Bugatti Bolide

2026 BUGATTI BOLIDE — EU SPECIFICATION

ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN

The Bolide is powered by Bugatti's 8.0-litre W16 with four turbochargers, displacing 7,993 cm3 across sixteen cylinders in a W configuration. In production customer specification it produces 1,177 kW (1,600 PS) and 1,600 Nm of torque, running on 98 RON premium unleaded fuel. Drive reaches the road through a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox and Bugatti's permanent all-wheel-drive system. The engine is mounted longitudinally behind the cockpit and is fed by a roof-mounted ram-air scoop together with flank and shoulder intakes feeding the intercoolers and the turbochargers. Exhaust gases exit through a centrally mounted quad-outlet system.

Note on published output: the 2020 Bolide show car was widely reported at 1,850 PS on 110-octane racing fuel and at a 1,240 kg dry weight. Those are concept figures. The production customer car recorded here is 1,600 PS on 98 RON at 1,450 kg dry, per Bugatti's own model specification.

CHASSIS, STEERING AND BRAKES

The structure is a carbon-fibre monocoque incorporating the integrated motorsport safety cell, with carbon-fibre bodywork throughout. Suspension is by double wishbones with pushrod-actuated dampers front and rear. Braking is by a Brembo system with monobloc calipers behind the centre-lock-style forged wheels. Steering is left-hand drive, EU specification, with a detachable racing-type wheel.

Bugatti does not publish a retail specification for the Bolide's brake disc material, wheel or tyre sizes, spring rates or damper settings, and no figure for those is recorded here rather than an estimated one.

DIMENSIONS AND CAPACITIES

Overall length is 4,835 mm, width 2,100 mm excluding mirrors (2,400 mm including mirrors), and height 1,047 mm, on a 2,750 mm wheelbase. Dry weight is 1,450 kg. The cabin seats two. There are two doors, opening upward on the Bolide's scissor-type hinges. No luggage compartment is fitted; the car carries no road-going storage provision.

PERFORMANCE

Bugatti has not published an official top speed, standing-start acceleration time or peak downforce figure for the production Bolide, and none is stated here. Documented performance-relevant hardware includes the active and passive aero package: the roof scoop, front splitter and dive planes, the shoulder-mounted aero fins, the large adjustable rear wing and the full-length rear diffuser.

EXTERIOR

Black metallic paint over exposed and painted carbon-fibre bodywork, with the orange-red W16, EB and BUGATTI competition livery applied to the roof scoop, engine cover, rear wing and aero fins. The X-motif LED headlamp signature and the full-width X-motif LED tail-light bar are Bolide-specific. The horseshoe grille carries the enamel Bugatti macaron. Further exterior detail includes the quad-outlet centre exhaust, the exposed rear structure and suspension, engine-bay cooling apertures, the fixed rear wing with end plates, the rear diffuser, the front splitter and the flat underbody.

INTERIOR AND SEATING

Two fixed-back carbon-shell racing seats trimmed in black Alcantara with red bolsters and red accent stitching, with six-point racing harnesses. The cockpit is finished in exposed carbon fibre and Alcantara with red accent piping. A detachable racing steering wheel with integrated controls is fitted. Pedals are drilled aluminium racing items. A centre control spine carries the ignition, drive-mode and ancillary switchgear together with the emergency-stop and fire-suppression controls. Ventilation is by direct cockpit ducting rather than a road-car climate system.

INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROLS

A colour motorsport display is mounted on the steering wheel and reports gear, fuel state, boost, brake-disc temperatures, ABS and traction settings, speed, instantaneous power and top speed. A secondary illuminated control panel on the centre spine carries the ancillary and pit-lane functions. The car is equipped for telemetry and data acquisition. No road-car infotainment, navigation or audio system is fitted, in keeping with the car's track-only purpose.

DRIVER ASSISTANCE AND SAFETY

Safety provision is motorsport rather than road-car in nature: the carbon-fibre monocoque and integrated safety cell, six-point harnesses, fixed-back racing seats, an onboard fire-suppression system, a cockpit emergency-stop control and a quick-release steering wheel for rapid egress. Electronic driver aids comprise the anti-lock braking system and the traction and stability control, both driver-adjustable from the steering wheel. The Bolide carries no airbags, no passive-restraint pretensioners and none of the road-car driver-assistance systems, and it holds no Euro NCAP or NHTSA rating, none of which apply to a vehicle of this class.

HOMOLOGATION AND REGISTRATION

The Bolide is a track-only vehicle and is not road-homologated. Bugatti publishes no WLTP fuel-consumption or CO2 certification for it, and the seller's listing records both values as unavailable. No CO2 figure is stored against this offer. Destinations that assess duty or registration by CO2 band, or that require a certificate of conformity, will need to treat this car under their competition, exhibition or collector-vehicle provisions. Production is limited to 40 cars.