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News - BugattiEngineer to ‘shape the future’ of Bugatti brandOne direction: The only way is up for Stefan Ellrott, who is now in charge of taking Bugatti’s Chiron to new heights. The exclusive hypercar is currently fitted with an 1103kW/1600Nm quad-turbo 8.0-litre W16 engine, and can accelerate from 0-100km/h in less than 2.5s. Promotion hands senior VW engineer the keys to developing next Bugatti hypercar12 Jan 2017 By TERRY MARTIN - VOLKSWAGEN Group has promoted one of its top engineers, Stefan Ellrott, as head of development for Bugatti, handing him responsibility for overseeing the VW-owned French marque’s future model program beyond the current super-exclusive €2.4 million ($A3.4 million) 1103kW Chiron hypercar. - Unveiled at the Geneva motor show last year, the Chiron was overseen by Willi Netuschil, 58, who announced his retirement in December after five years in the role. Click here for full story: Engineer to ‘shape the future’ of Bugatti brand  Read more1st of March 2016  Geneva show: Bugatti unveils 420km/h hypercarNew 1103kW Bugatti Chiron set to rewrite the record books for a lucky few1st of December 2015  Geneva show: Bugatti confirms Chiron460km/h Bugatti Chiron in final testing ahead of Geneva motor show reveal3rd of September 2015  Frankfurt show: Bugatti unveils Vision Gran TurismoRacing game concept thought to reveal basic shape of $3.2m Bugatti Chiron hypercar |
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