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Review: $9,000,000 Worth Of Retro

Bugatti's customers are some of the most affluent people in the world, and as such, they hang around with similarly wealthy people. When a Chiron that costs around $3,000,000 is pocket change for you, standing out from the crowd is easy, but becomes less so when your friends all have 20-car garages. So how do you get one up on your companions? Well, you buy something ridiculously rare and expensive. Enter the Bugatti Centodieci. With only ten units ever to be built, the Centodieci is the kind of car you may never come across in as many lifetimes. With a price tag of $9,000,000, it could take that many lifetimes to be able to afford one too. While offerings like the Koenigsegg Jesko are arguably better looking, this car builds on a heritage that the likes of Koenigsegg and Pagani will not achieve for another century. Based on the Chiron, but with more power, the Centodieci's 8.0-liter quad-turbo W16 produces a whopping 1,578 horsepower and 1,180 lb-ft of torque. But is it worth the money or is it just an easy payday for Bugatti?

What’s New?
The Centodieci is based on the Chiron but has an all-new body that evokes the spirit of the EB110SS supercar that was commissioned while Bugatti was in the hands of its Italian former owner - hence the Italian name. Directly translated, the name means 110, calling attention to the Bugatti brand's 110th anniversary. With a retro design and more power, the Centodieci is a very different beast to the Chiron in terms of looks, but isn't too much different underneath. The interior is pretty much identical too, with just a few changes to let you know which Bugatti model you're in.

As we've mentioned, the Centodieci's design is intended to be a modern interpretation of the EB110's design. As such, ultra-slim LED headlights in narrow slits feature at the front, along with a relatively minuscule horseshoe grille with horizontal strakes on either side. Below is a massive carbon spoiler, while the profile features redesigned wheels that look at home on a concept-like vehicle such as this. The blacked-out A-pillars create a visor-like look for the glasshouse, behind which cheesegrater vents channel air to the motor that features a unique glass cover. At the back, a massive LED light arrangement makes up the taillight setup, with a huge wing atop the rear. Below is an enormous diffuser, while double-stacked exhaust tips finish off the unique design.

The Centodieci is marginally wider and lower than the Chiron on which it is based, and features an overall width of 80.6 inches, with height at 47.3 inches. Overall length and wheelbase are unchanged at 178.9 and 106.7 inches respectively, but thanks to more extensive use of composite materials, the Centodieci is a little lighter than the 4,400-pound Chiron, weighing in at 4,356 lbs.

The same 8.0-liter W16 quad-turbo engine that powers the Chiron does duty in the Centodiecci, but here it makes 99 hp more, although the torque figure is unchanged. The same seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission sends 1,578 hp and 1,180 lb-ft of torque to the permanent all-wheel-drive system. While only the very elite club of owners and Bugatti's own test drivers will have had an opportunity to drive the Centodieci, we suspect that it will respond very similarly to the Chiron, with surprisingly good throttle response and a very smooth kind of power delivery. This makes the car easy to drive in traffic, while still offering incredible performance. Speaking of performance, the Centodieci is quicker in a straight line than the Chiron, getting from 0-124 mph in just 6.1 seconds - 0.4 seconds quicker than the Chiron, although the 0-60 time is still "less than 2.4 seconds". Top speed is lower, however, than the Chiron's 261, and is limited to 236 mph.

As mentioned above, the Centodieci is not the kind of car that those of us with mortgages and loans could ever hope to drive. However, with the same sort of running gear and suspension, we expect that the Centodieci is just as approachable and enjoyable to drive as the Chiron. The Centodieci won't be noticeably more agile or engaging than the Chiron, since the weight reduction noted is just 44 pounds, but that's no bad thing. The Chiron is comfortable yet impressively well-balanced for such a large car, and its all-wheel-drive system finds traction despite such an absurd amount of power turning the wheels. At the end of the day, a car like this will likely never be driven in anger, but if a lucky owner has the guts to do so, the experience should be rewarding.

Centodieci Gas Mileage
While no official EPA or manufacturer estimates are available for the Centodieci's fuel consumption, we expect them to mirror those of the Chiron, which achieves 9/14/11 mpg on the city/highway/combined cycles and should return an average of around 240 miles from its 22-gallon gas tank.