French luxury brand Bugatti has developed and released the Divo, a super sports car faster than the Chiron and tuned for agility, nimbleness and optimum handling performance on winding roads.
The eight-liter W16 engine car was presented on August 24 at the exclusive automotive event “The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering” in Monterey, California which features the ultimate in automotive design, engineering and camaraderie amongst motoring aficionados.
In fact, it was so well-received, that all 40 cars in the limited series, each worth $5.8 million (€ 5 million), were sold out immediately.
The new rear wing, which has a width of 1.83 meters and a fixed height, is used both as an air brake and for the individual adjustment of the vehicle modes. The larger area of the wing increases its efficiency, generating significantly greater downforce. The rear diffuser also has a new, more efficient design. Courtesy of Bugatti.
The slimmer side line of the Divo helps make the vehicle look lower and longer. The new proportions allow a visual horizontal division of the body, which is reinforced by a special color scheme. The top, more elegant section has a structural, muscular shape. The lower part of the sides has more of a functional, technical design, reinforcing the car’s forceful appearance and giving it a confident stance on the road. Courtesy of Bugatti.
The supercar is named after Albert Divo, the French racing driver who won the famous Targa Florio race on a mountainous circuit in Sicily for Bugatti twice in the late 1920s.
Based on the requirements for such a race, the Bugatti Divo is light and nimble and boasts enormous downforce and g-forces. As compared to the Chiron, the aerodynamics of this model have been intensively fine-tuned and the suspension and chassis settings have been modified. The result is outstanding handling properties and the dynamic character of the car is underlined by a new, strong design language.
Bugatti President Stephan Winkelmann said at the launch that the Divo has significantly higher performance in terms of lateral acceleration, agility and cornering.
“Happiness is not around the corner. It is the corner. The Divo is made for corners”
– Stephan Winkelmann, President of Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.
As a result, the Divo is 35 kilograms (77 lbs) lighter and has 90 kilograms (198 lbs) more downforce than the standard Chiron2. It can lap the Nardò handling circuit in southern Italy eight seconds faster than the Chiron and has a maximum speed limit up to 380 km/h (236 mph).
For the front end of the Divo, an entirely new architecture with additional air inlets and a wide, newly designed front spoiler, was developed to ensure optimum air supply and increased downforce. Courtesy of Bugatti.
The Divo is equipped with new lightweight wheels. The brakes are cooled by four independent air sources on each side of the vehicle. The wheel arches are ventilated through vanes on the wings painted in the colors of the French flag. Courtesy of Bugatti.
“When I took up my position at Bugatti at the beginning of the year, I soon learnt that our customers and fans were waiting for a special vehicle which would tell a further story for the brand in addition to the Chiron,” said Stephan Winkelmann, President of Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. “The Bugatti team was also very eager to implement a project like this.”
It was therefore decided to build a super sports car with a different character from the Chiron which would still be immediately recognizable as a Bugatti.
The slimmer side line of the Divo helps make the vehicle look lower and longer. The new proportions allow a visual horizontal division of the body, which is reinforced by a special color scheme.
So whoever was lucky enough to grab one of these babies, mind if we take it for a spin?
The color and material scheme of the exterior is continued in the interior. The distinctive “Divo Racing Blue” plays a special role by providing an optical split in the interior surfaces. This conspicuous color is used almost throughout the driver’s section while it only provides selected accents in the darker passenger’s section. Technical innovations in the interior include the seats, which not only feature a new design but offer greater lateral support. Courtesy of Bugatti.
The characteristic central fin derived from the Type 57 Atlantic, a typical Bugatti design element, defines the longitudinal axis of the vehicle when viewed from above and ensures a clean airflow over the rear wing. Courtesy of Bugatti
The roof of the Divo has been designed to form a NACA air duct, a flow-optimized air inlet. In combination with the engine compartment cover, this ensures a very high air mass flow to the engine compartment, playing a key role in temperature management in this area of the vehicle. The intercooler cover is now made from carbon fiber. Courtesy of Bugatti.
For more information on the Divo by Bugatti, visit www.bugatti.com/divo. Find the local dealership at Al Zayani Trading Co. in Al Rai Industrial Area, off of the 4th Ring Road. For more information, please call 1808 010/1821 222, or visit the website www.al-zayani.com.
