This is probably the first footage showing a pair of Bugatti Chiron prototypes, the infamous Veyron successor.

Auto Bild TV shows us the two prototypes in a convoy with a Veyron, a BMW i8 and a Lamborghini Huracan. These early development mules look like they are based on the existing Veyron, with significantly larger air-vents on the rear, just to keep its mega-engine as cool as possible.

The Bugatti Chiron is expected to use the same quad-turbo W16 engine we saw in the Veyron, with reports talking about a 1,500hp power figure and 1,500Nm (1,106lb-ft) of torque with the kind help of the latest Group VW tech, like electric turbocharging. Top speed is estimated at 288mph, with a 0-60mph time at 2 seconds dead.

Other reports are talking about Bugatti adding some electric juice on the powertrain in order to reach these numbers, making the Chiron a plug-in hybrid hypercar, like the latest offerings from McLaren, Ferrari and Porsche.

The only thing we know for real is that Bugatti wants the Chiron to return as the undisputed king of numbers when it debuts in 2016.

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