Bugatti Chiron: 0-100 km/h in 2 seconds?

Volkswagen want their successor to the Veyron, the Bugatti Chiron, to do the 0-100 km/h sprint in just two seconds – that’s a half a second quicker than the Veyron Super Sport WRE.

Scheduled for a 2016 launch, the Chiron, as it’s rumoured to be called, will use the Veyron’s existing W16 8.0-litre engine reworked to put out a monumental 1 103 kW, while retaining the Veyron Super Sport’s torque output of 1 500 N.m. Its top speed is likely to be in the region of 460km/h should anyone ever get the chance to try it.

VW are reportedly targeting a fuel consumption of 20 L/100 km. The Veyron Super Sport’s claimed figure is 23.1 L/100 km) for the combined cycle.