When the Bugatti Veyron was still a bold dream, the aim was unmistakable: to create a car capable of merging ultimate performance with refined elegance, fit for the racetrack and the opera alike.
Many believed it impossible to craft a vehicle with over 1,000 PS and a quad-turbo W16 engine that would rewrite the rules of automotive engineering.
Enter Chassis 5.0, the pre-series testbed built in early 2005 to refine every key system: a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox, ten radiators, ultra-light materials, advanced assembly workflows.
This prototype enabled Bugatti engineers to perfect production processes—from aluminium and carbon fibre finishes to installing titanium brake plates—to achieve the desired performance and thermal control.
Today, that chassis stands not just as a technical milestone, but as a symbol of the journey that led the Veyron into the automotive pantheon and paved the way for future hypercar legends.
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24 October 2025
