Bugatti plans to disclose its successor to the Chiron later this 12 months, a automotive that can pack a hybrid powertrain that includes a newly developed V-16 engine as its internal-combustion element.

The V-16 engine has been present process testing since late 2022, Mate Rimac, head of the automaker’s Bugatti Rimac father or mother firm, revealed not too long ago in a Fb put up.

The put up included photographs of prototype engine parts that Rimac stated have been from final November.

He additionally revealed that engineers already had “full engines working on dynos at the moment.”

Bugatti V-16 prototype picture posted by Mate Rimac on Fb

Bugatti confirmed V-16 energy for the Chiron successor in a teaser launched on the finish of February. The brand new hypercar is scheduled to be revealed in June, with manufacturing attributable to begin round 2026.

No additional particulars have been introduced, however the subsequent Bugatti is anticipated to retain the mid-engine structure and carbon-fiber monocoque development of its Chiron and Veyron predecessors. Rimac additionally stated in 2022 that the following Bugatti hypercar could be a hybrid, so information that the V-16 will probably be electrified is not an enormous shock.

Bugatti V-16 prototype picture posted by Mate Rimac on Fb

Achim Anschiedt is answerable for the design of the automotive. Anschiedt led Bugatti design for the previous 20 years however stepped down final 12 months after signing off on the brand new hypercar. He stayed on to assist finalize the automotive’s design on the request of Rimac.

Rimac is the founding father of the Rimac Group, recognized for its electrical powertrain expertise. He grew to become head of Bugatti Rimac in 2021 when that firm was created as a three way partnership between Porsche (earlier steward of Bugatti) and the Rimac Group to supervise the working of the Bugatti and Rimac manufacturers. So it falls to the founding father of an organization that has dealt solely with EVs to launch the primary manufacturing V-16 engines in many years.