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Bugatti's Tourbillon is the spicy replacement to the long-serving Chiron hypercar. It's the first hybridized Bugatti

The Rimac Nevera is Mate Rimac's firstborn, at least in the car world. It's an all-electric hypercar

The Tourbillon has the classic Bugatti silhouette with the horse-shoe grille, Chiron-like headlights, dihedral doors

The rear end is inspired from the Bugatti La Voiture Noire

The Nevera is unlike anything you've seen. Its design is brand new and it looks sportier than the Tourbillon.

However, from some angles, it could remind you of a McLaren 570S

The Tourbillon, like its predecessors, it oozing luxury inside, but the clock-inspired instrumentation steals the show

The Nevera's cabin is beautiful and luxurious as well, but not quite as otherworldly as the Bugatti.

There are a trio of displays inside, including one for the passenger

Bugatti's latest and greatest hypercar features an 8.3-liter nat-asp V16 with three e-motors

Together they churn out 1,775 hp and 1,691 lb-ft of torque

The Nevera is an all-electric hypercar featuring four electric motors, each on the wheels

The total power produced ia 1,813 hp and 1,741 lb-ft of torque

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This is the Porsche Mission X concept all-electric concept

Unveiled in 2023, its a showcase of Porsche's next flagship hypercar

But we wonder if it could take inspiration from Bugatti's recently unveiled Tourbillion

The Bugatti Tourbillon is the most potent hybrid under the VW belt with 1,775 hp

The advent of the Tourbillon has raised the expectations of the upcoming 918 Spyder replacement

The 918 Spyder, with its 4.6-liter V8 and two e-motors, produces 887 hp and 944 lb-ft of torque

The 918 Spyder sports a useable 6.8 kWh battery pack, good for up to 12 miles on electric propulsion

With the Tourbillon, Bugatti fits a large 25 kWh battery pack, which is estimated to deliver 37 miles on EV mode

With such engineering excellence in mind, could Porsche be developing an internal combustion engine, like a V10, or a V8?

Coupled with the highly efficient and equally potent e-motors of the Tourbillon, the 918 successor could be the most potent Porsche of all time

The Mission X concept from 2023 sheds light on what to expect from the 918 Spyder successor, both from design and technology standpoints

However, unlike the 918 Spyder, the Mission X concept is an electric hypercar, with a power-to-weight ratio of 1 hp per 2.2 pounds

Ferrari and McLaren are allegedly developing the LaFerrari and P1 successors and they are supposed to be hybrids

We can't rule out the possibility that the 918 Spyder successor is going to be an EV

But if McLaren and Ferrari are developing hybrid hypercars, Porsche could eventually go that route as well

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Both the Bugatti Tourbillon and the Lamborghini Revuelto are plug-in hybrid hypercars under the VW umbrella

The Tourbillon packs an 8.3-liter naturally aspirated V16 and with the help of 3 e-motors, the Tourbillon pushes out 1,775 hp

The Revuelto features a 6.5-liter naturally aspirated V12, coupled with 3 e-motors, pushing out 1,001 hp combined

The Tourbillon has a larger 25 kWh battery pack which is estimated to drive 37 miles in EV mode

The Revuelto packs a pretty compact 3.8 kWh battery pack and will offer about 5-7 miles on EV range

The Tourbillon is expected to sprint to 60 mph from a standstill in 2.0 seconds and can reach a top speed of 276 mph

The Lamborghini Revuelto can reach 60 mph in a mere 2.3 seconds and can top out at 218 mph

The Tourbillon's cabin is one of its highlights and is inspired by mechanical watches as seen in the analog dials

Inside the Revuelto, things are more modern looking, which are more catered towards a younger demographic

The engines for the recently unveiled Bugatti Tourbillion and GMA T.50 were developed by Cosworth

The Bugatti Tourbillon packs an 8.3-liter V16. Coupled with 3 e-motors, the hybrid powertrain cranks 1,775 hp

The GMA T.50 is powered by a Cosworth-developed 3.9-liter nat-asp V12, pumping out 654 hp and 344 lb-ft of torque

An 8-speed dual-clutch gearbox is the only option available for the Tourbillon

The T.50 comes with a six-speed lightweight Xtrac manual gearbox

That huge rear fan at the rear helps create downforce to keep the T.50 glued to the ground

The Tourbillon's rear diffuser is so big that Bugatti had to use it for crash protection

The driver sits in the middle inside the T.50, like an F1 car. This seating arrangement opens up space for two more passengers

The Tourbillon's cabin layout is that of a typical Bugatti with a large center tunnel running between the seats

The GMA T.50's dashboard is dominated by a large center tachometer flanked by digital displays

The Tourbillon's cockpit is the fanciest between the two with intricate watch-like dials; all analog

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Bugatti's latest creation, the Tourbillon, is a giant leap forward compared to the Chiron

It keeps a combustion engine, an 8.3-liter nat-asp V16, and adds three e-motors

Combined, the hybrid powertrain pushes out an astonishing 1,775 horsepower

Before the Tourbillon's debut, there were many speculations about it being a full-fledged EV

With Mate Rimac now CEO of the company, it wasn't a wild guess, owing to the Rimac Nevera's success

However, Rimac didn't want to build a Bugatti hypercar with internal combustion, because it needed to be "emotional"

Bugatti is known for its combustion engine prowess, especially the 8.0-liter quad-turbo W16 which powers the Veyron and the Chiron

Cars like the legendary Type 41 Royale featured a massive 12.8-liter straight 8 engine in the 1930s

The thrill of ICE-powered cars is incomparable. The vibrations, the exhaust, which, in case of the Tourbillon, sounds amazing at 9,000 RPM

BEVs suffer from power-to-weight ratio, and making the Tourbillon heavier than it already is would be blasphemy

We look back at how Bugatti's flagship supercar has evolved over two decades

The Veyron was the first undertaking by French automaker, Bugatti after VW's takeover in the late 90s

The Veyron debuted in 2004 with an 8.0-liter quad-turbo W16, pushing out 987 hp and 922 lb-ft of torque

Dethroning the McLaren F1, the Veyron 16.4 went on to become the fastest car in the world with a top speed of 253 mph

After several special editions and facelifts, production of the Veyron ended after a 15-year run

It was followed up by the equally mind-numbing Bugatti Chiron which retained the Veyron's quad-turbo W16

It was produced between 2017 and 2024 and the Chiron was able to make the 300+ mph barrier

The latest Bugatti, the Tourbillon, introduces an all-new V16 with three e-motors, together, the hybrid powertrain pushes out 1,775 hp

The Tourbillon debuts with a more aggressive design, thanks to its chiseled body and an outward nose

The 8-speed DCT now sits behind the V16 and the 25 kWh battery pack is positioned in between the seats

The Tourbillon is the first Bugatti to come with dihedral doors

The diffuser at the rear of the Tourbillon looks like it's straight-up from the track-monster Boilde

The interior of the Tourbillon sees more exclusive touches than the Veyron and the Chiron, especially with the clock-inspired instrumentation

The Tourbillon's suspension is 45 percent lighter than the ones found in the Chiron

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