A restricted manufacturing run isn’t unique sufficient for you? Bugatti, probably the most refined of all luxurious carmakers, now has the proper reply. The Bugatti Brouillard is a one-off—a hypersports automobile not like some other and, by the way, a tribute to Ettore Bugatti’s love of horses. The multi-million-euro collector’s merchandise might be unveiled on the Monterey Automotive Week. Sadly, it’s already bought—however extra will observe.
By way of its personalisation programme “Sur Mesure”, Bugatti can already fulfil just about each conceivable want of its prosperous clientele. However for one thing much more unique, extra uncommon—and arguably extra outrageous—the reply lies in a one-off hypersports automobile just like the Bugatti Brouillard. And since a automobile turns into much more compelling when paired with a great story, this inexperienced luxurious coupé, with its dramatic 16-cylinder engine mounted within the rear, is called “Brouillard”—after Ettore Bugatti’s favorite horse, a dappled thoroughbred that was intelligent sufficient to open its personal steady door through a particular mechanism. Not like the one horsepower of its equine namesake, the automobile model boasts 1,600 horsepower—with corresponding efficiency.
“The Solitaire programme allows us to discover our prospects’ distinctive visions in a really genuine means, giving us better freedom to reinterpret the long-established Bugatti design language,” says Hendrik Malinowski, Managing Director at Bugatti. “With a one-off, now we have much more inventive freedom whereas nonetheless sustaining our absolute dedication to perfection in each element—no compromises in efficiency, high quality or design.” Below this programme, not more than two distinctive autos might be created per yr, every for a really particular Bugatti shopper—somebody who already has every thing.
The shopper behind this Bugatti Brouillard needs to stay nameless. He’s a passionate Bugatti collector who owns not solely trendy examples however an enormous variety of historic Bugattis too. His assortment additionally consists of authentic Carlo Bugatti furnishings and Rembrandt Bugatti bronze sculptures. With the Brouillard, he wished to unite your entire Bugatti household’s craftsmanship in a single masterpiece—topped by Ettore’s ardour for horses.
Bugatti’s Solitaire personalisation programme is impressed by the model’s coachbuilding roots, a convention that flourished within the early twentieth century when the best automobile our bodies had been created by way of collaborations between automakers and specialist coachbuilders. Jean Bugatti revolutionised this strategy by bringing the craftsmanship in-house, which led to icons just like the Sort 57 SC Atlantic. Although that could be probably the most well-known, the Sort 57 chassis was additionally fitted with a spread of in-house physique kinds together with Galibier, Stelvio, Ventoux and Atalante—providing every thing from four-door saloons to two-door coupés and cabriolets.
Inside, the Bugatti Brouillard options bespoke tartan-patterned materials paired with inexperienced carbon fibre and aluminium components, highlighted by an expansive glass roof. Embroidered horse motifs are stitched into the door panels and seat backs. The seats themselves characteristic a leather-based patch, whereas the aluminium gear lever homes a glass insert containing a handcrafted miniature sculpture of Ettore’s beloved horse. The worth: a number of million euros—or, to the collector, maybe much more. Fairly merely: priceless.
