No Surprise Here: The Bugatti Chiron is Really, Really Fast

We all know the Bugatti Chiron is a magnificent machine, but its latest specification is a real eye opener.

Super, hyper, and otherwise superlative cars are coming to a point in their history where numbers are too far gone to really impress. It’s the same problem that economists face when they talk about billions and trillions.

The Bugatti Chiron is a prime example of such a problem. The Bugatti Chiron makes more than twice as much horsepower as a Hellcat, but, somehow, people are not twice as impressed by the number 1,500.

Now, there’s another number to parse — 0-250-o in 60 seconds. The sprint from standstill to 250 mph (402 km/h) and back down to zero takes less than 60 seconds, according to EVO’s Dan Prosser.

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It’s difficult to understand exactly what that means, but it helps to remember that when the Veyron, formerly the fastest production car on earth, hit 250 mph, it needed one of the world’s longest, straightest roads, and a running start to do it.

It’s also worth noting that the Chiron, when it did a lap around Le Mans last year, hit 236 mph. That’s faster than anything that would hit the track for the race, including Audi’s remarkable R18.

What this figure really helps to show, though, is that the Chiron can brake as well as it can accelerate. As Ferdinand Porsche once said, nothing should be able to go faster than it stops.

A version of this story originally appeared on VW Vortex

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