Bugatti Divo Drag Racing Supercars Together with Tesla Mannequin S Plaid

With a promoting price ticket of round $6 million and very restricted numbers, recognizing a Bugatti Divo on public thoroughfares and typical alleys is like seeing a yeti or a unicorn.

That is particularly extra so on a drag strip the place issues may go fallacious. However this instance from Dubai begged to vary, courtesy of Brooks of DragTimes. The YouTuber’s newest add includes a drag strip expertise at Yas Marina, with a number of supercars and exotics seen attending the occasion. One of many particular friends was the Bugatti Divo – one out of the one 40 examples to be ever constructed by the French automaker.

Past the extraordinarily restricted numbers and exorbitant price ticket, the greatness of the Bugatti Divo lies in its efficiency numbers. It might pull extra lateral Gs and produces extra downforce than the Chiron, the automotive that it is primarily based on. In response to Bugatti, the Divo is eight seconds faster than the Chiron across the Nardò check monitor.

The Divo adopts the Chiron’s energy unit, a quad-turbo 8.0-liter W16 engine that makes 1,479 horsepower (1,103 kilowatts) and 1,180 pound-feet (1,600 Newton-meters) of torque. It might speed up from a standstill to 60 miles per hour (97 kilometers per hour) in 2.4 seconds, outperforming the Chiron by 0.1 seconds.

On the drag strip, the Divo may simply outperform any competition. The Porsche 911 Turbo S paled compared to the French hypercar within the video above, which ought to be an enormous deal contemplating how insanely fast the brand new 911 Turbo S is.

However can the Divo match the efficiency of the Tesla Mannequin S Plaid? As everyone knows, the up to date tremendous EV has been outperforming hypercars in straight-line contests. Is it the identical for the Divo? The rolling begin drag race above ought to settle the rating.