Million dollar Bugatti Bolide is about to run on the street like McLaren P1 GTR

The Bugatti Bolide was designed exclusively for the racetrack. However, British tuner Lanzante has plans to make it street legal.

Bugatti is only making 40 Bolides, all of which are designed for the track, not the road, and carry a suggested retail price of around $4 million. But there are some owners who don’t want to keep their beast locked up in their garage, but rather want to let people admire it when it rolls down the street.

Understanding this, tuner Lanzante - with a growing reputation for turning track-only supercars into street-ready machines - wants to change that.

The company previously built a road-legal version of the Porsche 935 and introduced the 95-59, a three-seater based on the McLaren 750S F1 GTR, at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Dean Lanzante, the company's CEO, explains why the Bolide is an ideal candidate for conversion. "We are currently developing the Bugatti Bolide, a vehicle that has some similarities to a production car," he reveals.

The CEO also noted that the Bolide’s architecture is similar enough to other Bugatti models on the road that it would be feasible to convert it into a road-legal car. Turning a dedicated race car into a road-legal car is no easy task.

Many modern race cars are not suitable for street use due to technical specifications such as pre-heating requirements or limited starting mechanisms. Lanzante evaluates each car individually before deciding on a conversion. "Race cars were originally road cars, heavily modified for racing.

“Now a lot of cars are pure race cars,” Lanzante explains. “We take them to the workshop, look at them, and decide yes or no.” Even if a race car can be made street legal, it is still nearly impossible for an untrained owner to drive.

There are no rules, however, governing ride height, suspension stiffness, or cabin temperature. “These are amenities, not regulations. Our goal is to build cars that are truly usable,” Lanzante explains.

The Bolide, despite its track-focused design, is uniquely suited to this process. Its 8.0-liter, quad-turbocharged W16 engine, shared with the Chiron but upgraded with larger turbocharger blades, produces an astonishing 1,578 horsepower and 1,180 pound-feet (1,600 Nm) of torque.

The W16 engine will produce 1,826 horsepower and 1,475 pound-feet (2,000 Nm) of torque, but the production version has been stripped down. Combined with the Chiron's seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, the Bolide weighs just 2,733 pounds, allowing for incredible performance: 0–60 mph in 2.2 seconds, 0–186 mph in 7.4 seconds, and 0–249 mph in 12.1 seconds.

There’s no word yet on whether Lanzante will tame this beast and reduce the power on the road-going Bolide, however. Lanzante hasn’t revealed how much the conversion will cost. Practical considerations, such as tires, remain a factor. The Bolide’s stock racing tires are good for only about 37 miles and cost about $8,000 each.

Video : Bugatti Bolide "beast" runs on track with stunning performance.

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