THE laws of physics have taken a real beating recently, and Bugatti has come along to kick ’em while they’re down.

The French manufacturer has seemingly not just redefined the concept of fast, but shaped it into its own likeness.

Let’s all now take a moment to think about that. Aside from the fact that the list of cars capable of clocking 400km/h are counted on one hand, none could dream of doing so, and then decelerating, in such a brief amount of time.

To achieve the record-setting feat, the Chiron needed 3.112 kilometres of arrow-straight road for the Chiron’s full 1103kW to do its job.

It took less than 500 metres for the Chiron to haul itself from 400km/h back to rest, and with that, a world record.

Next up for the Chiron is a new outright top-speed record attempt of more than 431km/h, currently held by a supercar the Chiron has replaced, the Bugatti Veyron Supersport.

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