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Even though it’s the best name in the hypercar business, Bugatti isn’t without fault. Certain Chiron, Chiron Sport, and Divo models for the U.S. market are under recall for two different problems, starting with a manufacturing defect that affects four units of the W16 land missiles.
According to Bugatti, the rear-left driveshaft broke during a customer drive on November 8th. The supplier, a German company called CP Tech GmbH, analyzed the component and identified a “process issue in a range of delivered driveshafts.” Replacing the assembly takes approximately seven hours of labor, but customers don’t have to pay a single cent for the repair.
As for the second recall campaign, 2017 to 2021 model years were found to not comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 126 regarding the function of the Electronic Stability Control. When the Drive Mode selector is in Handling Mode, the ESC fails to switch back to Default Mode after an ignition cycle.
“The population of vehicles was determined to be all delivered cars between December 21st, 2017 to November 2nd, 2020," and as expected, the fix to this non-compliance defect comes in the guise of a software update for the Electronic Stability Control.
Priced from $3 million, the Chiron for the U.S. market combines other-worldly attention to detail with European sophistication for the styling and world-class performance. 16 cylinders, 8.0 liters, and four turbochargers provide 1,479 horsepower (1,500 PS) and 1,180 pound-feet (1,600 Nm) of torque, translating to a mind-boggling top speed of 261 mph (420 kph).
The Divo, which is much rarer than the Chiron, is limited to 40 units, and all of them have sold out. Focused on handling rather than outright speed, the special-edition model is eight seconds faster than the Chiron on the Nardo test track thanks to a sportier suspension system and 1,005 pounds (456 kilograms) of downforce. When it was new, this bad boy used to cost €5 million or $5.4 million at the exchange rates from August 2018.
As for the second recall campaign, 2017 to 2021 model years were found to not comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 126 regarding the function of the Electronic Stability Control. When the Drive Mode selector is in Handling Mode, the ESC fails to switch back to Default Mode after an ignition cycle.
“The population of vehicles was determined to be all delivered cars between December 21st, 2017 to November 2nd, 2020," and as expected, the fix to this non-compliance defect comes in the guise of a software update for the Electronic Stability Control.
Priced from $3 million, the Chiron for the U.S. market combines other-worldly attention to detail with European sophistication for the styling and world-class performance. 16 cylinders, 8.0 liters, and four turbochargers provide 1,479 horsepower (1,500 PS) and 1,180 pound-feet (1,600 Nm) of torque, translating to a mind-boggling top speed of 261 mph (420 kph).
The Divo, which is much rarer than the Chiron, is limited to 40 units, and all of them have sold out. Focused on handling rather than outright speed, the special-edition model is eight seconds faster than the Chiron on the Nardo test track thanks to a sportier suspension system and 1,005 pounds (456 kilograms) of downforce. When it was new, this bad boy used to cost €5 million or $5.4 million at the exchange rates from August 2018.
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