- Two Bugatti Chirons hypercars crashed into each other in Morocco late October
- The CDN$5.5-million cars were part of a Bugatti rally that included CEO Mate Rimac
- The collision also flipped a truck; it seems the Bugatti owners were unharmed
It’s a shocking incident that sent ripples through the car community when the video surfaced online earlier this week: two Bugatti Chirons, among the most exclusive hypercars on the market today, collided as they attempted to overtake a slow-moving truck on what appears to be a back-country road out in Morocco. The truck did not escape unscathed either, flipping over into a ditch by the side of the road as a result of the collision.
Bugatti often organizes exclusive events for its clientele where owners get to drive the marque’s multi-million vehicles on some of the most scenic routes on the planet. This time, the Bugatti Grand Tour was in Morocco, and Bugatti CEO Mate Rimac was in attendance with his own Chiron, though he was not involved in the accident.
It was during one of the drives that the crash, which just happened to be captured on video, occurred. The footage, shared widely on social media, starts with a trio of Chiron hypercars cruising down a two-lane road. The cars occasionally used the oncoming lane to get around slower vehicles, which, to be honest, is pretty much every other vehicle on the road when you are driving a Bugatti Chiron.
At some point, the Bugattis got stuck behind a lumbering truck. The middle car, a Bugatti Chiron Super Sport, pulled left and accelerated to overtake both the lead Chiron, a Pur Sport variant, and the truck. The driver of the Chiron Pur Sport, harbouring a similar idea, pulls out at about the same time.
One would think multi-million-dollar cars like the Chiron, packed with cutting-edge technology, would be equipped with something as basic as a blind-spot monitoring sensor. Well, apparently they don’t have such sensors, and the Chiron’s not-insignificant blind spot didn’t help matters. The Pur Sport driver realized too late that the Chiron Super Sport was alongside.
In an instant, both Bugattis broad-swiped each other. The Chiron Super Sport bounced off the back of the truck before spinning off the road. That impact sent the truck tumbling down an embankment, where it ended up on its side. The Chiron Pur Sport remained on the road, although it also sustained some damage.
Both Chiron variants have a base price of about CDN$5.5 million (US$4,000,000) and the repair costs are bound to be significant. However, we are willing to wager the Bugatti owners will be more miffed about being without their cars for a while than whatever it may cost to fix them. After all, according to former Bugatti CEO Wolfgang Dürheimer, the average Bugatti owner is a billionaire with about 84 cars, three jets, and a yacht.
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