This Amazing Chiron Engine Test Rig Lets Bugatti Simulate The Nurburgring

How do you deal with the stresses, crashes and spy photographers that plague the Nurburgring while keeping to your development schedule? Well, it seems Bugatti has an answer: don’t go there at all and just build a test rig to simulate the famous circuit’s demands.

This amazing piece of kit was filmed in action on a TV screen at the media launch of the new Chiron, by Sunday Times journalist James Mills. It’s just a short clip of the beast at work, but it’s a fascinating watch.

The 1500hp lump is fully plumbed in, at which point the simulation can begin, aping the g-forces of a full-bore lap around the ‘Ring and checking for any unexpected oil starvation issues at the extremes.

At the same event, Mills also filmed this second-hand footage of the huge test rig that works the Chiron’s suspension to the limit, making sure that extreme lateral forces don’t break anything. All this effort is astonishing to behold, so behold away!