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$4.3M 2027 Bugatti Tourbillon Revealed! Start the Clock!
Secretly shuttled around the globe and tucked away in places like a powerplant-turned-underground-techno-club on the wrong side of what’s left of the Berlin Wall-or in a generic warehouse among shipping containers in industrial Los Angeles-sits a car that Bugatti-Rimac has built its future around. Named for an intricate wristwatch mechanism that also happens to be the French word for “whirlwind,” this new hypercar promises to bridge the gap between the gas-guzzling Bugatti Chirons of yesterday and the electron-eating Rimac Nevera-like electric supercars of tomorrow. With 1,775 hp coming courtesy of a plug-in hybrid system consisting of a new homebrew V-16 combustion engine and three-electric motors, a top speed surpassing 275 mph, and a multimillion-dollar price tag-about $4.3 million, to be more precise-befitting of the bleeding-edge technology stuffed inside, the new 2027 Bugatti Tourbillon aims to help the company leap toward its inevitable electric era.
While compact, the 8.0-liter quad-turbo W-16 that powered the Veyron and Chiron was judged to be too heavy, complicated, and slow-revving for use in the Tourbillon. Because Bugatti Rimac intended to develop a new engine anyway, it chose a V-16 with development partner Cosworth-in part for its cylinder count, comparative simplicity, and light(er) weight versus a W-16.
Bugatti engineered both flat-plane and cross-plane crank versions of the new 8.3-liter naturally aspirated 90-degree V-16, but the team landed on a cross-plane version of the engine-with a 3-plus-foot-long crankshaft-as it was judged to not just perform better but also sound better as it raced to its 9,000-rpm redline. Rounding out the package is a new eight-speed dual-clutch automatic (sans reverse gear; the rear motor covers that), wedged sandwich-style between the V-16 and the rear motor.
The result? A whole lotta power. The 2027 Bugatti Tourbillon’s three motors combine for 789 hp, while the engine accounts for another 986 ponies and 664 lb-ft. Total combined system output is 1,775 hp. Bugatti hasn’t confirmed total system torque output as of press time.
Bugatti does say it expects the Tourbillon to accelerate to 60 mph in less than 2.0 seconds, to 100 mph in less than 5.0, to 185 in less than 10.0, and to 250 mph in about 25 seconds. Top speed? The company claims to be more focused on feeling than flashy numbers, but Mate Rimac told us the Tourbillon can hit 276 mph-he also wasn’t exactly subtle in his hints that he wants more.
With much development work still to do and a backlog of Bolide and W16 Mistral Chiron variants to get through, don’t expect to see the 2027 Bugatti Tourbillon in your Instagram or TikTok feeds anytime soon. Bugatti plans a modest 250-unit run, with production and deliveries slated to begin in 2026. Plenty of time to pull enough scratch together for its $4.3 million starting price-though word is by the time you read this that every Tourbillon might already have been sold to the flocks of wealthy who chased the car from old techno clubs in Berlin to wealthy Middle East and Asian ports to Los Angeles warehouses and back to Europe since November of last year.
2027 Bugatti Tourbillon Specifications
BASE PRICE
$4.3 million (est)
LAYOUT
2x front-motor, mid-engine, rear-motor AWD, 2-pass, 2-door coupe
ENGINE
8.3L/986-hp/664-lb-ft DOHC 64-valve V-16, plus 2x 335-hp/177-lb-ft front & 335-hp/177-lb-ft rear electric motors; 1,775 hp/N/A lb-ft comb
TRANSMISSIONS
1-speed auto (front); 8-speed twin-clutch auto (rear)
CURB WEIGHT
4,500 lb (mfr)
WHEELBASE
107.8 in
L x W x H
178.9 x 80.2 x 46.4 in
0-60 MPH
2.0 sec (MT est)
EPA CITY/HWY/COMB FUEL ECON
Not yet rated
EPA RANGE, COMB
Not yet rated
ON SALE
Summer 2026

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