If you don’t know the Centodieci right now, it should be you, the Italian name means one hundred and ten. Incidentally, this is not an arbitrary decision, because the EB110 is the last super sports car that Bugatti made before the start of the Veyron era.
The name 110 comes from the birth of Ettore Bugatti, who was born just as many years earlier, the man who eventually became the founder of Automobiles E. Bugatti. After Veyron and Chiron, the Centodieci is the third hypercar in the Bugatti portfolio, powered by an 8-liter W16 engine with 4 turbochargers to 1600 hp.
And according to his image, he created the EB110
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The EB110, the original Bugatti supercar from 1991 when the company was in the hands of Romano Artioli, was only produced for 4 years before Bugatti went bankrupt. Back then, until the McLaren F1 was launched, the Bugatti was one of the fastest cars in the world. It delivered 550 horsepower ex works and reached a top speed of 200 miles per hour.
The Centodieci are only made 10 times and go to the lucky customers who paid the $ 9 million. Its striking appearance makes an impression and looks more aggressive than the Chiron or Veyron before it.
Recently, the EB110 was back in the spotlight, and not just because of its legacy and the vision bestowed on the Centodieci creation. It went on the track in Nardò next to the new hypercar and brought a friend with it, a second EB110. The track in southern Italy has long been a testing ground for Bugatti to test its vehicles, and on the day of the meeting, to honor the legacy of the first supercar from 1991, the cars drove the 4-mile circuit together. Judging by the press release on the Bugatti website, the cars, although extremely powerful, were simultaneously worlds apart in terms of feel and ability. The EB110 was 1,000 horsepower less than the Centodieci in terms of maximum power from its 3.5-liter V12, and not just that – advances in electronic assistance, stability control, suspension, and more will all be propelled to varying degrees. Even tire manufacturers will have greatly improved the rubber compounds and structural design of tires over the past 3 decades.
Super sports cars from different eras
Via: revistacar.es
Though distant cousins, they share the same traits of vehicles designed to accomplish many of the same goals – pushing engines, technology, and design to the limit, being faster than before, and doors for New to open power levels. The 1991 supercar isn’t lazy even by today’s standards, it managed to lap the Nürburgring 4 seconds behind the Veyron, with both cars lapping in less than 8 minutes.
Indeed, there is no better way to develop the Centodieci than with a track that has already been developed to develop its predecessors and races with a car that is not only fast but that in terms of design, character and heritage a direct descendant of this newest hypercar.
If you haven’t made your down payments for the new Bugatti yet, do it now before it’s too late.
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