Bugatti Divo: everything we know so far

Bugatti has released a new preview image and trailer for its upcoming Divo – a track-focused hypercar with a €5m (£4.4m) price tag that will be built in a limited series of just 40.

The car is named after the French racing driver Albert Divo, who claimed victory at Sicily’s infamous Targa Florio road rally in 1928 and 1929 behind the wheel of a Bugatti Type 35.

Little is known about the Divo and Bugatti, its French manufacturer, isn’t expected to lift the lid on it until 24 August. The hypercar’s unveiling will be at the The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering showcase in California.

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What we do know so far is that the hypercar is set to be more track-focused than the company’s Chiron hypercar. Its design will probably hark back to the Vision GT concept built for the PlayStation game Gran Turismo 6 in 2013, says Motor1.

More details are expected when the wraps come off next month. Until then, here’s what we do know:

Price and release

Bugatti has confirmed that only 40 examples of the Divo are set to reach production and each will have a price tag of $5m (£4.4m). This makes the car more than double the price of its sibling, the £2.1m Chiron.

A release date has yet to be announced but fans will get their first look at the car at next month’s The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering in California, which runs from August 24 to September 2.

Design

With only a handful of abstract preview images and videos to go on, it’s hard to pinpoint the exact form of the new Divo.

The most recent preview trailer hints at the styling of the car’s taillights, which Auto Express says appear to feature “multiple OLED elements”. This gives the taillights a three-dimensional appearance similar to the design on Aston Martin’s track-only Vulcan.

One of the preview images shows a “vertical fin” that appears to be located immediately behind the Divo’s front wheel arch, the magazine says. Aerodynamic ducts around the fin suggest the car will have a sportier focus than the the Chiron.

The preview images support earlier claims made by Bugatti’s chief executive Stephan Winkelmann. “The Bugatti team has an opportunity to interpret the brand DNA in terms of agile, nimble handling in a significantly more performance-oriented way,” he said.

“Happiness is not around the corner. It is the corner. The Divo is made for corners,” he added.

Power and performance

There’s no official word from Bugatti on what will power the Divo but Autocar says the hypercar is expected to receive the same 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16 engine as the Chiron.

It’s unlikely the engine will be given a power boost, the magazine says, as the Divo’s “downforce-boosting bodywork” and upgraded suspension mean it will be faster than the standard Chiron but not more powerful.