With only 40 units of the Bugatti Bolide ever created, each with a retail price of around $4 million, these vehicles were designed exclusively for the race track and not for the open road.
However, some owners desire to showcase their monsters on public roads rather than keeping them locked up in garages. Understanding this, Lanzante, a company with a growing reputation for converting race-only supercars into road-legal machines, aims to make this possible.
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Lanzante has previously produced road-legal versions of the Porsche 935 and introduced the 95-59, a three-seater based on the McLaren F1 GTR, at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Dean Lanzante, the company’s CEO, explained why the Bolide is an ideal candidate for conversion. “We are currently developing the Bugatti Bolide, which has some similarities to the commercial vehicle,” he revealed.
The CEO also noted that the Bolide’s architecture shares similarities with other road-going Bugatti models, making the conversion to a road-legal vehicle feasible. Transforming a dedicated race car into a street-legal machine is no easy task.
Many modern race cars are incompatible with street use due to technical requirements such as pre-heating needs or restricted starting mechanisms. Lanzante evaluates each car individually before deciding on a conversion.
“Race cars used to be road cars that were highly modified for racing. Now, so many of them are pure race cars,” Lanzante explained. “We bring them into the workshop, look at them, and decide yes or no.“
Even if a race car can be made road-legal, it is still almost un-driveable for an untrained owner.
However, there are no rules dictating vehicle height, suspension stiffness, or cabin temperature. “Those are conveniences, not regulations. Our goal is to make the cars truly usable,” Lanzante clarified.
Despite being designed primarily for the race track, the Bolide is particularly well-suited for this process. Its 8.0-liter quad-turbo W16 engine, shared with the Chiron but upgraded with larger turbochargers, delivers an astonishing 1,578 horsepower and 1,180 pound-feet (1,600 Nm) of torque.
The W16 engine was initially intended to produce 1,826 horsepower and 1,475 pound-feet (2,000 Nm) of torque, but the production version was de-tuned. Combined with the Chiron’s seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox, the Bolide weighs just 2,733 pounds, resulting in incredible performance: 0–60 mph in 2.2 seconds, 0–186 mph in 7.4 seconds, and 0–249 mph in 12.1 seconds.
However, there is no word yet on whether Lanzante will tame the beast and reduce the power output for the road-going Bolide. The company has not disclosed the conversion cost. Practical considerations, such as tires, remain a notable factor. The Bolide’s original race tires last only about 60 miles and cost approximately $8,000 each.
Nevertheless, for buyers investing in a road-legal Bolide, such expenses are likely a minor concern compared to the experience of driving one of the most powerful supercars ever created on public roads.
Real estate mogul Manny Khoshbin took delivery of his brand-new Bugatti Bolide earlier this year. Knowing his passion for automobiles, it wouldn’t be surprising if he contacted Lanzante to request a conversion of his race-only supercar into a road-legal “monster.”
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