INSPIRATION – AMILCAR CANADA MAGAZINE https://canada.amilcarmagazine.com AMILCAR CANADA MAGAZINE by AMILCAR MAGAZINE GROUP : Lifestyle - Travel - Design - Art - Fashion Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://canada.amilcarmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-AMILCAR-CANADA-LOGO-32x32.png INSPIRATION – AMILCAR CANADA MAGAZINE https://canada.amilcarmagazine.com 32 32 Michel Haddi, artist and visionary https://canada.amilcarmagazine.com/michel-haddi-artist-and-visionary/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://therightnumbermagazine.com/?p=934985

EDITOR’S FAVORITE: MICHEL HADDI

Michel Haddi is an artist and visionary in the world of art, photography, and much more. He also has a passion for music and all forms of art. His artistic signature is unique.

When we talk with Michel Haddi, we talk about the future. Michel always sees ahead, like us. He is a legendary photographer because of his photographic vision. He has immortalized several celebrities (Kate Moss, Tupac Shakur … to name a few) with a different angle, a perfect mastery of shadow and light, everything is a question of angle and emotion in my opinion. He has this natural genius to capture and sublimate the moment.

It’s impossible to summarize his artistic career because words would be too bland, in my opinion. All you have to do is contemplate, observe, listen, and read, because Michel Haddi also publishes beautiful books and magazines with his wonderful team. And I’ll have the opportunity to talk to you about them very soon.

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We’ll be doing an ITV podcast with him soon. But in the meantime, I invite you to visit his website:  https://michelhaddistudio.com/

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]]> 2025 Buick Enclave, a flagship premium SUV with available Super Cruise https://canada.amilcarmagazine.com/2025-buick-enclave-a-flagship-premium-suv-with-available-super-cruise/ Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:31:25 +0000 https://usa.amilcarmagazine.com/?p=934555

Buick vehicles offer sculptural designs, refined performance, modern interiors and thoughtful personal technologies.

Buick Enclave is the latest vehicle to launch with Buick’s new design ethos that started with the Wildcat EV concept, and provides even more premium finishes and amenities, including an ultrawide 30-inch-diagonal screen – the largest in its class.

“With the launch of our Buick Enclave flagship SUV, our ICE portfolio is now complete with a full lineup of completely refreshed or all-new vehicles,” said Duncan Aldred, global vice president, Buick and GMC. “The premium and sculptural design of the Enclave strikes a confident stance on any street, and the thoughtful technologies throughout elevate the driving experience. Coupled with luxury finishes, Enclave sets a new standard for our brand and the segment, it truly is exceptional by design and will help the brand continue our momentum through 2025 and beyond.”

Exceptional design, refined performance

The next-generation Enclave launches with upgrades to the grille, front and rear fascia to align with Buick’s PURE philosophy: purity in design, unexpected details, refined finishes and exceptional executions. The flagship SUV also features the body-mounted hood badging now found throughout the full Buick portfolio.

Buick’s design evolution incorporates the signature winged lighting, checkmark-style LED headlamps and cross-car LED taillamps. The Avenir trim includes a walk-up lighting animation, as well.

In the interior, the Enclave integrates a floating center console that adds to the airy and open ride experience. The floating center console houses functional storage, a multi-controller, wireless phone charger and cupholders.

The 2025 Buick Enclave is longer, wider and taller than the previous generation, providing a strong on-road presence.

All Enclave trims come standard with a powerful 2.5L Turbo engine producing 328 horsepower and 326 lb-ft of torque, and a standard eight-speed automatic transmission. The Enclave will be available in front wheel and all-wheel drive variants.

The Enclave is trailering-capable with an available maximum capability of up to 5,000 lbs.

Standout technologies

The 2025 Enclave is the first Buick to offer Super Cruise, the industry’s first true hands-free advanced driver assistance system (ADAS), on all of its trim levels. Today Super Cruise is the largest truly hands-free system in the U.S. and Canada as we expand our road network to about 750,000 miles through 2025. The Super Cruise package also includes Driver Attention Assist5 and Enhanced Automatic Park Assist5. The Avenir trim includes a rear camera mirror5 as part of the available Super Cruise package.

The Enclave’s infotainment system is designed to give drivers the most intuitive vehicle experience. Using the touchscreen or Google Assistant, drivers can reply to text messages, get directions through Google Maps, or control select vehicle functions. Drivers can also add apps like Spotify to listen to their music and favorite podcasts.

Additional standard tech features include:

  • 30-inch-diagonal premium ultra-wide display – the largest screen in its class
  • Wireless charging capability
  • Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto capability
  • Seven standard camera views, including front, rear and surround views. Two additional cameras available for up to nine through optional packages.

The 2025 Buick Enclave comes standard with Automatic Crash Response, remote vehicle commands, and navigation and voice assistance features for eight years as part of the OnStar One Essentials package. 

Putting safety first

The 2025 Enclave launches with an expansive suite of standard safety and driver assist technologies.

New standard safety features for 2025 include:

  • Blind Zone Steering Assist
  • Intersection Automatic Emergency Braking
  • Traffic sign recognition
  • Lane Keep Assist and Departure Warning

A trim for every personality

The 2025 Enclave launches with three trims: Preferred, Sport Touring and Avenir – the ultimate expression of Buick design.

Standard features across all three trims, starting with Preferred, include:

  • Customizable, multicolor ambient lighting
  • Auto-sense power liftgate
  • QuietTuning, Buick’s signature technology to help prevent unwanted road noise from entering the cabin
  • First row power heated seats with four-way lumbar support
  • 20-inch alloy wheels with Medium Android Finish, unique to Preferred
  • 12-speaker Bose Audio for Preferred and Sport Touring
  • Added tuning capability to provide a better ride and handling balance for Preferred and Sport Touring. This helps to isolate sharp road impacts.

Unique standard features on the Sport Touring and Avenir trims include:

Sport Touring:

  • Flat-bottom steering wheel
  • ST-exclusive interior trim
  • Unique High Gloss Black grille surround and inserts
  • 20-inch machine-faced wheels with High Gloss Black inserts
  • Exclusive ST badging

Avenir:

  • 16-speaker Bose Performance Series audio
  • 22-inch Avenir Pearl Nickle finish
  • Panoramic sunroof
  • Walk up animation
  • Rainsense wipers
  • Continuous Damping Control (CDC) with enhanced dampers for a refined ride. This technology noticeably increases driving safety, comfort and dynamics by adjusting the damping forces optimally for each wheel.
  • Ventilated front seats with massaging feature, and heated second row outboard seats
  • Standard “Power Package,” which includes Head-Up Display, one-touch folding second row seats and power-folding third row seats (available for Preferred and ST)

A next-generation flagship launches later this summer

The 2025 Enclave will be produced at Lansing Delta Township Assembly in Michigan from globally sourced parts.

Customers can preview the next-generation Enclave on Buick.com now with the ability to build and order expected to start later this summer.

Buick vehicles offer sculptural designs, refined performance, modern interiors and thoughtful personal technologies. Buick’s award-winning customer service and sales experience, along with the Avenir trim, the highest expression of Buick luxury, are attracting new buyers to experience Buick’s unique approach to attainable luxury. More information about Buick vehicles is available at buick.com.

2025 BUICK ENCLAVE

Starting MSRP with DFC

Buick Enclave Preferred$46,395 (FWD) $48,395 (AWD)
Buick Enclave Sport Touring$48,795 (FWD) $50,795 (AWD)
Buick Enclave Avenir$59,395 (FWD) $61,395 (AWD)

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]]> DEFENDER OCTA – THE NEW MASTER OF EXTREME PERFORMANCE https://canada.amilcarmagazine.com/defender-octa-le-nouveau-maitre-des-performances-extremes/ Sun, 11 May 2025 14:14:48 +0000 https://mens.amilcarmagazine.com/?p=933516 Like a diamond, the new Defender OCTA is a rare combination of extreme robustness and luxury, hence its name inspired by the hardest and most desirable mineral in the world.

The new Defender OCTA boasts a commanding stance and bold new design, while its signature new emblems pay tribute to its diamond-level capabilities.

Introducing a new hero for Defender, the British brand with the original spirit of adventure : the new Defender OCTA. The toughest, most capable and most luxurious member of the  unstoppable 4×4 family, taking the Defender 110’s capability to a whole new level.

Powered by a 4.4-litre Twin Turbo mild-hybrid V8 engine, the OCTA model is the most extreme and powerful Defender yet, delivering 467 kW/635 hp and up to 750 Nm1 of torque and accelerating from 62,14 mph in 4.0 seconds . Completely redesigned chassis components featuring innovative technologies, including 6D Dynamics suspension, ensure its dynamic capabilities are taken to new heights.

The exterior is bolder and more robust than ever, with a distinctive character. The ride height is raised, its stance wider, and the wheel arches are enlarged, for an incredible presence. Redesigned bumpers improve approach and departure angles, while robust underbody protection gives drivers the confidence to explore more rugged terrain. And it will be able to tread deeper ground than any production Defender before it, down to one meter of water.

Mark Cameron, Defender Managing Director, said: “With the new Defender OCTA, we’ve been able to unlock the Defender’s full potential. It embodies the very definition of breadth of capability, but also demonstrates what we can achieve by utilizing the very best technologies and talent within our engineering division. With its powerful V8 engine, groundbreaking 6D Dynamics suspension technology, luxury finishes, and unique details, it’s rare, incredibly robust, and inherently desirable.”

The name of the new Defender OCTA is taken from the world’s strongest and most attractive mineral – a diamond – and the octahedron shape that gives it its distinctive look and durability. This shape also inspired the distinctive new emblem, which marks it as the flagship Defender model, at once strong and durable, yet striking, rare and desirable.

Each Defender OCTA features a new diamond-in-circle motif, finished in Gloss Black stamped onto a machined and sandblasted titanium disc, affixed to each signature graphic panel.

The rugged luxury of the Defender OCTA is epitomised by the Defender OCTA Edition One, available from the first year of production. It features a carefully crafted specification, finished in a new exclusive Faroe Green shade, seamless knitted seat covers in PU UltrafabricsTM Khaki and Ebony, new Chopped Carbon Fibre details and 20-inch forged alloy wheels with a choice of optional specially designed All-Terrain or Advanced All-Terrain tyres.

UNMATCHED PERFORMANCE

The new OCTA model delivers unprecedented performance for the Defender. Powered by a 467 kW/635 hp 4.4-litre Twin Turbo mild-hybrid V8 engine mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission with a dual-speed transfer case (high/low range), it is the most powerful and extreme Defender ever.

The new Defender OCTA will reach up to 155 MPH(limited) when fitted with 22-inch forged alloy wheels and all-season tyres.

With 750 Nm of torque 1 (up to 800 Nm by selecting Dynamic Launch mode) and tuned to match the vehicle’s exceptional off-road performance, the new Defender OCTA is capable of accelerating from 0 to 62,14 mph in 4.0 seconds, while maximum torque is available from 1,800 to almost 6,000 rpm, ensuring exceptional traction.

INCREDIBLE CAPABILITIES AND DURABILITY

The dynamic capabilities of the new Defender OCTA go far beyond what any Defender has achieved before, with the introduction of hydraulically interconnected 6D Dynamics suspension technology for the first time on a Defender, along with significant hardware and geometry changes. Unique in its kind, it is designed to be as enjoyable to drive on-road as it is off-road, without any compromise.

The Defender OCTA is raised 28mm and features a 68mm wider stance, for superior ground clearance and stability. To ensure unrivalled confidence and control on all terrains, with both maximum wheel articulation off-road and reduced body roll on-road, revised suspension components include longer, stronger wishbones and unique active dampers with separate accumulators. The model also features optimized 400mm front brake discs with Brembo calipers and features the quickest steering ratio of any Defender to date, for immediate and precise responses.

A bespoke testing and development programme comprising over 13,960 additional tests , including high-speed off-road reliability and endurance, as well as high-speed on-road performance, had to be created for the Defender OCTA, as the team entered areas of capability and robustness that had never been explored before.

Jamal Hameedi, Director of SVO, JLR, said: “Our high-performance experts have achieved the impossible with Defender OCTA, working tirelessly over the last three years to create the most capable Defender ever produced, regardless of the surface it is operated on. They have completely redesigned the vehicle’s components to ensure Defender OCTA is the perfect companion for epic adventures in every corner of the globe.”

An advanced combination of hydraulically interconnected, continuously variable semi-active dampers virtually eliminates body pitch and roll on the road, while the 6D Dynamics system also contributes to the Defender’s unprecedented comfort and refinement. On challenging terrain, the 6D Dynamics system allows for greater wheel articulation and tackles even more extreme obstacles, meaning customers can go even further and in greater comfort.

The full capabilities of the new Defender OCTA, which can automatically detect the surface it is driving on and optimize its dynamic settings accordingly, are unleashed through its enhanced driving modes. In addition to the default Comfort mode, Dynamic mode offers the ultimate performance-focused on-road experience, adjusting the vehicle’s steering, throttle and suspension settings with a simple touch of the signature logo button on the steering wheel.

A long press of the same button accesses OCTA mode, Defender’s first-ever performance-focused off-road driving mode. This has been specifically created to ensure ultimate control and driver confidence. OCTA mode also enables an Offroad Launch mode for optimal acceleration on loose surfaces. Combined with the lowest settings of the traction management systems (TracDSC or DSC off), it also applies a unique off-road ABS calibration for optimal braking performance on loose surfaces.

For more technical off-road maneuvers, the Defender’s suite of familiar Terrain Response modes remains at the driver’s fingertips, with specific Sand, Mud/Ruts, Grass/Gravel/Snow and Rock calibrations, supported by off-road driving aids such as ClearSight Ground View2, which provides a virtual view of the front wheels and surface with a display on the touchscreen.

AN EXTERIOR PLACED UNDER THE SIGN OF CONFIDENCE

Defender’s commanding presence and off-road focus give Defender OCTA a bold new attitude. It is available with 22-inch diameter wheels, the largest ever fitted to a production Defender, and Goodyear Advanced All-Terrain tires1 specifically designed for the OCTA model. This required flared wheel arches, which complement the off-road-optimized front bodywork with unique grille designs allowing for improved underhood airflow, a new rear bumper incorporating a quad-exit active exhaust system, robust underbody protection including an aluminum alloy front bumper in Graphite, and exposed front and rear tow points finished in Phosphor Bronze.

The Defender OCTA color palette includes two new exclusive premium metallic finishes: Petra Copper and Faroe Green, as well as Carpathian Grey and Charente Grey, while all Defender OCTA models feature a contrasting roof and tailgate in gloss Narvik Black. Customers can personalize their vehicle with the optional matte protection film for additional body protection in challenging environments, also adding an elegant look that highlights its distinctive silhouette and sophisticated surfaces.

The Faroe Green color is available exclusively on the Defender OCTA Edition One, as are the Chopped Carbon Fiber details. This highly distinctive finish, which includes recycled raw materials, features on the Defender bonnet lettering, side vents and bonnet vents, as well as on the front seat backs and center console trim inside.

AN ENGAGING AND IMMERSIVE INTERIOR

Inside, carefully selected details set the new Defender OCTA apart. Two ultra-durable UltrafabricsTM PU options – 30% lighter than traditional leather – are available. This knitted seat finish is standard on the Defender OCTA Edition One, in two-tone Khaki and Ebony, and has a minimalist, seamless finish.

For the Defender OCTA, the standard interior is offered in a new Semi-Aniline Burnt Sienna leather, with Kvadrat™ textile trim in Ebony. Any Defender OCTA model can also be equipped with Ultrafabrics™ PU in Light Cloud and Lunar, or Semi-Aniline leather in Ebony.

The front row of the Defender OCTA features all-new Performance seats with supportive bolsters and integrated headrests. Another new feature of the Defender is the Body and Soul Seat audio technology .

The Body and Soul Seat feature was created in collaboration with music industry experts SUBPAC and Coventry University, allowing both the driver and front passenger to feel and hear the music . Six wellness programs are also available to help passengers relax or boost their cognitive responses while traveling, depending on their preferences.

The Defender OCTA PRICE starts at 195 940 $

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]]> Beats and Kim Kardashian announce a new collaboration with three new colorways for the iconic Beats Studio Pro. https://canada.amilcarmagazine.com/beats-and-kim-kardashian-announce-a-new-collaboration-with-three-new-colorways-for-the-iconic-beats-studio-pro/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:47:00 +0000 https://usa.amilcarmagazine.com/?p=931203 Beats and Kim Kardashian announce a new collaboration with three new colorways for the iconic Beats Studio Pro.

This special edition is available starting today on Apple and Amazon websites.

Beats  today announced a second collaboration with celebrity  Kim Kardashian  for Beats Studio Pro, the brand’s iconic on-ear headphones. The all-new “Beats x Kim” is available today online at  Apple.com/beatsxkim  and  Amazon.com/beatsxkim  and in select Apple Stores.

“Beats x Kim” represents the visual expression of creativity and identity in the service of premium sound. The new partnership reimagines Beats’ flagship product in three neutral colors inspired by Kim Kardashian’s signature palette:  Moon  (light),  Dune  (medium) and  Earth  (deep). These rich hues, combined with the sleek design of the Studio Pro, deliver a listening experience that combines high quality and style.

The first partnership between the businesswoman and Beats dates back to 2022 with a special edition of the Beats Fit Pro. The latter, now sold out on Apple.com, has become the brand’s best-selling collaboration.

“I’m so excited to bring these three stylish, in-demand colors to Beats’ most iconic and advanced headphone lineup ,” said Kim Kardashian.  “Beats Studio has always been synonymous with fashion, so I can’t wait to see how people make them their own.”

To accompany the launch, Kim Kardashian and TV host  Jimmy Fallon  teamed up for an official campaign. It included a humorous contest to determine who would win the next Beats collaboration. The winner will be announced this Thursday during Kim Kardashian’s appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” 

Campaign produced by the creative agency Mirimar.

Beats Studio Pro delivers next-level audio quality, Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency modes, personalized spatial audio with dynamic head tracking, UltraPlush leather cushions, up to 40 hours of battery life, lossless audio over USB-C, and improved call performance. It’s also compatible with Android phones by downloading the dedicated Beats app.

Availability

“Beats x Kim” is available for purchase online at  Apple.com/beatsxkim  in the US, Canada, Mexico, UK, France, Germany, Japan, China, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand for $349.99 (USD) as of Thursday, August 15. It is available on Amazon in the US, Canada, Mexico and Japan via  Amazon.com/beatsxkim .

The collaboration will be available in limited quantities at select Apple Stores and exclusive authorized resellers. In France, it will be available for purchase at the Champs-Élysées store in Paris.

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]]> THE BUGATTI TOURBILLON – AN AUTOMOTIVE ICON “FOR ETERNITY” https://canada.amilcarmagazine.com/the-bugatti-tourbillon-an-automotive-icon-for-eternity/ Sun, 23 Jun 2024 15:52:31 +0000 https://luxuryselections.amilcarmagazine.com/?p=49192

In 2004, in the midst of a renaissance, the Bugatti brand revolutionized the world of automotive performance and luxury with a hypersports car developing 1001 hp: the Veyron. The first 1000 hp-plus tourer was followed in 2016 by another engineering marvel, so ambitious that it challenged all performance expectations: the Chiron, the world’s first hypersports car to develop 1500 hp. What do they have in common? The most advanced automotive engine in existence: an 8.0-liter W16 with quadruple turbo. Now, 20 years after launching the hypersport segment, Bugatti is totally redefining the concept with a completely revamped engine and platform. Welcome to the Bugatti Tourbillon.

A NAME, A PHILOSOPHY

Mate Rimac, Bugatti CEO, said: “The development of the Bugatti Tourbillon has been guided at every stage by the 115-year history of Bugatti and by the words of Ettore Bugatti himself. His sacred formulas – ‘If it’s comparable, it’s not Bugatti anymore’ and ‘Nothing is too beautiful’ – have guided my steps, as well as those of the engineers and designers charged with bringing to life the exciting new era of Bugatti hypersports.”

“Legends such as the Type 57SC Atlantic, recognized as the most beautiful car in the world, the Type 35 – the most successful of all time – and the Type 41 Royale – one of the most ambitious luxury cars to date – are the three pillars that inspired us. Beauty, performance and luxury are the key words guiding the design of the Tourbillon, a hypersports car whose elegance, emotion and luxury surpass all that has been done to date. Incomparable, quite simply. And like those icons of the past, we didn’t just think of it for the present, or even just for the future, but for all eternity.

Mate Rimac, CEO of Bugatti

The Tourbillon

For the first Bugatti in over 20 years not to be powered by the W16 engine, the brand has departed from the tradition of naming models after legendary Bugatti drivers. Thus, its name – the Tourbillon – was chosen to perfectly express its character. A French word and a subtle nod to Bugatti’s French heritage and its headquarters in Molsheim, the Tourbillon takes its name from the watchmaking invention of a Swiss genius who lived in France in 1801. Totally original, this unparalleled creation – both beautiful and complex – counteracted the effects of the earth’s gravity on the timepiece to ensure highly accurate timekeeping. And 200 years later, it’s still considered the pinnacle of watchmaking.

It’s this sense of mechanical timelessness that lies at the heart of the project that gave birth to the Bugatti Tourbillon. For a hypersports car destined to sit proudly on the lawns of the concours d’élégance of this century and the centuries to come, technology can easily fall into disuse – especially large digital displays – which is why for Bugatti it’s important to incorporate as many timeless components as possible. As a result, the Tourbillon uses timeless design and engineering techniques, including all-analog instruments made by Swiss watchmakers, and finished with the same care and attention as the world’s greatest timepieces. Just as these objects become family treasures handed down from generation to generation, the Tourbillon is a hypersport for eternity.

DESIGN AND AERODYNAMICS

Like all Bugatti models of the modern era, the Tourbillon is “shaped by speed”. To be able to travel at over 245 Mph, every surface, every air intake and every edge must be perfectly polished, to ensure that every detail is not only aerodynamic, but also beneficial to the vehicle’s thermodynamics. This is the guiding idea behind the Tourbillon, which then takes shape around four design elements inspired by the brand’s history: the horseshoe grille, the Bugatti line, the central ridge and the two-tone combination.

Frank Heyl, Bugatti Design Director, said : “The genius of Ettore and Jean Bugatti’s creations lies in their aerodynamics, innovation and unchanging beauty. We draw our inspiration from the Bugatti Type 35, whose silhouette was guided by the shape of the horseshoe grille, which tapered back into a streamlined fuselage. We also drew inspiration from the Type 57SC Atlantic – whose letter “S” stands for “Low” – by lowering the front end, the roofline and the driver’s position, creating that wonderful posture and dreamlike proportions. We felt it was essential to position the volumes in such a way that they were functional and supported the extreme proportions of the hypersport. Lowered, it appears wider, and the rims are highlighted. The result is an impression of muscular tension, of a posture ready to pounce. Every design decision has been aimed at creating a sensation of speed, even when the hypersportive is stationary.

While the aesthetics and proportions of this new Bugatti are strikingly beautiful, the fact remains that every surface and every airflow has been carefully studied, firstly to balance the colossal aerodynamic forces exerted on a vehicle travelling at over 245 Mph, and secondly to reconcile the thermodynamic requirements of a V16 engine, electric motors and an eminently powerful battery.

Drawing on more than 20 years of know-how from the Veyron and Chiron, the Tourbillon boasts a host of patented technologies. The perfect balance of forces generated by these innovations keeps the rear spoiler in the retracted position at peak speeds. Its function is to increase downforce at low speeds and act as an air brake to enhance stability during deceleration.

This aerodynamic balance is largely the result of the new diffuser concept, which begins its ascent just behind the passenger compartment, almost halfway up the vehicle, at an optimum angle, ensuring the Tourbillon’s perfect stability. The diffuser is built around an all-new anti-collision concept that is fully integrated into the structure of the diffuser itself. This makes it both highly effective and virtually invisible, enabling the open design of the rear end.

At the heart of the Tourbillon’s design philosophy lies the emblematic horseshoe, the starting point of all the hypersport’s lines, where the volume of the central fuselage takes shape. On either side of the hypersportive, air flows under the headlights to increase the flow into the side air intakes. This complex interplay of air flows is also evident in the front-end design. While retaining the dimensions of a sculpted front end, it ingeniously houses a highly efficient cooling system that guides air through and then out of the front hood, increasing downforce while ingeniously integrating a spacious trunk between the two radiators.

Two sophisticated, power-operated dihedral doors not only allow easy entry into the vehicle, but also mark the opening in spectacular fashion. They can be opened and closed in three different ways: from the key, via the opening button just below the Bugatti line, or the one on the center console.

INTERIOR 

Since carmakers began integrating digital and touch screens into their models, the innovations have been such that in just ten years, these technologies already seem obsolete. The design of the interior was guided by a philosophy of timelessness, imagining the Tourbillon on the lawns of concours d’élégance not only in ten years’ time, but more importantly in 100 years’ time. Inspired by the world of watchmaking, in which wristwatches more than a century old can still be worn and used today, while integrating perfectly with modern fashion and lifestyle, the engineers and designers created an authentic analog experience in the cabin.

The centerpiece – the dashboard instruments designed and crafted with the expertise of Swiss watchmakers – takes horological inspiration to the extreme. Comprising more than 600 parts, crafted in titanium and incorporating precious stones such as sapphire and ruby, the instrument panel is designed to a maximum tolerance of 50 microns – the smallest being 5 microns – and weighs just 700 grams.

This complex engineering masterpiece remains the focal point of the driving experience, around which the steering wheel rotates – a configuration known as the “fixed hub steering wheel”. Thanks to this ingenious concept, the Tourbillon driver enjoys an unobstructed view of his or her instruments, whatever the steering angle.

The center console combines crystal glass and aluminum, revealing the intricate workings of all the buttons and the engine start lever. The development of this glass required 13 separate stages, to ensure perfect transparency, extreme resistance and optimum safety in the event of an accident. The aluminum parts are anodized and milled from a single block of metal, while the knurled aluminum buttons sit at the heart of a complex mechanism fully visible beneath the crystal glass – developed entirely in-house. Igniting the all-new naturally-aspirated V16 engine and electric motor is a physical experience, a nod to the rituals of historic automobiles that required pulling to start and pushing to stop the engine.

However, a high-definition digital screen – which the driver can make appear at will – displays vehicle data and offers several connectivity options. The vehicle’s only screen – which displays vehicle data and offers several connectivity options – remains completely hidden, unless the driver wishes it to appear. A highly refined mechanism allows the touchscreen to be deployed from the top of the center console – in portrait mode for the rearview camera in just two seconds, and in landscape mode in five seconds.

As with the exterior, every decision concerning the interior has been made with ultimate performance in mind, without compromising on practicality or comfort. The seats, for example, are attached to the monocoque to be as light and low as possible. And to ensure a comfortable riding position whatever the rider’s size, the pedals can be moved forward and back by means of an electric control.

The result is a spacious interior ideal for long journeys and daily commutes. As for the audio system, it dispenses with traditional speakers and woofers, opting instead for an advanced system that uses exciters placed on the door panels and throughout the vehicle, where the interior panels act as speakers. This system is lighter and more powerful than traditional audio systems.

ENGINES AND PERFORMANCE

When it came out, Bugatti’s W16 engine was unlike any other automotive engine in the world. With its four turbos and prodigious power, it set a new benchmark and pushed back the boundaries of combustion engine technology. Two decades after its launch, it has yet to be equalled, or even imitated. Following in its footsteps, here’s another incomparable masterpiece of internal combustion engineering, combined with the instant torque and flexibility of electric motors.

This new-generation Bugatti hypersport is powered by an all-new 8.3-liter naturally-aspirated V16 engine – designed in collaboration with Cosworth – combined with two electric motors on the front axle and one electric motor on the rear axle. In all, the Tourbillon develops 1,800 hp, of which 1,000 hp is generated by the combustion engine and 800 hp by the electric motors. This is an extraordinary performance – made possible by a whole range of advanced materials and technologies – given that the Veyron achieved 1001 hp with its 8.0-liter engine featuring four turbochargers, and the new V16 is fully naturally aspirated. Made from lightweight materials, the engine weighs just 555,5 Lbs.

The electric motors are powered by a 25 kWh oil-cooled 800V battery housed in the central tunnel and behind the passengers. With four-wheel drive and all-wheel torque vectoring, the hypersport benefits from optimum traction and agility. The three electric motors deliver a total of 800 hp. The electric motor, with its speed of up to 24,000 rpm and fully integrated dual silicon carbide inverter, offers one of the highest power densities in the world. Electric axles deliver over 6 kW per kg of electric axle mass, including inverters, electric motors and gearboxes. While the power, throttle response and additional torque offered by the “Torque-Fill” function are priorities for the electric powertrain, the relatively high energy content of 25 kWh enables an all-electric range of over 37 miles.

The Tourbillon boasts significantly improved performance, a powerful electric drive system and a large battery. Yet it’s lighter than the Chiron, a testament to the incredible engineering behind this achievement. Thanks to its light weight and the instant torque provided by the electric motors, the Bugatti Tourbillon delivers breathtaking performance.

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