THE BEAST: Bugatti's Chiron is a 16-cylinder salute to the golden age of gasoline-powered excess

摘要

Its edges are elegantly chamfered and its form pleasantly rounded, but the slender slice of aluminum in the Bugatti Chiron's foot- well is more battle axe than scalpel. Squeezing the floor-mounted accelerator summons 16 cylinders, four turbochargers, and 1,500 metric horsepower (1,479 by U.S. measurement) - enough raw, road-gripping momentum to reach a higher top speed than an LMP1 race car at the famed Circuit de la Sarthe, home of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. But unlike those carbon-clad prototype racers, the Chiron has a sound system that can articulate a lubb-dubbing bass line at 18 hertz sugared with delicate top notes, thanks to its diamond-coated tweeters. Is this the future of speed, both lethal and luxurious all at once?