Bugatti La Voiture Noire- One-off Modern Day 57SC Atlantic

[ferreira]

I didn't really care for the looks of the Chiron or the Divo, but I quite like this one. I think in this colour and the right light this thing looks exquisite

Good thing they named it "The Black Car" then

 

[Terronium-12]

I love that the thought process appears to be "You know what? I quite like the rear on the McLaren P1. I want that, but accentuate the curves more." 👍

Also, holy 🤬, six exhaust pipes!?

 

[Danoff]

Good looking automobile. Could use some color though. Black is so... it's for cars that aren't great shapes.

Edit:

There was a car posted in a thread somewhere on here (which I'll never find) where the rims were (badly) drawn onto the sidewall to make them look bigger. It was a bit of a hooptie. The sidewall design here reminds me of that... but done well. Still... for this price tag, it reminds me a little of someone in the hood drawing rims onto their sidewall.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Also, holy 🤬, six exhaust pipes!?

It looks like they probably spray used tarmac out as a vapour

La Voiture Noire sounds much nicer off the tongue.

Not if you're French or speak French, it sounds like a non-car person giving a really vague description of a random vehicle.

Noire has a double meaning though, and I think it works very well. Describing something as "black" or "dark" works quite well in the same contexts in English but not as much

 

[McLaren]

Watching Top Gear and Carfection cover this last night, it occurred to me; this is a street legal batmobile with a price tag only Wayne himself would love.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Also, holy 🤬, six exhaust pipes!?

It's a throwback to the original with 6 pipes. Obviously they were smaller

 

[Robin]

Also, holy 🤬, six exhaust pipes!?

The Galibier concept had 8!

 

[Terronium-12]

The Galibier concept had 8!

I...don't think I've ever seen this? It screams Bentley Conti GT though.

 

[TexRex]

I...don't think I've ever seen this? It screams Bentley Conti GT though.

Spectacular interior.

 

[AudiMan2011]

The looks may be polarising but the trailer for it is awesome.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Just found that :

He owns the car now - I can't believe it ...

Edit :
@McLaren See here cristiano-ronaldo-kauft-das-teuerste-auto-der-welt-4332668.html

 

[McLaren]

I think that’s just a rumor. The car was commissioned a while back and it still has a lot of testing to go through, from what I’ve read.

 

[JohnBM01]

Earlier today, I saw the latest edition of DuPont Registry, and I see this car. And let me just say this right now- this is about as bonkers as bonkers can get! Most people wish they had the amount of money this car costs. For the cost of this car, most people have already established themselves as millionaires and executive-level appeal. This thing car costs about $12.6M USD! I remember the Ferrari 250 GTO auctioning off for well over $20M USD, but imagine having the money to pick up this car! It means you better not destroy it, like that one dope who drowned his Bugatti Veyron here in the Houston-Galveston area several years ago.

All of this aside, this is very much a fascinating machine. I think I read the car has about 1200+ brake horsepower and a top speed of 261 mph. The biggest number? That $12M+ USD price tag. So if you have to ask, no. You cant' afford the Bugatti La Voiture Noire... and you probably likely won't.

 

[kikie]

Cristiano Ronaldo did not buy this car according to TMZ.

TMZ says that it is Floyd Mayweather who bought the car. Other media sources mention Ferdinand Piëch – former head of the VW Group – as the buyer.

 

[DeathSmiles]

I just wanted to say this is one of the prettiest cars I have ever seen. In fact, I have never liked a Bugatti for it's looks ever, until now.

 

[Ferraridriver27]

Bumping this thread as Bugatti posted the following on their Instagram:


Edit: it has also been spotted driving around Molsheim:

 

[TheCracker]

Exclusive as it is, i still think it looks terrible. Especially away from the show hall lighting. I'd gladly settle for a boggo Chiron over this.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

I wonder how big the engineering team is. 65,000 hours sounds like a lot...but if that's a team of 100 engineers, that's only about 16 weeks of work assuming full time. For reference, apparently VW put to work 800 engineers (internally) on the new beetle program - implying ~65,000 hours every 2 weeks. I wouldn't guess the Bugatti team is anything close to that big...but I wouldn't be surprised if the original Veyron's program was 20x more engineering hours.

 

[McLaren]

I wonder how big the engineering team is. 65,000 hours sounds like a lot...but if that's a team of 100 engineers, that's only about 16 weeks of work assuming full time. For reference, apparently VW put to work 800 engineers (internally) on the new beetle program - implying ~65,000 hours every 2 weeks. I wouldn't guess the Bugatti team is anything close to that big...but I wouldn't be surprised if the original Veyron's program was 20x more engineering hours.

According to Wiki, Bugatti employs right at 300 employees (as of 2016). 100 engineers sounds exaggerated for a literal, one-off car, but then again, you may be on the money as it's not like Bugatti has a full catalog of cars in the pipeline. The only thing else they might be splitting time between is a Chiron variant or the Centodieci.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

According to Wiki, Bugatti employs right at 300 employees (as of 2016). 100 engineers sounds exaggerated for a literal, one-off car, but then again, you may be on the money as it's not like Bugatti has a full catalog of cars in the pipeline. The only thing else they might be splitting time between is a Chiron variant or the Centodieci.

It's that pool table man.

 

[McLaren]

It's that pool table man.

 

[Jump_Ace]

Meh? Maybe I just have no taste in cars, but the best thing about that car is the rims?


Jerome

 

[lancia delta hf]

Meh? Maybe I just have no taste in cars, but the best thing about that car is the rims?


Jerome

I'm finding most of these new cars pretty boring in design tbh. The more special they try to be the more meh they seem to me.