Bugatti is celebrating the conclusion of its “Les Légendes de Bugatti” edition (Bugatti Legends) with the world première of the company’s sixth Legend. It honours Ettore Bugatti, founder and patron of the brand, and as with the five previous Legends, only three of the final Legends model will be produced at a price tag of €2.35 million net.
The “Ettore Bugatti” Legend is based on the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse, as are all the other Legends. The super sports car is powered by a 1,200 PS, 8-litre W16 engine that transmits an unequalled 1,500 Nm at 3,000 to 5,000 rpm to the tarmac and rockets it from zero to 100 km/h in 2.6 seconds. Maximum speed with the roof down is 408.84 km/h.
The design of the carbon body of the Legends model “Ettore Bugatti” is based on a 1932 Type 41 Royale with the chassis number 41111 and sports a “yin-yang” colour split. The front part is made of hand-polished aluminium and finished with a clear coating. For the first time, this material is used for the entire front and side panels including the bonnet, the mirror bases and housings, the exterior door handles and the corners of the bumpers, the wings, the doors and the regions just behind them, the so-called “medallions”.
The vehicle’s rear, sill panels and A-pillar trims are finished with dark-blue exposed carbon. Based on one of the most famous wheel rim designs in automotive history, the polished, diamond-cut wheel rims were specially developed for this vehicle and colour-coordinated with a dark-blue finish. The 8-spoke wheel was created by Ettore Bugatti and the wheel rim design on the Vitesse Legend carries the name “Ettore Bugatti.” The signature of the company’s founder Ettore Bugatti is engraved into the tank and oil cap and painted in silver while the Bugatti horseshoe and the EB logo at the rear shine out in platinum.
The exterior’s blue exposed carbon is present again in the vehicle interior, such as in the door trims and cover of the rear centre box, complemented by the seats’ dark-blue seams. The eye-catching feature of the interior is the platinum-coated dancing elephant, that is inset in the cover of the rear centre box and reminiscent of the hood ornament of the Type 41 Royale. Other well-known Legends features have also been included in this vehicle, namely the “Brun Cavalier” leather-clad insert in the centre console extension which bears the “Les Légendes de Bugatti” nameplate and the relief of the dancing elephant as well as the door sills bearing the portrait and signature of Ettore Bugatti.
The Bugatti Veyron Ettore will make its public debut at the “Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance” on August 15th and the company will be presenting all six Bugatti Legends together at the event for the first and one time only.
