L'Ultime marks end of Bugatti Chiron production
There have been 499 Chirons before this one-off Super Sport - we won't see its like again
As has become 21st century Bugatti tradition, there have been quite a few limited edition and one-off Chirons since its introduction in 2016. Think Golden Era, Super Sport 300, Pur Sport, 57 One of One and so on. The Chiron Profilée sold for nearly 10m euros. But even by special standards, this Chiron - christened ‘L’Ultime’ - is notable. Because it’s the 500th car, the very last one to be built at Molsheim before the new hybrid era.
Bugatti has really gone to town on it, then, creating a ‘vibrant piece of bespoke art’. L’Ultime is based on a 1,600hp Super Sport, the 25cm extended body adorned with two-tone paint that blends together French Racing Blue and Atlantic Blue. The wheels are colour-coded to each end, the Bugatti macaron in the grille is unique, and the words on the side are ‘hand-written places and events that helped to build the legend of the Chiron’. Apparently the lucky customer was keen to pay home to everything that the car had achieved, a vision that Bugatti’s Sur Mesure department has lived up to. The number ‘500’ has been hand-written on the wheel caps and rear wing, and the French flag is on the mirrors. The Atlantic Blue grille is unique to this Chiron. The interior is described as a ‘carbon fibre symphony’ with a colour scheme that mirrors the outside. All the leather is hand-cut, stitched and applied.
‘In every gleaming detail of the Chiron Super Sport masterpiece, Bugatti reaffirms its place as the paragon of automotive excellence’, proclaims the press release proudly. Hard to quibble, either; even in an automotive era where time moves faster than ever, a hypercar launched eight years ago still stands as the class of the field. Nothing else has quite combined performance and luxury like the Chiron.
Bugatti President Christophe Piochon added: “The Bugatti brand is built not only on pure performance but on absolute craftsmanship, sophistication and elegance, forming the very pinnacle of the automotive sphere. This very special Super Sport - the final masterpiece in the era-defining Chiron family - embodies those values, sublimely connecting such incomparable core attributes with ease and purpose.’ You might call that a fond farewell. Not that Bugatti will be slowing down at all; without Chirons left to produce, focus can turn to the Mistral and Bolide - then it’ll be on to the all-new hypercar…
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imo the veyron/chiron are up there with the greatest cars ever made
sadly I think with the end of ICE the veyron style hyper engineered hyper gt car will kind of be pointless at this price point and the next one might be the last that makes sense unless they then focus on top speed (400mph?) 4,000hp+ cars beyond that
wonder if anti-dumping regulations apply
Lament, lament… etc…
What are you guys doing to advocate for the the thing we all like so much?
How are you using your voice / platform?
Just wondering…
I think it was fifteen years ago that Top Gear ran a special about Aston Martin not producing another V12 powered car...
Manufacturers are using it as a handy excuse to up the asking price for these models.
Legislation will be changed again, and cars fitted with ICE engines (and hybrid systems) will be with us until 2035 at least.
- immense technical obstacles that had to be overcome
- care taken in actually building the car
- quality of materials and components used
- genuine passion and skill of all those involved within Bugatti at Molsheim and in Germany
- diverse high level capabilities of these cars
Only 20 sleeps until the stunningly spectacular and beautiful Chiron successor has its world debut…
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