Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport Onboard Footage From Nürburgring Testing Will Make Your Day

A Bugatti on the Nürburgring Nordschleife is always a special sight, especially one that’s billed as the driver’s Chiron.

We’re talking about the Pur Sport, Bugatti’s latest Chiron variant, which is currently undergoing final suspension and handling testing on the ‘Green Hell’. Following weeks of test runs on various circuits and public roads, the new hypercar has now moved to the ultimate handling tests.

Fittingly, these take place at the Nürburgring, which will be the final testing ground before the chassis control software responsible for steering, dampers and ESC is locked in. From this point until the Chiron Pur Sport enters production, all systems will be checked to see whether they work together correctly in the stress test.

“It’s extremely important to us for the Chiron Pur Sport customer to instantly sense the much more radical approach we’re taking with this car in terms of driving dynamics. This is why we’re running the final tests for fine-tuning the suspension and safety systems here in the Eifel,” says Stefan Ellrott, Head of Development at Bugatti.

The Nordschleife is very demanding for both driver and vehicle, thanks to its unusual topography, numerous bends and the high-speed section from Döttinger Höhe onwards. Ellrot says this makes it ideal for the Chiron Pur Sport, which is “streamlined for agility and speed.”

In addition to track testing, Bugatti engineers need to make sure the Chiron Pur Sport runs perfectly on a day-to-day basis too – and to that end, they use the motorways and public roads around the Nürburgring.

Featuring optimized aerodynamics, stiffer suspension, a recalibrated automatic transmission with shorter gear ratios, beefier brakes, and completely new Bugatti Sport Cup 2 R tires by Michelin, the Pur Sport is considered the most agile member of the Chiron family.

Bugatti will only make 60 units of the Chiron Pur Sport, each priced at €3.2 million ($3.6 million). Production will begin in the second half of this year at the company’s headquarters in Molsheim, France.