---
title: "Watch A 1,479-HP Bugatti Chiron Test Car Rumble Around The Nurburgring"
description: "What is Bugatti up to with this blacked-out mule?"
date: "2017-06-26"
modified: "2017-06-26"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/11844/watch-a-1479-hp-bugatti-chiron-test-car-rumble-around-the-nurburgring"
categories:
  - "Bugatti News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "bugatti"
  - "Bugatti Chiron"
  - "Chiron"
  - "Coupe"
  - "Nurburgring"
  - "Supercar"
  - "Testing"
---

# Watch A 1,479-HP Bugatti Chiron Test Car Rumble Around The Nurburgring

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2017/06/chiron.png>)
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The Bugatti Chiron is 1,479 horsepower of [tire-destroying, knife-edged brilliance.](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/11781/the-1479-hp-bugatti-chiron-could-hit-280-mph-if-the-tires-can-keep-up>) With the first models already in the gilded hands of their new owners, the sight of what looks like a manufacturer test mule cruising around the Nurburgring this weekend poses an interesting question—could Bugatti be prepping an even more insane Super Sport version of the 280 mph Chiron?

That's the case made by [YouTuber Automotive Mike,](<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAcMb_Cra0rIl6u6CdLs_TQ>) who spotted a strangely blacked-out Bugatti Chiron lapping the Nurburgring earlier this month. After all, there's not much to gain from testing a car that's already been released and delivered to buyers. And considering Bugatti has its own rig [to simulate the stress of lapping the 'Ring](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/8625/watch-this-crazy-engine-rig-that-bugatti-uses-to-simulate-nrburgring-runs>) on its quad-turbo W-16 engine, the decision to put tires to pavement here could indicate a more advanced stage of development for the alleged Chiron Super Sport.

Of course, Bugatti hasn't confirmed any of this. The company [has already stated](<https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/bugatti-chiron-will-not-get-roadster-version>) it won't be building a roadster version of the Chiron as it did with the Veyron, but there's been no word so far about a sequal to the higher-performance Veyron Super Sport that set the top speed record back in 2010.

The $3 million Chiron isn't setting any lap records with its relatively sedate pace in the new video—at one point yielding to a quicker Porsche Panamera—but hearing that 8-liter W-16 powerplant shake the ground as it cruises by is a treat unto itself.

https://youtube.com/embed/DVI0898peQs

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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