Two decades ago, Bugatti rewrote the fundamentals of performance when it launched the first Veyron hyper-GT car. It was the first Bugatti to feature the quad-turbocharged W16 engine and produced a power figure of 1,001 hp, giving this road-legal car a top speed of over 400 kmph. Since then, the Veyron legacy has evolved into more potent iterations like the Chiron and, more recently, the Tourbillon. However, the ultimate iteration of the Veyron has only just been revealed as an homage to its creator, Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Karl Piech. Here’s everything you need to know about the Bugatti FKP Hommage.
The legend of the W16 engine and the Veyron starts with the former Volkswagen Group Chairman. Piech was the visionary and father of the quad-turbo W16 engine, which was compact enough to be fit onto a modern-day hypercar. The basis of the W16 started with Piech’s VR engine architecture and includes engineering marvels such as the VR6 engine seen in the Volkswagen Golf, along with W8 and W12 engines seen on Passats and Bentley cars.
However, for the FKP Hommage, Bugatti has built the car on the W16 platform’s ultimate form, which was first introduced in the Chiron Super Sport. This means that the FKP Hommage is based on the Chiron Super Sport’s 1,600 hp output W16 engine, capable of delivering over 482 kmph of top speed, thanks to larger turbochargers, enhanced intercoolers, a reinforced gearbox and a lot more. That is a big step forward from the original Veyron.
