Bugatti Tourbillon Top Speed
In normal driving the Tourbillon is held to 380 km/h (236 mph) by an electronic limiter. The full 445 km/h (276 mph) only becomes available once you fit the Speed Key, which is a separate physical key that switches the car into its highest-speed mode. Both numbers come from Bugatti. Neither has been independently tested by a third party.
Full specifications
| Engine | 8.3L naturally aspirated V16 |
|---|---|
| Engine power | 1,000 hp |
| Electric motors | Three · 800 hp |
| Combined power | 1,800 hp |
| Torque | 900 Nm |
| 0–200 km/h | Under 5.0 sec |
| 0–300 km/h | Under 10.0 sec |
| Drivetrain | All-wheel drive |
| Transmission | 8-speed dual-clutch |
| Weight | Under 1,995 kg |
| Battery | 24.8 kWh · 800V |
| Electric range | Over 60 km |
| Production run | 250 units |
| Price | €3.8 million |
About the Tourbillon
The Tourbillon replaces the Chiron. Bugatti showed it in June 2024, and it is the first car the company has built since Rimac took over the running of it. It also breaks a habit that had lasted twenty years. The Veyron and the Chiron both used a quad-turbo W16. The Tourbillon does not. It uses a naturally aspirated 8.3-litre V16 built with Cosworth, it revs to 9,000 rpm, and its crankshaft is roughly a metre long.
That engine on its own makes 1,000 hp. Three electric motors, two of them on the front axle and one at the rear, add another 800 hp, which gets you to a combined 1,800 hp. A 24.8 kWh battery running at 800 volts gives you more than 60 km on electric power alone, and everything goes to all four wheels through an eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox.
The name is borrowed from watchmaking. A tourbillon is a small rotating cage that holds the escapement of a mechanical watch and cancels out the pull of gravity on it. Bugatti ran the idea all the way through the cabin. The instrument cluster is a real analogue assembly put together with Swiss watchmakers rather than a screen, which is a bet that mechanical work ages better than software does.
Only 250 will be built, at roughly €3.8 million each, at a rate of about 80 a year. First deliveries start in 2026.
Performance figures taken from Bugatti's official technical specification sheet, June 2024.