heir to the Veyron, the first hypercar past 300 mph and the base for a decade of Bugatti special editions.
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