World’s Most Expensive Car, the Bugatti La Voiture Noire has been Sold!
The new Bugatti La Voiture Noire marks the brand’s 110th anniversary and the world’s most expensive super car at $19 million is also its most powerful
“The Atlantic is one of the icons of Bugatti’s rich history. At the time, this (Bugatti La Voiture Noire) coupé was unique in its elegance, quality and performance, and it remains so today.” -Stephan Winkelmann, President of Bugatti
Descended from the iconic Type 57 SC Atlantic, the new Bugatti La Voiture Noire is easily the most expensive supercar in the world and it’s been sold. The La Voiture Noire so named for its sleek black aesthetics was a one-off bespoke super car produced exclusively for one very wealthy (and extremely lucky) unnamed “Bugatti enthusiast” for the price of US$18.9 million.
“The Atlantic is one of the icons of Bugatti’s rich history. At the time, this coupé was unique in its elegance, quality and performance, and it remains so today. A luxurious hyper sports car. For us, both an inspiration and obligation at the same time,” says Stephan Winkelmann, President of Bugatti
In terms of exclusivity, performance and luxury, the new “La Voiture Noire” is every inch the equal of Jean Bugatti’s masterpiece.
World’s Most Expensive Car, the Bugatti La Voiture Noire has been Sold for US$18.9 million
For those in the know, the signature Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic was an entirely new design created by Jean Bugatti, son of founder Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, an Italian-born French designer and manufacturer. The Type 57 then served as the foundational design language which made Bugatti cars distinctive with their unique curvaceous elements. The Bugatti La Voiture Noire was inspired by its legendary automotive pioneer and debuted to great aplomb at the Geneva International Motor Show.
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- “La Voiture Noire” is an opus of elegance and finesse. Purism and elegance are reflected in every surface and continued into each minute detail. The windscreen seems to flow seamlessly into the windows like the visor on a helmet.
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- The newly designed bumpers are smoothly integrated into the body. Clear lines guide the eye subtly over the surface, which seems to blend into a single piece. With its extended front end and the distinctive BUGATTI Signature line, “La Voiture Noire” creates an elongated impression.
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- Its elegant waistline accentuates the coupé’s contours. At the rear, six tailpipes bear witness to the incredible power of “La Voiture Noire”.
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- Subtly incorporated into the overall appearance, they hint at the strength of the car’s heart, the iconic 16-cylinder engine.
Suffice it to say, when a “Bugatti enthusiast” commissions his own bespoke supercar, you can be rest assured that something like the US$18.9 million Bugatti La Voiture Noire will bear all the key characteristics of the specialist car atelier since it was founded 110 years ago.
Bugatti heralds the Era of “Automotive Haute Couture” with the La Voiture Noire
The world’s most expensive car is a homage to one of four only to be made Type 57 SC vehicles, with the fourth, all-black Atlantic, missing since the Second World War. Thus, the provenance of the new Bugatti La Voiture Noire, so named for its dark muse, is undeniable. Consider it a modern interpretation of the car industry’s most beloved and mysterious colourways.
The fin running down the centre of “La Voiture Noire” echoes the Atlantic’s legendary dorsal seam. It is a unique symbiosis of history and modernity, which subtly runs into the flowing lines of the perforated rear.
The 16-cylinder, eight-litre engine delivers 1,103 kW/1,500 PS and 1,600 Newton-metres of torque. Roaring to life with its six tailpipe configuration
The new Bugatti La Voiture Noire also marks the brand’s 110th anniversary, hence it was especially important that within its chassis beat the heart of one of the world’s most powerful engines – a 16 cylinder 8 litre engine with the output of 1479 horses, a true mechanical marvel. The US$18.9 million six-tailpipe “hypercar” is emblematic of the pinnacle of Bugatti’s production prowess, bringing speed, technology, luxury and aesthetics of an icon into a new era.
According to CNBC, the unnamed “Bugatti enthusiast” according to several industry sources is non other than Volkswagen Group Chairman, Ferdinand Piech, Bugatti was acquired by German automaker Volkswagen in 1998.
