Bugatti’s Sky View provides extra interior light and extra headroom in the 1,500-horsepower hypercar.
The Bugatti Chiron is an incredible performance car, with the quad-turbocharged, 16-cylinder engine delivering 1,500 horsepower and 1,180 lb-ft of torque. With the help of the aerodynamic body and the advanced all-wheel-drive system, the Chiron can reach an electronically limited top speed of 261 miles per hour, but more importantly, the newest Bugatti can get from a stop to 250 miles per hour and back down to a stop in just 41.96 seconds, making it the quickest vehicle in the world to get to that speed and stopped. Those numbers also make the Chiron faster than the Veyron that it replaced.
The one thing that the Bugatti Chiron does not do that the Veyron could is offering open-air driving. The Veyron was offered in Grand Sport form with a removable top, but the Chiron is only offered as a fixed-roof coupe. Fortunately, the Italian hypercar company recently announced the immediate availability of the new Sky View option, essentially offering a dual fixed moonroof in the 1,500-horsepower machine.
Sky View
Sky View in the Bugatti Chiron is basically two fixed moonroof panels, each of which measures 65-centimeters long and 44-centimeters wide (25.6 inches long by 17.3 inches wide). Each panel is comprised of a thin layer of glass and four “intermediate layers”, all of which work together to cut down on exterior noise, the sun’s harmful rays and glare while giving the driver and passenger a clear view of the sky. Also, where the moonroof systems reduce the structural rigidity of some performance cars, the Chiron’s Sky View system actually improves the stiffness of the roof of the 1,500-horsepower Bugatti.
Added View and Space
In many cases, when an automaker adds glass roof feature, it often cuts into headroom, but with the Chiron, the Sky View dual fixed moonroof system actually adds head space. This means that anyone who is taller or who needs more headroom for a helmet may find the Sky View system to be a great option, as not only does it allow more natural light into the cockpit of the Chiron, but it also makes the hypercar roomier.
If you are considering ordering a Bugatti Chiron right now, you are in luck, as the Sky View system is available for order right now, with our first real-world look at the glass roof treatment for the multi-million dollar car coming at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance event later this month.
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