Bugatti presentó hoy en The Quail, la exposición de autos exóticos de California, la nueva Divo: su flamante superauto de cinco millones de euros. En el mismo predio donde el diseñador argentino Facundo Elías presentó el Lamborghini Aventador SVJ (ver nota), también había otros argentinos haciendo shopping de superautos.

Según le informaron fuentes allegadas de Bugatti a Autoblog, un coleccionista argentino se aseguró uno de los 40 ejemplares que se fabricarán de la Divo. Todos los rumores indican que el comprador sería el poeta y empresario farmacéutico Alejandro Roemmers, pero voceros oficiales de Bugatti se resistieron a revelar la identidad de su cliente más austral del mundo.

Roemmers es un conocido coleccionista de autos exóticos modernos y es el único propietario argentino de una Bugatti Chiron, que utilizó el año pasado para recorrer varias provincias del Norte del país (ver notas).

La Divo fue presentada como una evolución de la Chiron: es un auto de calle pensado para ser disfrutado en pista, teniendo en cuenta que es más liviano y con una puesta a punto pensada para correr en circuitos.

El motor es el mismo de la Chiron: W16 8.0 tetraturbo, con 1.500 caballos de potencia y 1.600 Nm de torque. Sin embargo, la Divo es 35 kilos más liviana que la Chiron (que pesa dos toneladas) y tiene un paquete aerodinámico para generar 90 kilos extra de apoyo en curvas.

Este tratamiento aerodinámico para circuitos hace que la Divo genere una aceleración lateral de hasta 1.6 veces la fuerza de gravedad. Sin embargo, es la misma causa por la cual su velocidad máxima en línea recta se redujo de 420 a 380 km/h (ambas limitadas electrónicamente).

Bugatti fabricó 500 ejemplares de la Chiron, los cuales ya están todos vendidos. Las 40 unidades de la Divo, que comenzarán a entregarse a partir de fin de año, ya tienen también propietarios asegurados.

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World premiere for the Divo

Curtains up for the Divo1. Today, at the exclusive automotive event “The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering“ in Monterey, California, Bugatti has presented its latest model as a world premiere. With the Divo, the French luxury brand has developed a super sports car tuned for agility, nimbleness and optimum handling performance on winding roads. It is powered by Bugatti’s iconic eight-litre W16 engine with a power output of 1,500 PS. The aerodynamics of the model have been intensively fine-tuned and the suspension and chassis settings have been modified. As a result, the Divo is 35 kilograms (77 lbs) lighter and has 90 kilograms (198 lbs) more downforce than the standard Chiron2. The lateral acceleration of the Divo has been boosted to 1.6 g. Its maximum speed is limited to 380 km/h (236 mph). The Divo can lap the Nardò handling circuit in southern Italy eight seconds faster than the Chiron. The series will only consist of 40 vehicles. Upon the start of presentations to selected customers, the strictly limited small series, with a net unit price of €5 million, sold out immediately.

“When I took up my position at Bugatti at the beginning of the year, I soon learnt that our customers and fans were waiting for a special vehicle which would tell a further story for the brand in addition to the Chiron,” said Stephan Winkelmann, President of Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. “The Bugatti team was also very eager to implement a project like this.”

It was therefore decided to build a super sports car with a different character from the Chiron which would still be immediately recognizable as a Bugatti.

With the Divo, Bugatti is also reviving its coachbuilding tradition. In its first few decades, the French luxury brand had considerable success with bodies built to its own design and installed on existing chassis.

“To date, a modern Bugatti has represented a perfect balance between high performance, straight-line dynamics and luxurious comfort. Within our possibilities, we have shifted the balance in the case of the Divo further towards lateral acceleration, agility and cornering,” Winkelmann added. “The Divo is made for bends.“

“The feedback from our customers was overwhelming,” the Bugatti President reports. “We showed the Divo to a small group of selected Chiron customers. All 40 cars were sold immediately – this was fantastic confirmation for the Bugatti team which had put so much dedication and passion into the project.”

“The Divo is a further project intended to thrill people and the world,” Winkelmann adds. “Our fans are very important to us.”

The supercar is named after Albert Divo, a French racing driver who was a two-time winner of the famous Targa Florio race on the mountainous roads of Sicily with Bugatti in the late 1920s.