First Bugatti Bolide Hits American Soil, Immediately Destroys COTA
Someone finally bought a hypercar and actually drove the damn thing.
The first Bugatti Bolide in America touched down and headed straight to Circuit of the Americas. No climate-controlled garage. No velvet ropes. No waiting for Bugatti’s official 2025 track sessions.
Just pure, unadulterated speed.
The Machine That Means Business
This isn’t your collector’s garage queen. The Bolide represents Bugatti’s final W16 hurrah – a track-only monster packing:
- 1,577 hp and 1,180 lb-ft of quad-turbocharged fury
- F1-standard carbon brakes developed over two years
- Carbon fiber everything, because weight is the enemy
- A top speed that doesn’t matter on paper, only on asphalt
The anonymous owner rented the entire COTA facility for a private shakedown.
Rain be damned.
When Hypercar Meets Hypercircuit
COTA’s 3.41-mile, 20-turn layout punishes pretenders. The Bolide isn’t one.
The car hit 207 mph on the back straight. In the wet.
Twelve full-throttle laps later, the Bolide proved it’s not just another pretty carbon fiber face with a fancy French name.
It’s one of 40 examples worldwide. Each costs more than most people’s retirement accounts. But unlike most hypercars, this one earned its keep by actually turning wheels in anger.
The Owner Who Gets It
Whoever owns this blue-and-black missile understands what hypercars are for.
Not Instagram. Not appreciation. Not bragging rights at Cars and Coffee.
They’re built to destroy racetracks.
The Bolide’s French Racing Blue livery with Nocturne Black carbon accents didn’t stay pristine for long. It collected rubber, rain, and respect with each lap.
That’s exactly how Ettore would have wanted it.
