BUGATTI’S NEXT HYPERCAR will use a mammoth V16 engine, the company has confirmed.
Announcing that the new hypercar will be unveiled in June, Bugatti has revealed that it will swap from the W16 engine used by the Chiron and its Veyron predecessor to an all-new unit of a different shape.
It will be the first production car to use such an engine since the ultra-rare Cizeta-Moroder V16T in 1991.
Bugatti has not given any more details about the engine, such as its capacity or whether it has been developed in-house, but it did give a first taste of its screaming soundtrack in a short teaser video.
The V16 will form part of Bugatti’s first hybrid powertrain, which the firm describes as “incomparable in every detail. It is a pure embodiment of Bugatti’s DNA, created not just for the present, or even the future, but for eternity.”
Previously, it was thought that Bugatti would downsize its engine in light of the potential electric power boost provided by a hybrid drivetrain and the need to accommodate a battery and electric motors, but clearly the firm has found a means to stay true to its 16-cylinder lineage as it embraces electrification.
The firm had already told Autocar that the new powertrain would be “unlike anything else on sale” but had stopped short of revealing any technical details.
