Bugatti veyron hermes edition

Seen the dancing bronze elephant on the radiator cap of a Type 41 Royale? Said dancing elephant is the reason why this car had bronze-coloured, clear-coated carbon bodywork. The Black Bess was inspired by the rickety Type 18 - nicknamed Black Bess because it was, um, black - which means this GSV wore the same monochromatic paint. But with a few details picked out in gold.

Not gold paint, but 24 carats of the proper stuff, plating the front grille, wheel caps and filler flap. Inside was more of the same. The steering wheel was also fiddled with to tribute the T18 - it had a red rim inspired by the model. As with the previous Veyron 'Legends' we've seen so far, the Ettore was based on the Grand Sport Vitesse, complete with that monster 8.

The rear was finished in dark-blue exposed carbon. Again, just three were made Before it was laid to rest, there was one more Veyron special edition: built for a discerning customer from Singapore, this one-off, bespoke car was presented to the world at Pebble Beach in Heck, even the beams over the old oak gates of the Bugatti HQ in Molsheim were black and yellow. Those initials? Then there was full black leather inside with yellow stitching dotted around, as well as a Bugatti Type 35 sketching rendered in the carbon lid of the centre box between the seats.

Unlike its closest competitors if you can call them that — the McLaren P1, LaFerrari and Porsche - it relied solely on fossil fuels.

Whereas the Veyron Super Sport produced a piffling bhp and lb ft of torque, though, the Chiron develops bhp and lb ft. Oh, and while at a constant top speed the Veyron could drain its litre fuel tank in 12 minutes, the Chiron did it in 9. Then there was the top speed, which Bugatti limited to mph - a token 3mph more than the Veyron Super Sport. The key here once again was exclusivity. It might have used the same 1,bhp behemoth of an engine as the Chiron, but everything else was stiffer, lighter and generally madder, refocusing the car not on top speed, but going around corners like an LMP1 race car.

Well, we say 'light' - 18kgs were stripped out for a kerb weight of 1,kg. We know there will be Chirons in total, and we know that Sport versions will be detracted from that number, but Bugatti has been coy on just how many will get the special treatment If your French is as good as ours, you'll know that the ans edition was to celebrate years since Ettore's first car - the Type It was finished in matt 'Steel Blue' with exposed blue carbon fibre and a gorgeous tricolore on the underside of the rear wing.

The most expensive new car ever. It pays homage to one of the four Type 57 SC Atlantics that was lost in transportation when the Nazis seized Bugatti's Molsheim factory in , and has far more enhanced sculptural qualities than the Chiron it's based on. That styling certainly split opinion when it was announced, mind. Remember it?

What a thing that was, and still is. A contemporary of the McLaren F1, it was powered by a bhp, 3. The road-going version of the Chiron that hit, and passed, mph. Of all the special-edition Chirons, surely this is the one to get Like the Chiron Sport, only The Pur Sport weighs 50kg less than a regular Chiron thanks to new magnesium aero blade wheels shod with sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2R tyres , titanium 3D printed exhaust tips, thinner glass in the rear window, titanium brake pad backplates, less sound deadening and a fixed rear-wing.

Click these blue words to read our review. But that didn't stop scores of people from getting in touch with the company asking for one of their own.

Getting to see a multi-million dollar hypercar show its full strength on the dyno is Meet Steve Jenny, the Radim Passer Get ready for even more incredibly unique creations from Bugatti. Over the recent years, we've seen quite a few heavily Bugatti celebrates its commemorative hypercar with a luxury apparel line. Since its beginning, the Bugatti brand continues to strive for Remember Me. Advertise Contact. Thursday, January 13, One other special touch on this Chiron is the Dedication Plate which goes under the Bonnet.

Hermes also presented Manny with a wonderfully made, spec matched scale model of the Chiron Hermes. How cool is that. These are the kind of things that takes the Customer Experience to a whole new level. The 3 year old journey finally came to an end when Manny Khoshbin finally took delivery of his long awaited Chiron Hermes at his Residence in Orange County California on December 28, Like this: Like Loading Boasting a maximum speed of more than km per hour, the Veyron is unmatched in the super sports category.

This means that the seven-gear clutch transmission works with a torque of up to 1, Newton meters. The Electronic Stability Program ensures the necessary flexibility and maneuverability at any speed.