Bugatti Tourbillon: When Rimac Mixed Witchcraft With a V16 Symphony
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🛞 The Bugatti Tourbillon: Art, Speed & Electricity Collide
What happens when you mix a V16 engine, three electric motors, and a CEO who thinks like a mad scientist? You get the Bugatti Tourbillon—the most outrageous, elegant hypercar ever made.
Bugatti has always been about excess, but with Mate Rimac at the helm, it’s now excess with a soul. And horsepower. A lot of horsepower.
🎩 A V16 Engine? Yes. In 2025. Seriously.
The Tourbillon is powered by a naturally aspirated 8.3L V16 engine, built in collaboration with Cosworth. Add to that:
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Three electric motors (two front, one rear)
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A 25 kWh battery for up to 40 miles of silent electric range
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Total output? A staggering 1,800 horsepower
And it sounds like a thunderstorm made love to a Rolex.
⚙️ Mechanical Art: The Interior is a Love Letter to Time
Inside, things get wild. The dash features a mechanical, analogue instrument cluster with over 600 precision parts. It doesn’t rotate with the wheel—it floats. Like a sculpture. On your dashboard.
This isn’t just car design. It’s watchmaking on wheels.
🚀 Performance That Laughs in the Face of Physics
| Spec | Performance |
|---|---|
| 0–62 mph (0–100 km/h) | Under 2 seconds |
| 0–124 mph (0–200 km/h) | Under 5 seconds |
| Top Speed | ~277 mph (445 km/h) |
| Electric-only Range | 40 miles (64 km) |
| Production Run | 250 units worldwide |
| Price | ~$4 million (approx. £3.2M) |
It’s lighter than 2 tons, despite the hybrid tech. Thank carbon fiber and some real black magic.
👑 Rimac’s Vision: A Car With Emotion
Mate Rimac didn’t want Bugatti to go fully electric. In this interview, he explains why: "A Bugatti must make you feel something."
So instead of ditching heritage, he married it to the future—a V16 for the purists, electric drive for tomorrow, and craftsmanship for eternity.