Bolt Buggy

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Bolt Buggy
Bolt Buggy from Mario Kart Tour
The Bolt Buggy in Mario Kart Tour
Strong stats Speed, Weight, Off-Road
Weak stats Acceleration, Handling
Appears in Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart Tour

The Bolt Buggy is a kart in the Mario Kart series. It resembles the Pipe Frame with a yellow chassis similar to Donkey Kong's color scheme and a pair of headlights in the front. The emblem is located on the back of the kart. The Varmint from Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has a similar design to this vehicle.

History[edit]

Mario Kart 7[edit]

The Bolt Buggy first appears in Mario Kart 7 as a default kart body part. It boosts speed, weight, and off-road, but its acceleration and handling are hindered during the process. It is one of the only five karts to increase off-road boost, with the other four being the Bumble V, Cact-X, Pipe Frame, and Tiny Tug. Also, the Bolt Buggy is tied with the B Dasher and Blue Seven for the lowest acceleration of all kart bodies. The engine sound is actually a lower-pitched version of several karts from Mario Kart DS, such as the Poltergust 4000, ROB-LGS and Zipper. It also sounds similar to the Koopa King from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and a BMW M3 GT2 4.0L V8 engine. It has the lowest calculated stat total of all kart bodies.

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

The Bolt Buggy appears in Mario Kart Tour, where it is classified as a tour-exclusive Super kart. It was added to the game in the Jungle Tour and is the signature kart of Funky Kong. The kart uses the Monster tires from Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and offers longer-lasting Slipstream boosts and increases the number of points earned for performing Slipstreams.

The kart also has a black and red variant called the Dark Buggy and a green and blue variant called the Green Lightning, and both of them are classified as High-End karts.

Starting from the Battle Tour, the Bolt Buggy has been available in regular pipes and is currently a part of the Daily Selects set. The following table shows the kart's availability by tour.

Tour Availability
Jungle Tour Jungle Pipe 1
(Spotlight)
Jungle Pipe 2
Los Angeles Tour (2020) Los Angeles Pipe 1
Los Angeles Pipe 2
(Spotlight)
Autumn Tour (2021) Token Shop
50 event tokens

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Mario Kart 7 stat boosts[edit]

  • Speed: +0.25
  • Sea Speed: -0.5
  • Air Speed: -0.25
  • Acceleration: -0.5
  • Weight: +0.25
  • Handling: -0.25
  • Sea Handling: 0
  • Air Handling: 0
  • Off-Road: +0.25
  • Mini-Turbo: -0.5
  • Stability: 0
  • Drift: -0.25

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

Special skill Slipstream Plus icon from Mario Kart Tour Slipstream Plus
Favorite courses
(Bonus points ×2)
GCN Dino Dino Jungle from Mario Kart Tour
GCN Dino Dino Jungle
GCN Dino Dino Jungle R from Mario Kart Tour
GCN Dino Dino Jungle R
SNES Vanilla Lake 1 from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Vanilla Lake 1
SNES Vanilla Lake 1R from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Vanilla Lake 1R
N64 Kalimari Desert R from Mario Kart Tour
N64 Kalimari Desert R
SNES Donut Plains 1 from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Donut Plains 1
GCN Dino Dino Jungle R/T from Mario Kart Tour
GCN Dino Dino Jungle R/T
SNES Donut Plains 1R/T from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Donut Plains 1R/T
Tokyo Blur R/T from Mario Kart Tour
Tokyo Blur R/T
GCN Cookie Land from Mario Kart Tour
GCN Cookie Land
Favored courses
(Bonus points ×1.5)
N64 Kalimari Desert from Mario Kart Tour
N64 Kalimari Desert
RMX Choco Island 1 from Mario Kart Tour
RMX Choco Island 1
GCN Dino Dino Jungle T from Mario Kart Tour
GCN Dino Dino Jungle T
DS DK Pass R from Mario Kart Tour
DS DK Pass R
N64 Kalimari Desert T from Mario Kart Tour
N64 Kalimari Desert T*
SNES Donut Plains 1R from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Donut Plains 1R**
SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2 from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2
SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2T from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2T
DS Airship Fortress from Mario Kart Tour
DS Airship Fortress
DS Airship Fortress T from Mario Kart Tour
DS Airship Fortress T
Los Angeles Laps R from Mario Kart Tour
Los Angeles Laps R
Los Angeles Laps from Mario Kart Tour
Los Angeles Laps
3DS Rosalina's Ice World T from Mario Kart Tour
3DS Rosalina's Ice World T
3DS Rosalina's Ice World R from Mario Kart Tour
3DS Rosalina's Ice World R
SNES Donut Plains 2 from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Donut Plains 2
SNES Donut Plains 2R from Mario Kart Tour
SNES Donut Plains 2R
Wii Koopa Cape R from Mario Kart Tour
Wii Koopa Cape R
Wii Dry Dry Ruins from Mario Kart Tour
Wii Dry Dry Ruins
Athens Dash 2T from Mario Kart Tour
Athens Dash 2T
Rome Avanti T from Mario Kart Tour
Rome Avanti T

* indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 3. ** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 6.
*** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 8.

  • Mario Kart Tour Twitter: Thundering onto the #MarioKartTour track is the Bolt Buggy! This banana-colored monster machine is great for off-roading and straightaways. There's no time to wave goodbye to your rivals when you're fast as lightning![1]

Gallery[edit]

Mario Kart 7[edit]

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese バナナバギー
Banana Bagī
Banana Buggy

Chinese (simplified) 香蕉越野车
Xiāngjiāo yuèyěchē
Banana Buggy

Chinese (traditional) 香蕉越野車
Xiāngjiāo yuèyěchē
Banana Buggy

Dutch Bananenbuggy
Banana Buggy
French Buggy Banane
Banana Buggy
German Bananabuggy
Banana Buggy
Italian Bananauto
From banana and auto ("car")
Korean 바나나버기
Bananabeogi
Banana Buggy

Portuguese (NOA) Buguelâmpago
From bugue ("buggy") and relâmpago ("lightning")
Portuguese (NOE) Velozmóvel
From veloz ("fast") and automóvel ("automobile")
Russian Быстрый багги
Bystryy baggi
Quick buggy

Spanish Kartplátano
Banana Kart

References[edit]

  1. ^ mariokarttourEN (May 23, 2020). Twitter. Retrieved May 24, 2020.