# Bugatti hits 300+ **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 3, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934 "2019-09-03T13:05:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HouseS2K](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/houses2k/32/100273_2.png) [@HouseS2K](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HouseS2K)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/1 "2019-09-03T13:05:59Z")
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**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/2 "2019-09-03T17:24:09Z")
I was reading about this today. The driver said it had more in it too but he ran out of track. Also interesting that it took _days_ of run-ups before actually going for it. ---
**Author:** ![HouseS2K](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/houses2k/32/100273_2.png) [@HouseS2K](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HouseS2K)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/3 "2019-09-03T18:03:12Z")
I guess the only downfall is it’s a prototype and it was only done in one direction. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/4 "2019-09-03T18:19:46Z")
190 to 260 was insanely quick considering most fast cars struggle to hit 190. ---
**Author:** ![HouseS2K](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/houses2k/32/100273_2.png) [@HouseS2K](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HouseS2K)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/5 "2019-09-04T02:10:48Z")
I still think the koenigsegg is faster 200-250 and that’s not even their most powerful car. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/6 "2019-09-04T13:58:31Z")
I’m not trying to knock their achievement but IIRC this is a modified version that isn’t available for purchase? Article is not working for me at the moment. If so, there’s already been another tuner shop that his 300+ with their FGT. Still impressive. But I was assuming it was a stock Bugatti before I read the article. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/7 "2019-09-04T16:20:41Z")
It’s supposed to be a version that’ll be for sale in a future, or at least components of it. ---
**Author:** ![HouseS2K](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/houses2k/32/100273_2.png) [@HouseS2K](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HouseS2K)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/8 "2019-09-04T16:51:40Z")
I just want koenigsegg to use their regera to its full potential. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/9 "2019-09-04T18:10:46Z")
Right? I’d love to see what the Regera could do on a test like this, but I image VW AG has deeper pockets. ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/10 "2019-09-04T20:09:02Z")
I didn’t realize this wasn’t stock. Awesome accomplishment but I want to see a stock car achieve the 300+mph spot. Personally want Koenigsegg to do it as I absolutely love then. I’ve never been a fan of the looks of the current Bugatti’s. The Chiron looks sweet from the front but that side view with the C shape… not a fan at all. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/b/b/bbbfa66a4d9e04e60a5322ff98ee8ab7f7f7014c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![maxwell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maxwell/32/6524_2.png) [@maxwell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maxwell)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/11 "2019-09-04T20:16:55Z")
this is more tire tech than anything, right? ---
**Author:** ![HouseS2K](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/houses2k/32/100273_2.png) [@HouseS2K](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HouseS2K)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/12 "2019-09-04T21:43:01Z")
I guess they are the same ones koenigsegg had when they set the Guinness record. Michelin did some serious r&d. ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/13 "2019-09-05T00:19:34Z")
I would agree with tire tech but also probably some good aerodynamics as well. I’d imagine it takes a good amount of work to keep that car safely planted. ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/14 "2019-09-05T13:51:34Z")
Not that you’d want to see it happen to someone, but I’d love to see the impacts a tire popping/breaking apart would have on a car at that speed. It’s crazy to think we’ve reached a point where we can produce enough power to hit 300+ mph out of a production car but now in order to progress past that, we need new tech in tires. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/15 "2019-09-05T14:14:52Z")
Aero is definitely a huge part of it. I remember way back when I sub’d to Car and Driver and Csaba Csere and Lingenfelter took a modified Firebird to Bonneville for some 200+ runs. At 220 it lifted off, did a backflip and slid to a stop on it’s roof. Can’t find any video but I remember the issue all those years ago with the pics of it going vertical. Lingenfelter mentions it on Facebook. > **[Lingenfelter Performance Engineering](https://www.facebook.com/lpehp/photos/lingenfelter-salt-flats-firebird-2-after-the-record-run-by-the-se-racecraft-tran/1016389661740724/)** > > Lingenfelter Salt Flats Firebird #2 > \------------------------------------------------- > After the record run by the SE Racecraft Trans Am, Lingenfelter built our own Pontiac Firebird in 1996 to run at... ---
**Author:** ![HouseS2K](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/houses2k/32/100273_2.png) [@HouseS2K](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HouseS2K)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/16 "2019-09-05T14:30:34Z")
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**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/17 "2019-09-05T20:47:07Z")
That’s really cool. (Don’t have sound on so not sure what they are saying but I can see the testing being done) Still want to see the tire explode. Time to start googling. haha ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/18 "2019-09-05T20:48:01Z")
Well right, I’d figure that but that’s been done for some time as far as I’m concerned. Wind tunnel testing has come a long way. Tires however, you have a point where they are stuck trying to make something that will succeed for over that 300mph mark and not deteriorate. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/19 "2019-09-06T19:01:38Z")
I think at some point manufactures start making personal racing drones. No tire limitations… ![back-2-future](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/1/e/1e2fab2c6a26084956952603c3a2e33aea8e99d4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934/20 "2019-09-10T20:15:32Z")
They will sell 300 of the Chiron Super Sports 300+ @ a price of $3.5M+ > **[Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ announced](https://www.autoblog.com/2019/09/08/bugatti-chiron-super-sport-300-plus/)** > > Bugatti turned the record-breaking, 304-mph Chiron into a limited-edition model named Super Sport 300+. It's limited to 30 examples worldwide. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bugatti-hits-300/1413934.md?page=2)