Illinois man breaks down why he was happy to pay $4.2M for his Bugatti, it's faster than some planes fly
- The Bugatti Chiron has 1,600+ and 10 radiators
- This guy bought it for a different reason, though
- It has to do with speed, but not in the way most people would assume
Published on May 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on May 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
This guy in Illinois provided a comprehensive list of reasons why he thinks spending over $4 million on a Bugatti Chiron is justified.
This is one of the world’s fastest cars, and one of the most sophisticated.
It is also one of the most expensive cars ever made.
But there’s one thing he said that really stands out.
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Steve Hamilton from The Hamilton Collection, a creator in Illinois, made a compelling case for the Bugatti Chiron in his latest video.
In his view, spending millions on the Chiron is justified because it’s faster than some planes.
It depends on the plane, of course, but that’s an interesting point very few people have made.
The Chiron was unveiled in in 2016 to replace the Veyron, one of the fastest hypercars ever built.
Designed by the man who now owns his own hypercar brand, Nilu27, the Chiron was named after a Monégasque driver – that’s a driver from Monaco, by the way – and powered by an evolution of the W16 that Bugatti first unveiled with the Veyron.
It has 1,600+ horsepower and there’s something else that people have always been fascinated with.
The Chiron has 10 radiators, just like the Veyron.
This is one of the first things that so many creators and owners pointed out when the car came out, and it’s the sort of trivia that everyone loves talking about probably because the Chiron has more radiators than you can find in most people’s homes or apartments.
It needs 10 radiators because the sheer amount of energy and heat this massive W16 produces is incredible.
Bugatti finally replaced the W16 for the new Tourbillon, but it replaced it with an even bigger unit.
The new V16 has the same number of cylinders, but it’s larger.
The other key difference is that the cylinders are now arranged in single file, which is why the hood is so long, whereas the W16 had two rows with eight cylinders in each row.
And, even more importantly, it sounds even better than before.
