Owners of the Bugatti Chiron already know the heady thrill that comes with knowing that the car kept immobile in their air conditioned garages is the fastest in the world, if they were ever to drive it, which they won’t. Now, 40 very lucky money-gorged fools can spend almost six million dollars on a new version of the Chiron that will be faster and handle better, in the incredibly unlikely event one ever actually gets really driven. It’s called the Divo, and you’ll never get to drive one. Advertisement The Divo, named after Albert Divo, the driver who drove Bugatti Type 35s when he won the 1928 and 1929 Targa Florio race, is set to be premiered on August 24 at the Quail Motorsports Gathering in California. Bugatti dropped some hints about what this new Chiron variant will be like, though: • Its lighter weight and agility, higher downforce and greater g-forces promise significantly better handling properties • Distinctive new design underlines driving dynamics • Bugatti President Stephan Winkelmann: “With the Divo, we want to thrill people throughout the world.” • Divo is a reminiscence of the brand’s coachbuilding tradition • Bugatti Divo to be made in a limited series of only 40 vehicles • Net price to be €5 million So, yeah, there you go. Start saving those kruggerands. The Divo seems to be targeted as a more hardcore performance variant of the Chiron, which is great, because some of us are busy people who don’t have 2.5 goddamn seconds to waste getting up to 62 MPH like the current, tortoise-like Chiron does. It’s supposed to handle better too, with Bugatti saying it was “made for corners,” which is good, because I’m certain that 99% of these sold will be at autocross circuits their first day out. So far the only images of the car released are of some swatches of teal fabric and carbon fiber and gray something and the name “Divo” stitched into some alacantara like you’d find on a really nice aftermarket floormat. So, line up, you 40 rich lunatics ! Get your incredibly expensive car you’re never going to even remotely push to any of its limits, ever, at all!<doc-sep>Ever since Bugatti started selling Veyrons for over a million dollars back in 2005, the luxury sports car market has gone absolutely insane. While Koenigsegg and Pagani quickly learned that they can sell a car for as much as they wish, even Lamborghini managed to pull off a stunt that involved a trio of re-bodied Aventadors called the Venenos, priced at a cool $4 million five years ago. Even if you take the small players like SCG, Brabham, Lanzante or Apollo out of the picture, you're left with such tempting options such as the Aston Martin Valkyrie (limited to 150+25 units), the AMG Project 1 (limited to 300 units), and the 243+ miles per hour McLaren BP23 (106, all sold). Meanwhile in the blue corner, at $3 million plus taxes, Bugatti's Chirons sell like hotcakes as well. To keeps things exciting, VW's crown jewel recently came up with a lighter, more handling-focused version called the Chiron Sport. CEO Stephan Winkelmann told me at the New York Auto Show that he was too late at the Molsheim gates to claim this tweaked model as his idea, but he's happy with the brand's new, more corner-happy direction. And the followup is already here: the new Bugatti Divo. Bugatti Named after Albert Divo, the French racing driver who won the Targa Florio for Bugatti twice in the 1920s, Bugatti's second model will be a lighter, higher downforce handling champion, limited to forty units, each priced at $5.85 million, plus taxes. And you don't even have to wait for it that much longer, since Bugatti will present the Divo on the 24th of August at “The Quail– A Motorsports Gathering“ in California. Pictured: the Chiron Sport. Máté Petrány / Road&Track This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>Too much is never enough, especially when you're talking about Bugatti supercars. The Divo is the next step in Bugatti's continuing history of building the most covetable vehicles on the planet. Based on the existing 1,479 horsepower Chiron, the Divo is intended to be lighter in weight and significantly quicker around corners. Oh yes, and it's almost massively expensive, with a starting price of approximately $5.8 million. If you want one, hurry up, because only 40 will be produced. "Happiness is not around the corner. It is the corner. The Divo is made for corners," says Stephan Winkelmann, President of Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. "With the Divo, we want to thrill people throughout the world. With this project, the Bugatti team has an opportunity to interpret the brand DNA in terms of agile, nimble handling in a significantly more performance-oriented way." Little to no details have been released about the Divo ahead of its official introduction this August at Monterey Car Week. The powertrain will likely be carryover from the Chiron, which means the quad-turbocharged W12 will be there in all its decadent glory. The body could be significantly different, however, in keeping with Bugatti's promise that the car has been honed to go around corners at physics-defying speed. As for the name, it might conjure up images of a certain 1970s-80s band, but the Divo is named after Albert Divo, a French racing driver who twice won the Targa Florio while piloting a Bugatti race machine. Related Video:<doc-sep>Enlarge Image Bugatti Monterey Car Week is already one of the biggest automotive spectacles every year, but this year will be a bit more special because there'll be a new Bugatti to show off. Bugatti announced today that it will unveil a new model, the Divo, on Aug. 24. The debut will take place at this year's The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering event, which is part of the Monterey Car Week festivities in California. Like every other Bugatti, the Divo will be about making a statement, but there's one big way in which the Divo will differ. The Bugatti Divo will be all about handling prowess. Named after Albert Divo, a French racing driver who won the Targa Florio twice for Bugatti, this limited-edition hypercar will prioritize the corners. Bugatti promises less weight, more agility, more downforce and "significantly better handling properties." Don't call this a new Bugatti, though, because it only kind of is. In its press release, Bugatti said the Divo will "reviv[e] its coachbuilding tradition." Coachbuilding is the practice of creating a new car body for fitment to an existing rolling chassis, so just about every non-body part on the Divo will come from the 1,500-horsepower Chiron. That's not a bad place to start. As one might expect, the Bugatti Divo will be egregiously expensive and rather rare. Only 40 examples will be built, and each will command a price tag of €5 million (about $6 million). Bugatti has likely sold a few already, so you'll have to act fast and sell some assets if you want to get down with the best-handling modern Bugatti to date.<doc-sep>
Topline: Bugatti announced Tuesday that it will release a limited-edition, coachbuilt hypercar named the Divo. What's New: Bugatti says the Divo will boast reduced weight, greater downforce, and a fresh design inspired by the company's coachbuilding history. No performance specifications were released, though a price of €5 million ($5.9 million) apiece and a production run of 40 cars has been declared. The car adheres to Bugatti's naming scheme, which honors racing drivers important to the company's history; Pierre Veyron and Louis Chiron were paid tribute with hypercars in their names. The pair is joined by Albert Divo (the new car's namesake) who won the Targa Florio twice in Bugattis. The Bugatti Divo is scheduled for a full unveiling at 11:20 a.m. PST on Aug. 24, at "The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering" in Carmel, California. Quotable: "Happiness is not around the corner. It is the corner. The Divo is made for corners," stated Bugatti president Stephan Winkelmann in a company press release. "With the Divo, we want to thrill people throughout the world. With this project, the Bugatti team has an opportunity to interpret the brand DNA in terms of agile, nimble handling in a significantly more performance-oriented way." What You Need to Know: Multimillionaires aren't short of choice when it comes to track-oriented hypercars. Competitors like the Brabham BT62 and McLaren Senna are enticing alternatives to the Bugatti Divo, though neither is as exclusive (70 BT62s and 500 Sennas will be made), nor as expensive—the Divo comes in at almost double the price of the $3 million Chiron. The Drive reached out to Bugatti for additional information on the Divo, and we will update this report when we receive a response.