The limited-edition Bugatti Centodieci has accomplished hot-weather testing on the best way to a deliberate begin of manufacturing in 2022, the automaker introduced Thursday in a press launch.

Even supercars have to undergo a full battery of assessments earlier than manufacturing. So along with wind-tunnel testing and monitor testing on the Nürburgring, Bugatti introduced a Centodieci prototype to California and Arizona to verify they might deal with scorching climate.

Bugatti despatched 27 engineers and eight automobiles on a 500-mile trek by way of the desert, the place temperatures as excessive as 113 levels Fahrenheit have been recorded, based on the automaker. The route additionally included an ascent of Mount Lemon, north of Tucson, Arizona, to an altitude of 9,186 toes.

The convoy included one Centodieci, three Chiron Pur Sports activities, and 4 Chiron Tremendous Sports activities, Bugatti famous. Whereas it is based mostly on the Chiron and makes use of that automotive’s 8.0-liter quad-turbocharged W-16 engine, engineers wished to verify the Centodieci’s distinctive bodywork did not current any cooling points, based on Bugatti.

Unveiled in 2019, the Centodieci is a tribute to the Bugatti EB110, the automotive that introduced the model again to life within the early Nineteen Nineties after a roughly 40-year hiatus. Along with styling impressed by the EB110, the Centodieci produces 97 extra horsepower than a regular Chiron, and is about 44 kilos lighter. Bugatti beforehand quoted 0-62 mph in 2.4 seconds, whereas the highest velocity is electronically restricted to 236 mph.

Regardless of an $8.9 million price ticket, the 10-unit manufacturing run had already offered out by the point the Centodieci was unveiled. With hot-weather testing accomplished, Bugatti plans to conduct further high-speed testing and endurance testing in Europe earlier than manufacturing begins in 2022.