This Batman X Bugatti crossover concept vehicle is literally everything I dream about!

Posted on 18/02/2021 by Sarang Sheth

Hey Nolan, is it too late to change the Batmobile in the upcoming Batman film to this bad-boy?? Designed by Ferry Passchier, a 2D/3D visualizer from The Netherlands, the Bat Bolide gives Bugatti’s latest supercar a dark-knight-approved makeover! Dressed in matte-black, the Bolide wears its carbon-fiber body like a badge of honor, showcasing the woven pattern! It also liberally uses elements from the cars before it… for instance it comes with the Divo’s headlights (because Bolide’s X-shaped headlights would probably look too much like Suicide Squad’s imagery?), and while the tail-lights shine in an X-shaped orientation, they use the lighting system seen on the La Voiture Noire. Even the exhaust’s shape is borrowed from the Chiron Super Sport, making the Bat Bolide a hybrid beast fit for Gotham’s protector!

What’s instantly striking about the Bat Bolide is the presence of those extended fins that protrude from the back as well as the rear fenders, giving the car a distinct comic-inspired style. Its side-view (which you can see in the images below) makes this even more apparent, almost bordering on a caricature… but then again, Batman is a comic-book character, isn’t he?? In fact, this comic-book appeal is something Passchier embraces, as he has the Animated Series version of the caped crusader standing beside the vehicle. Other noteworthy details include the distinctly wide wheels, the presence of the Batman logo on the front grille (where you’d see Bugatti’s branding), and even on the fuel-cap! The insides are relatively minimal, with a few buttons and switches here and there to trigger missiles, spiked-wheels, and whatnot. Given that crime-fighting can often get sweaty, and the bat-suit isn’t particularly breathable, there’s also a Pine-scented car freshener hanging right below the rear-view mirror! Also, extra points to the designer for even including LEGO Batman in the assets!

Designer: Ferry Passchier

This is a fan-made concept and isn’t linked to the Batman or Bugatti brand in any way. Any use of logos and branding in the project is purely representational.

The Bugatti Centodieci is a bold step away from Bugatti’s design DNA

Posted on 17/08/2019 by Sarang Sheth

Over the past couple of years, and couple of cars, Bugatti’s built a rather strong visual language with its cars, ranging from the Veyron to the Chiron, Divo, and even the La Voiture Noire from last year… that’s until the surprise unveiling of their latest and boldest car ever, the Centodieci.

Unveiled to mark the company’s 110th year anniversary, the Centodieci is based on the Chiron, and is an incredibly limited-edition tribute to the EB110 from the 1990s. Limited to only 10 units, the Centodieci is a 1600 hp powerhouse with an 8-liter W16 engine and an acceleration of 0-62 miles in a staggering 2.4 seconds… all this while being 44 pounds lighter than the Chiron, owing to a heavy dependence on carbon-fiber components.

It isn’t the Centodieci’s performance (which is definitely worth writing home about) that really catches our eye here, but rather its design. Created as a tribute to the EB110, Bugatti’s first modern hypercar, the Centodieci is a very conscious deviation from the style Bugatti’s cultivated over the decades. Aside from the horseshoe-shaped grille on the front, there isn’t much that one would say is ‘innately Bugatti-esque’ about the car in the first place. The C-shaped pillar is so abstracted it’s barely there, and features an unusual cheese-grater detail on it (Are cheese-graters the new trend this year? What am I missing here?)

The car’s headlights still have the mean, discerning stare that you could see in the Chiron, but are a tad more devious and menacing. The car’s logo finds itself being placed on the hood too, instead of within the iconic horseshoe grille. The coupe comes with the absence of a traditional A-pillar too, as the windscreen sprawls all the way from the front across to the sides, providing a panoramic view for the driver and the passenger seated beside. The interiors are still under development, say the Centodieci’s design team, but will for most parts follow the design cues of the Chiron. Over all, the Centodieci, pretty consciously adopts a much more angular design language as a tribute to the Marcello Gandini-designed Bugatti EB110, as opposed to the organic styling of Bugatti’s design DNA developed over the Veyron, Chiron, Divo, and even the La Voiture Noire in the last few decades. The car, even as a matter of fact, chooses to be boldly different in its color too, making itself available exclusively in white!

Designer: Bugatti

Watch Bugatti test the first 3D-printed brake caliper

Posted on 24/12/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

Back at the start of 2018, Bugatti revealed that it was working on the first 3D-printed brake caliper. Now that the year is winding to a close, it's finally ready to show the caliper in action. Bugatti has posted a video (below) of a test that simula...

See the stylish and confusing vehicles from the Paris Auto Show

Posted on 05/10/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Paris Auto Show 2018 may have been devoid of big vehicle launches, but that doesn't mean it was boring. We saw a mix of cool (the Peugeot E-Legend), weird (Renault's EZ-ULTIMO), quick (Infiniti's Project Black S) and long-range (the Kia e-Niro)....

Bugattis’s car designs literally look like Pokémon evolution!

Posted on 27/08/2018 by Sarang Sheth

A lot of design details and elements make the Divo look like a part of the Bugatti family, but stand it right beside the Veyron and Chiron, and it looks like the evolution cycle of a Pokémon, going all the way from cute and curvaceous, to edgy and dominating… however always looking a part of the family.

The Divo, French hypercar company Bugatti’s latest offering, was launched at the Pebble Beach Concours, an annual event that sees the launch of many automobiles and automotive concepts. Basing itself on the Chiron’s chassis, the car weighs lesser than its predecessor thanks to its completely new carbon fiber bodywork. It also packs the same 8-litre quad-turbo W16 engine as the Chiron, albeit capping off its top speed at just 236 mph as opposed to the Chiron’s 261 mph top speed. These details aside, the Divo (named after legendary French racecar driver Alberto Divo) comes with all the signature details of the Bugatti aesthetic family, but turns up the aggression a notch, making it look quite like an evolution of Bugatti’s designs, since its 1999 concept-tease Veyron.

Relying on the same horseshoe-magnet shaped grill on the front, blue-black color combo, and C-cut detail on the side, the Divo is every bit a Bugatti, but it comes with more beastly looking headlights, and a slightly more chiseled C-cut around the windows. In contrast to the Veyron (which was definitely ahead of its time at the end of the last millennium), the Divo definitely looks like a monster that musn’t be messed with, with more tight curves, giving it a sinewy appearance. In contrast with the Chiron, the Divo’s headlights make it feel less anthropomorphic (compared to Chiron’s steely glare) and more akin to an alien or monster.

Limited to just 40 units (reserved only for Chiron owners), the Divo comes with a rather expected $5.8 million price tag. What’s unexpected, however, is that all 40 units have already been sold at the time of writing this article!

Designer: Bugatti

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