Chiron [Official] Bugatti Chiron

[slicknick]

Short Vodio clip of the interior
http://www.vodio.com/5Ul_DF/interior-bugatti-chiron-geneva

 

[Centurion]

Has anyone spotted speakers anywhere in the cabin?

 

[slicknick]

Has anyone spotted speakers anywhere in the cabin?

Nope, but the invisible speakers apparently do have diamonds in them

Bugatti's $2.6 million supercar has diamonds in the speakers
This isn't madness, this is Bugatti

As if 1,500 horsepower, a $2.6 million price tag, and two metric tons of carbon fiber, aluminum, titanium, glass, and leather weren't enough to set the Bugatti Chiron apart, this new supercar also comes with speaker tweeters made out of diamonds. Each of the four tweeters in the car features a one-carat diamond membrane for what's supposed to be unsurpassed precision and aural fidelity. The company recruited by Bugatti to provide these ultra exclusive speakers is Accuton, and it has a helpful explainer of the benefits of using diamond as a material for reproducing high-frequency sound.

It's an established fact that traditional loudspeaker cones suffer from distortion when pushed to their limits, which has led companies to experimenting with either exotic materials or entirely different technologies, such as with planar magnetic headphones. But diamonds? What were the alternatives considered when designing these tweeters, unobtainium and kryptonite? A 20-page press release accompanies the first images of Bugatti's Veyron successor, and the biggest surprise about it have to be these otherworldly speakers. Accuton's development was prompted by a Fraunhofer Institute research paper investigating the acoustic advantages of diamonds, whose conclusion was that "membranes made of CVD diamond enable audio frequencies of up to 100kHz to be transmitted, values that are not achievable with any other material." Human hearing doesn't extend above 20kHz, but diamonds evidently do have qualities that are desirable for achieving superior reproduction of sound. So yes, this opulent choice might actually adhere to Bugatti's motto of "form follows performance."

http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/29/1...amond-speaker-tweeters-geneva-motor-show-2016

 

[Deleted member 25]

Even before the speakers, where is the audio unit ?

 

[slicknick]

Even before the speakers, where is the audio unit ?

And this, ladies and gents, is the 2.6 million-dollar question

 

[Centurion]

Even before the speakers, where is the audio unit ?

The CD-unit might be in the glove compartment or trunk. Given that we live in the era of smartphones all a car on a dash is a bluetooth button.

 

[Monster]

Even before the speakers, where is the audio unit ?

I am guessing you will have to get the music from USB or connecting your phone to your car via wifi?

Has anyone spotted speakers anywhere in the cabin?

The speakers or one of them is placed just before the door grab handle, kinda hidden behind the perforated leather trim, I have circled it. The rest of the speakers are probably hidden in the rear bulkhead behind the seats, and probably in roof lining.

And this, ladies and gents, is the 2.6 million-dollar question
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I suppose I get the 2.6 million dollars now?

 

[slicknick]

I suppose I get the 2.6 million dollars now?

What color would you like to have your Chiron in?

 

[Monster]

What color would you like to have your Chiron in?

Blue tint carbon fiber will be nice !

 

[Deleted member 25]

The CD-unit might be in the glove compartment or trunk. Given that we live in the era of smartphones all a car on a dash is a bluetooth button.

What about the display ? From the instrument cluster ? Not very nice for the passenger.

 

[KiwiRob]

Hopefully they go in this direction for the super Sports model in a few years time.

 

[Beemer B773ER]

One of the best angle of the car, really shows how much the front end is pulling back from the grill.

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IMO, there's just one slight improvement they could have made on the front. They should have exposed the grille about an inch (like BMW does nowadays). That would really give a sense that the body panels are being ripped back from the grille.

 

[Mr Robert]

This car is so much better than the old, daft bugron.

 

[ThroughandThrough]

An interesting detail: cubic pattern makes up the mesh grill.

 

[Giannis]

What about the display ? From the instrument cluster ? Not very nice for the passenger.

If I can afford a Chiron, the passenger can go f#$% him/ herself. I will listen to whatever I want.

 

[SDNR]

How is it that there isn't even a SINGLE, TINY piece of plastic at all in the interior? Mind...blown....
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Well technically, the entire body of the vehicle is made from plastic

 

[slicknick]

Well technically, the entire body of the vehicle is made from plastic

You mean carbon-fiber?
Well there is a "slight" difference in structure, strength, quality and price,right?
Besides, I meant the interior (which also has a lot of carbon-fiber)

 

[SDNR]

You mean carbon-fiber?
Well there is a "slight" difference in structure, strength, quality and price,right?
Besides, I meant the interior (which also has a lot of carbon-fiber)

I was just being "smart" . You are correct about the interior .....the CF textile is coated with some kind of lacquer much like wood veneers.

As you probably already know, to be useful (for structural strength) carbon fiber textile is suspended in plastic.

Carbon fiber textile before it is embedded in plastic

Carbon fiber/plastic composite

 

[Wunderkind]

I was just being "smart"

As you probably already know, to be useful, carbon fiber textile is suspended in plastic.

Carbon fiber textile before it is embedded in plastic
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Carbon fiber/plastic composite
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In the last photo, the carbon fiber is impregnated with resin, not plastic.

 

[SDNR]

In the last photo, the carbon fiber is impregnated with resin, not plastic.

I'm not sure if natural resins (plant-derived) are ever used with CF.
I assume it is an epoxy resin (Thermosetting polymer) which is a plastic (synthetic resin)