You know Dreame, right? The Chinese tech outfit that makes vacuum cleaners capable of sucking up everything from bread crumbs to your will to live. Well, they’ve decided they’re bored of carpets and want to take on… Bugatti. Yes, that Bugatti. The Veyron one.
The plan? By 2027, Dreame says it’ll produce the fastest car in the world. Not the fastest vacuum, not the fastest robot mop—an actual car. And not just any car, but an all-electric hypercar designed to “redefine ultra-luxury.” Which, frankly, is a big ask from a company that hasn’t even bolted four wheels together yet.
But Dreame isn’t just plucking numbers out of thin air. Their vacuum motors already spin at a dizzying 200,000 rpm, and they think that whizzy tech can be re-engineered to make a hypercar scream down the Autobahn faster than a Chiron on double espressos. Big claims, especially when Bugatti themselves have moved on from the Veyron and into even scarier territory.
There’s also the irony. While Bugatti continues to cling proudly to fossil-fuel monstrosities, Dreame says their machine will be pure electric, packed with AI that learns your habits. Imagine a car that knows you prefer Taylor Swift on Mondays and heavy regen braking on Fridays. It’ll sync with your smartphone, your smart home, probably even your smart fridge if you let it.
And Dreame isn’t doing this half-heartedly. Nearly 1,000 people are already on the project, many poached from the car and tech worlds. This is more effort than Dyson managed, and Dyson actually tried building an EV before retreating back to hairdryers and hoovers in 2019.
Will Dreame actually build the world’s fastest car? History says: probably not. But if they do, they’ll have pulled off the strangest flex in automotive history — turning a vacuum cleaner brand into a hypercar badge. Just imagine the slogan: “Nothing sucks like a Dreame.”
Bugatti has never been content with simply building the fastest car in the world. From the Veyron to the Chiron, the French marque has consistently rewritten the rulebook of what a hypercar can be. But with the new Bugatti Tourbillon, the brand has elevated its ambitions beyond speed, merging the worlds of haute horology and automotive engineering into one breathtaking statement of craftsmanship, innovation, and artistry.
The Hypercar, Redefined
The Tourbillon hypercar is the beginning of Bugatti’s next chapter, one that blends sculptural design with staggering mechanical precision. Its very name pays homage to watchmaking’s most revered complication, signaling the synergy that defines this new era. Just as a tourbillon mechanism regulates time with unrivaled accuracy, Bugatti’s machine seeks to regulate the hypercar landscape with unparalleled control, power, and beauty.
The car itself represents the pinnacle of Bugatti’s engineering—an intricate machine where performance and design move in lockstep. Yet the story of the Tourbillon isn’t confined to asphalt. It extends to the wrist.
Time, Engineered
Enter Jacob & Co., Bugatti’s equally audacious partner in the world of fine watchmaking. Together, they’ve crafted the Bugatti Tourbillon timepiece, a horological masterpiece that mirrors the ethos of the car it was named after. More than a simple tribute, it’s a direct continuation of Bugatti’s vision: fusing artistry with mechanics in ways previously unimaginable.
The watch’s dial layout takes cues straight from the Tourbillon’s dashboard. A 30-second flying tourbillon dominates the left side, while a central sub-dial recalls a tachometer, elegantly displaying hours and minutes. On the right, an 80-hour power reserve gauge balances the design—though in true Bugatti fashion, it holds a secret.
Inspired by the hypercar’s radical new V16 engine, the timepiece features a sapphire-crystal engine block automaton. With the push of a button, a single-axis crankshaft brings 16 titanium pistons to life in mesmerizing motion. It’s as much theater as it is engineering—a spectacle that blurs the line between performance and artistry.
A Case of Identity
Just as the hypercar’s silhouette is unmistakable, so too is the timepiece’s 52 x 44 mm case. White gold contours echo the Tourbillon’s flowing lines, complete with miniature design nods to grilles, radiators, and even side windows. Laser-etched grids and sapphire crystal inlays allow a glimpse into the inner workings, evoking the voyeuristic thrill of peering into a Bugatti engine bay.
The Baguette: A New Benchmark
If the Tourbillon timepiece is the mechanical equivalent of the hypercar, then the Bugatti Tourbillon Baguette is its jewel-encrusted counterpart. Limited to just 18 pieces, the Baguette elevates Jacob & Co.’s craft into haute joaillerie territory.
Its 18K white gold case is sheathed in 328 baguette-cut diamonds and accented with 18 baguette-cut rubies—the latter evoking the crimson glow of Bugatti’s taillights. The result is nothing short of dazzling, a watch that marries automotive symbolism with jewelry artistry. Seventeen carats of diamonds transform the Tourbillon into not just a timepiece, but a wearable objet d’art.
Craft Without Compromise
Both car and watch stand as a reminder of what Bugatti and Jacob & Co. do best: pushing the boundaries of what is possible. “From the beginning of our partnership, Bugatti and Jacob & Co. have had the honor of channeling our unique, world-leading skillsets into horological creations that stand the test of time,” says Wiebke Ståhl, Managing Director at Bugatti International S.A.
In other words, this is about more than exclusivity—it’s about legacy. With the Tourbillon, Bugatti isn’t just setting lap records. It’s redefining the very language of luxury performance. Whether on the road or on the wrist, the Tourbillon is a statement that time, like speed, waits for no one.
There are track toys. There are hypercars. And then there’s the Bugatti Bolide—an 1,850-horsepower guided missile that was never meant to leave the safety of pit lanes, much less venture onto the public highway where pensioners in Toyota Yaris hybrids roam freely.
The Bolide is the sort of car you don’t so much drive as survive. It’s a “purebred track machine,” Bugatti said at its launch—basically a W16 engine with some bodywork attached, a set of tires that wear out quicker than an iPhone battery, and downforce figures that make jumbo jets blush. It is, in essence, a car designed to chase lap records, not Lidl parking spaces.
But where most of us look at a car like this and say, “Wow, cool—shame I’ll never see one outside YouTube,” Dean Lanzante looks at it and thinks: Right, let’s make that legal for the school run.
Yes, Lanzante, the British outfit famous for making the impossible mundane, is now working on converting the Bolide for road use. These are the same mad scientists who once made a McLaren F1 GTR—a literal Le Mans winner—legal for the motorway. They’ve done it with the Porsche 935 too. And now, they’re turning their spanners on the most insane Bugatti ever built.
Which is a bit like trying to turn a shark into a house pet. Technically doable. In practice? You’d better know what you’re doing, or you’ll lose a leg.
At this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, Lanzante revealed that a road-going Bolide is officially in the works. The engine will pass emissions, the gearbox will be light and “easy to use,” and according to Dean Lanzante himself, the whole thing will be designed so you don’t feel like you’re accidentally entering Le Mans every time you pop to Starbucks.
That last bit is important, because as Lanzante explains, race cars used to start as road cars, only later adapted for track life. These modern hyper-track specials are the other way round—pure racers made slightly more habitable. Which is why some are borderline unusable outside of pit lane: they need preheating, bump-starts, or have batteries so fragile you’d get three starts before it dies. Imagine explaining to an audience of honking commuters that no, your $3 million Bugatti isn’t broken—it’s just “doing racecar things.”
So Lanzante’s job isn’t just about bolting on some number plates and pretending it’s all fine. It’s about serious engineering: emissions tweaks, new gearboxes, drivability upgrades. The dark art of making the Bolide behave itself on a speed bump, not just a straight.
There’s no timeline yet, but when the Lanzante Bolide finally prowls onto the streets, it’ll be one of the most outrageous sights the civilized world has ever seen. Imagine pulling up to your local café in something originally designed to lap the Nürburgring until it caught fire. It’s ludicrous. It’s unnecessary.
It’s also brilliant.
Because while most of us will never get behind the wheel of a Bugatti Bolide—road-legal or otherwise—it’s nice to know that somewhere, somehow, the line between track lunacy and everyday traffic is being blurred. And if anyone can make a car like this survive the chaos of rush hour, it’s Lanzante.
