Bugatti, a legendary car maker, is one of the most sought after brands in the world. Bugatti is that legendary brand which holds the coveted position of producing the fastest production, road legal car. Founded in 1909, this brand was and still is known for its exquisite design. Bugatti knows the formula for the perfect blend of performance and magnificence.
Having broken several records with the super fast Veyron, Bugatti decided to commemorate the legends of the automobile industry by starting a collector’s edition ‘Legend Series’. The Ettore Bugatti is the sixth and the last edition of this series. And perhaps the most important one for Bugatti.
The latest edition, the Ettore Bugatti is based on the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. The design is an example of pure brilliance, with clear-coated carbon fibre and polished aluminium panels. This design has been chosen to honor the 1932 type 41 Royale, which was handcrafted by the legendary Ettore Bugatti himself. It also has Ettore Bugatti’s signature on the fuel cap, along with bespoke diamond cut alloys. This car has the ability to touch 404 km/h, with the roof down. On the outside, blue colored carbon fibre panels and hand polished aluminium panels have been used, aping the type 41 Royale.
On the inside, we have two trims of leather with tastefully inserted blue carbon accents. The ‘dancing elephant’ emblem, another ode to the Type 41, coated with platinum, can be seen inside. The rest of the interiors remain unchanged.
The car comes with the same engine, the 8.0 litre, quad turbo W16 engine, churning out 1184 horsepower. This can catapult this supercar from naught to 100 km/h in a mere 2.6 seconds. The last and final edition of the Legend Series, the Ettore Bugatti, has been limited to just 3 units, priced at 2.35 million Euros each. The last and final edition has given a fitting culmination to this legendary series of supercars rolled out by Bugatti in the past year.The original version had a top speed of 408.47 km/h (253.81 mph). It was named Car of the Decade (2000€”2009) by the BBC television programme Top Gear. The standard Bugatti Veyron also won Top Gear’s Best Car Driven All Year award in 2005.
The current Super Sport version of the Veyron is recognized by Guinness World Records as the fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph), and the roadster Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse version is the fastest roadster in the world, reaching an averaged top speed of 408.84 km/h (254.04 mph) in a test in 6 April 2013
The Veyron’s chief designer was Hartmut Warkuss, and the exterior was designed by Jozef Kaba of Volkswagen, with much of the engineering work being conducted under the guidance of engineering chief Wolfgang Schreiber.
