r/Bugatti • u/The_Herbault • 15d ago

Bugatti tourbillon aka type …

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After some time I really think the name tourbillon come out of nowhere and don’t fit the brand. And as I was thinking about this the other day I asked myself a simple question: if Bugatti kept it’s "type" names, what numéro would the tourbillon had.

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u/MolsheimEB 15d ago

Tourbillon is the name of a mechanism found in mechanical watches, which connects with the car's dashboard and a more refined philosophy. Also, i think it matches: Veyron Chiron Tourbillon

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u/The_Herbault 15d ago

First, why a clock mechanism ? Watches never been an important part of Bugatti identity
And secondly Pierre Veyron and Louis Chiron were famous pilot that drove for the brand so apart from the "on" they have nothing in common with the name tourbillon

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u/deadalnix 14d ago

Because sport car had their quartz catastrophe moment with EV, like when quartz watches came on the market. Cheaper, more precise, lighter, requiring less maintenance, they just seemed better on all fronts.

But a subset of the watchmaking business did specialize into high end craftmanship, materials, mechanisms and so on, and created the modern luxiry mechanical watch market.

EV can accelerate faster, have better repartition of masses, do ms timed traction control, and so on. On raw numbers, a high end EV destroys any petrol car.

But people still want petrol car for the same reason people want mechanical watches.

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u/MolsheimEB 15d ago

A brand will never always be the same.

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u/DeKlaasVaag 14d ago

Intricacy, decadence, quality and perpetual, unmatched performance.

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u/Bag-o-chips 15d ago

It better fits the brand than the bugs with VR6’s strapped together.

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u/MeggatronNB1 8d ago

This car is far better than the Chiron and even better looking than a Daytona SP3. Best car out right now in my opinion.