The manufacturer assembled six Chiron variants at the Château St. Jean in Molsheim, France and some simple maths brings the total (estimated) value of the cars to just under $44 million.
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It packs the same 1,479 hp (1,103 kW) 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16 engine underneath the skin but it’s now mated to a recalibrated automatic gearbox.
It is one of 20 Chiron Noire’s planned for production as a limited edition run and costs an additional €100,000 on top of the normal Chiron Sport.
During the 2010s, Bugatti executives envisioned a three-car range and now we get to see (for the first time ever) what might have been with this pair of Coupe concepts thanks to the folks from Autoblog.
The Chiron R is expected to be positioned between the Chiron Sport and the Super Sport 300+
Stephen Winkelmann, Bugatti boss, did admit that they have a fair selection of engines to choose from the Volkswagen Group lineup but that the “mission for a Bugatti is a different one” to the group’s other brands.
According to company CEO Stephen Winkelmann, the brand estimates that all 500 examples of the limited-run model will have been sold out by the end of 2021.
When you think about the cars Bugatti develops and builds, the last thing you think of is a practical daily driver but a new report suggests things could be a little different in the future.
Some owners are brave enough (or rich enough) to take their hypercar to places it was not meant to go and do things it was not meant to do.
Last year we got the ludicrously expensive Bugatti La Voiture Noire at the Geneva Motor Show and this year we could see something new.