Exclusive Test Drive - Bugatti Bolide: XXL Hypercar

This is the craziest internal combustion race car ever conceived. Look no further for anything more extreme: it simply doesn't exist. A queen of superlatives, this Alsatian beauty embodies the expertise of a manufacturer unparalleled in its ability to leave the competition in the dust.

Published 30/11/2025 à 14:00

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Exclusive Test Drive – Bugatti Bolide: XXL Hypercar

Photos by Morgan Mathurin

With its quad-turbocharged W16 engine, 1,001 hp, and a top speed exceeding 400 km/h, the Bugatti Veyron, unveiled exactly twenty-five years ago, utterly demolished everything that then comprised the road-going "supercar galaxy." Achieving the same feat with a car exclusively designed for track use was a formidable challenge, one that the Alsatian manufacturer (based in Molsheim) decided to take on with the Bolide. The "theoretical" specifications were remarkably simple: design a genuine racing car around the engine/transmission assembly found in the brand's other models. In short, imagine a car

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