{"id":80435,"date":"2025-02-13T00:03:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T05:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80435"},"modified":"2025-02-13T00:03:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T05:03:48","slug":"1145741_bugatti-boss-tourbillon-v-16-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80435","title":{"rendered":"Bugatti boss provides first taste of Tourbillon&#8217;s V-16 howl"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>New video shows a prototype of the Bugatti Tourbillon hybrid hypercar<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The video provides a clear taste of the Tourbillon&#8217;s newly developed 8.3-liter V-16 engine<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Tourbillon enters production in 2026 and carries a starting price of about $4 million<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bugatti surprised many last year when, instead of revealing an electric successor to its Chiron hypercar, it introduced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1143588_bugatti-tourbillon-price-hp-photos-specs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gasoline-electric Tourbillon<\/a>. But perhaps the most surprising aspect was the choice of the Tourbillon\u2019s hybrid system\u2019s internal combustion engine\u2014a newly developed V-16.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, there has been very little footage of prototypes, leaving enthusiasts wondering what the V-16 will sound like. While V-16-powered cars have existed before\u2014most recently the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1134618_original-cizeta-v16t-prototype-up-for-sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cizeta V16T supercar<\/a> of the 1990s\u2014the <strong>distinctive sound of a V-16<\/strong> remains somewhat of a mystery.<\/p>\n<p>That mystery is now starting to unravel. Mate Rimac, the head of the Bugatti Rimac partnership, recently took to social media to share a video of a Tourbillon prototype, giving us a clear taste of the new engine\u2019s howl\u2014and it\u2019s brutal. The prototype is believed to be running exclusively on its gasoline engine, providing a glimpse of its raw performance even without the aid of electrification.<\/p>\n<p>Power in the Tourbillon comes from a <strong>naturally aspirated 8.3-liter V-16 engine<\/strong> paired with three electric motors\u2014two at the front and one at the rear. The V-16 alone produces approximately 986 hp, while the electric motors contribute an additional 790 hp, bringing the <strong>total system output to 1,776 hp<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The V-16 was developed by Cosworth, the legendary ex-Formula 1 power unit builder responsible for some of the most iconic engines in history, including the V-12s that power Aston Martin\u2019s Valkyrie and GMA\u2019s T.50 and T.33.<\/p>\n<p>Working in tandem with the electric motors, Bugatti estimates the Tourbillon will accelerate from <strong>0-62 mph in 2.0 seconds<\/strong>, 0-124 mph in less than 5.0 seconds, 0-186 mph in under 10.0 seconds, and 0-248 mph in under 25.0 seconds. Top speed is electronically limited to 276 mph, but Bugatti has hinted that at least one version of the Tourbillon might surpass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1145078_bugatti-s-next-top-speed-target-may-be-over-310-mph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">500 kph (310.7 mph)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Production of the Tourbillon is set to begin in 2026, with <strong>only 250 units planned<\/strong>. Pricing starts at approximately $4 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New video shows a prototype of the Bugatti Tourbillon hybrid hypercar The video provides a clear taste of the Tourbillon&#8217;s newly developed 8.3-liter V-16 engine The Tourbillon enters production in 2026 and carries a starting price of about $4 million Bugatti surprised many last year when, instead of revealing an electric successor to its Chiron [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}