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Its early cars became known for light weight, sophisticated overhead-camshaft engines, distinctive bodywork, and meticulous construction. This union of technical ambition and artistic presentation remains central to Bugatti’s identity.\n\nThe original company achieved international recognition through both road cars and motor racing. Its Type 35 Grand Prix car became one of the most successful racing automobiles of the 1920s, while Bugatti entries won the Targa Florio repeatedly from 1925 to 1929. The marque also achieved major endurance-racing success, including victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1937 and 1939. Other historically significant models included the large and lavish Type 41 Royale, the Type 55 sports car, and the Type 57 range, particularly the highly collectible Atlantic and Atalante variants. Bugatti’s engineering activities extended beyond automobiles: Ettore Bugatti designed the successful Autorail Bugatti railcar and participated in the development of the Bugatti 100P racing aircraft, although the aircraft never flew.\n\nThe company’s fortunes deteriorated after the deaths of Ettore’s son Jean in 1939 and Ettore himself in 1947. Jean had been an important designer and possible successor, and his death deprived the business of a direct technical and managerial heir. The Second World War damaged the Molsheim facility, while postwar production plans failed to restore the marque to financial stability. A small number of Type 73 cars were built, and the company made its last independent appearance at the 1952 Paris Motor Show. Bugatti’s remaining industrial activities shifted toward aircraft components, and the automobile business eventually ceased operating independently.\n\nThe brand was revived in the late twentieth century. Italian entrepreneur Romano Artioli acquired the name in 1987 and founded Bugatti Automobili S.p.A. in Italy. The company built a technologically ambitious factory at Campogalliano and launched the EB110 GT, a four-wheel-drive, quad-turbocharged V12 supercar. The revival arrived during a difficult economic period, however, and the company ceased operations in 1995. The EB110 program continued briefly through later use of remaining parts and licenses.\n\nVolkswagen Group acquired the Bugatti brand in 1998 and established Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. in France. After a series of W-18-powered design studies, the company introduced the Veyron 16.4, whose 8.0-litre, quad-turbocharged W-16 engine and extreme performance made it a defining modern hypercar. Veyron production continued through several versions until the final Grand Sport Vitesse, La Finale, was sold in 2015. The Chiron succeeded it in 2016 and developed the same combination of immense power, high-speed capability, luxury craftsmanship, and limited production.\n\nIn 2021, ownership of the modern marque moved to Bugatti Rimac, a joint venture associated with Rimac and Porsche. Bugatti remains focused on highly exclusive, hand-finished performance automobiles rather than volume production. In 2024, the company announced the Tourbillon as the Chiron’s successor, featuring a V16 hybrid-electric powertrain. The modern brand therefore links prewar racing and design heritage with contemporary electrification, while continuing to position Molsheim as the center of its manufacturing and craftsmanship identity.\n\nBugatti Automobiles S.A.S. is a French ultra-luxury sports-car manufacturer headquartered in Molsheim, Alsace. The modern company was established by Volkswagen AG in 1998 after Volkswagen acquired the Bugatti name and related design rights from Romano Artioli, whose Italian company Bugatti Automobili S.p.A. had produced the EB 110 and EB 112 during the late 1980s and 1990s. Although the current legal entity dates from 1998, it deliberately presents itself as the continuation of the historic Bugatti marque founded by Ettore Bugatti at Molsheim in 1909.\n\nVolkswagen rebuilt the marque around technically extreme, highly exclusive cars rather than conventional volume production. Early Volkswagen-era studies included the EB 118, EB 218, 18/3 Chiron and EB 18/4 GT concepts. These experiments culminated in the Veyron 16.4, whose 8.0-litre, quad-turbocharged W16 engine and all-wheel-drive system required extensive engineering development. Production began in 2005 at a new atelier beside Château Saint-Jean, near the historic Bugatti site. The Veyron established the modern brand's defining formula: exceptional speed, hand-finished construction, scarce production, elaborate engineering and prices positioned far above ordinary luxury vehicles.\n\nThe Veyron family included open-top Grand Sport derivatives and the 1,200-horsepower Super Sport. In 2010, a Veyron Super Sport reached 431.072 km/h in a record-setting run for a road-legal production sports car, while the Grand Sport Vitesse later established a record for an open-top production car. After a run of 450 Veyrons, Bugatti introduced the Chiron in 2016. The Chiron retained the W16 architecture but raised output to 1,500 horsepower and added a broader range of performance and bespoke derivatives. These included the handling-focused Chiron Sport, the limited Chiron Sport 110 ans, the track-oriented Pur Sport, the high-speed Super Sport 300+, and the aviation-themed Les Légendes du Ciel.\n\nBugatti also expanded into modern coachbuilding. The Divo, limited to 40 examples, introduced a more aggressively differentiated, track-focused body based on the Chiron and sold out rapidly. One-off and ultra-limited projects such as La Voiture Noire and Centodieci used historical Bugatti references while emphasizing individual commissioning and collector value. In December 2021, the company formalized this activity through Sur Mesure, its bespoke personalization division.\n\nThe brand's ownership changed during a period of strategic review at Volkswagen. In 2020, Volkswagen explored a sale or restructuring of Bugatti, and in 2021 Bugatti Automobiles was combined with Rimac's sports-car operations in the Bugatti Rimac joint venture. Rimac Group holds a 55 percent interest in the joint venture and Porsche AG holds 45 percent. Mate Rimac has led Bugatti Rimac since November 2021. The arrangement combines Bugatti's heritage, manufacturing and luxury positioning with Rimac's expertise in electric performance technology. 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Its positioning rests on rarity, engineering intensity, hand craftsmanship, exceptional acceleration and top-speed capability, historical racing credibility, and a design language that treats the automobile as both a technical machine and an object of art.\n\nUltra-luxury hypercars combining French heritage, extreme performance, advanced engineering, hand-finished production, scarcity and high personalization.", "wikiPathKey": "Bugatti", "wikiTitle": "Bugatti", "wikidataId": null, "sameAs": [ "https://www.bugatti.com/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" ], "claimStatus": "unverified", "updatedAt": "2026-10-13T20:03:58.669Z", "generatedAt": "2026-08-21T22:08:39.319Z", "executives": [ { "name": "Mate Rimac", "title": "Chief Executive Officer of Bugatti Rimac", "isCurrent": true, "startYear": 2021, "endYear": null }, { "name": "Stephan Winkelmann", "title": "President", "isCurrent": false, "startYear": 2018, "endYear": 2021 }, { "name": "Wolfgang Dürheimer", "title": "President", 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Chiron, continuing the marque’s ultra-luxury hypercar strategy while introducing hybrid power.", "tags": [ "product_launch", "product_generation" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "headline": "Bugatti and Rimac agree to form joint venture", "year": 2021, "summary": "Bugatti Automobiles and Rimac's sports-car business were combined into Bugatti Rimac, owned 55 percent by Rimac Group and 45 percent by Porsche AG.", "tags": [ "mna" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Automobiles" }, { "headline": "Bugatti establishes Sur Mesure bespoke division", "year": 2021, "summary": "The company formally created Sur Mesure to organize its bespoke personalization and coachbuilding work.", "tags": [ "product_launch" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Automobiles" }, { "headline": "Bugatti and Rimac combine sports-car operations", "year": 2021, "summary": "Bugatti Automobiles and Rimac’s sports-car activities were merged into Bugatti Rimac, backed by Rimac Group and Porsche AG.", "tags": [ "leadership_change", "mna" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Automobiles" }, { "headline": "Volkswagen reviews Bugatti ownership", "year": 2020, "summary": "Volkswagen explored a possible sale or restructuring of the brand, with discussions involving Rimac.", "tags": [ "mna" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Automobiles" }, { "headline": "Volkswagen considers sale of Bugatti", "year": 2020, "summary": "Volkswagen was reported to be evaluating the future ownership of Bugatti and began discussions with Rimac as part of a strategic review of the low-volume brand.", "tags": [ "mna" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Automobiles" }, { "headline": "Bugatti reveals the Chiron", "year": 2016, "summary": "Bugatti introduced the Chiron at the Geneva Motor Show as the successor to the Veyron.", "tags": [ "product_launch", "product_generation" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "headline": "Bugatti ends Veyron production with La Finale", "year": 2015, "summary": "The last Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, identified as La Finale, marked the end of the Veyron production era.", "tags": [ "product_generation" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "headline": "Veyron Super Sport sets production-car speed record", "year": 2010, "summary": "A Veyron Super Sport reached 431.072 km/h in a record-setting run.", "tags": [ "other" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Automobiles" }, { "headline": "Veyron Super Sport records 431.072 km/h", "year": 2010, "summary": "A road-legal Veyron Super Sport achieved a recorded top speed of 431.072 km/h, reinforcing Bugatti’s performance leadership.", "tags": [ "other", "product_generation" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Automobiles" }, { "headline": "Bugatti inaugurates its Molsheim atelier", "year": 2005, "summary": "The company opened a new production atelier beside Château Saint-Jean in Molsheim, restoring the city as the center of the modern Bugatti operation.", "tags": [ "other" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Automobiles" }, { "headline": "Bugatti brand acquired by Volkswagen Group", "year": 1998, "summary": "Volkswagen Group acquired the Bugatti name and created the modern French Bugatti automobile operation, beginning a new phase of concept development and production-car engineering.", "tags": [ "mna" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "headline": "Volkswagen establishes modern Bugatti company", "year": 1998, "summary": "Volkswagen created Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. in France and obtained the Bugatti name and design rights, beginning the modern revival of the marque.", "tags": [ "other", "mna" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Automobiles" } ], "encyclopedia": { "history": "Ettore Bugatti founded the automobile company bearing his name in 1909 at Molsheim, a city in Alsace that was then within the German Empire. The founder was born in Milan and came from an artistic family: his father, Carlo Bugatti, was known for Art Nouveau furniture and jewelry. This background influenced the company’s unusual combination of mechanical sophistication and visual design. Bugatti automobiles were engineered with close attention to weight, surface finish, component integration, and the appearance of exposed mechanical parts.\n\nThe company resumed automobile activity after the First World War and presented lightly revised prewar designs at the 1919 Paris Motor Show. Its racing career soon became central to its reputation. The Type 35, introduced in the 1920s, became one of the most successful Grand Prix cars of its period. Bugatti cars also dominated the Targa Florio for five consecutive years from 1925 through 1929, and a privately entered Bugatti won the first Monaco Grand Prix in 1929. The marque’s later endurance achievements included Jean-Pierre Wimille’s Le Mans victories in 1937 and 1939, the latter shared with Pierre Veyron.\n\nBugatti also explored projects outside conventional road cars. Ettore developed the Autorail Bugatti, a motorized railcar, and pursued an aircraft racer intended for the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize. The resulting Bugatti 100P, designed with Louis de Monge, was never flown. During the 1930s the company continued to develop prestigious road cars, including the Type 41 Royale and Type 57 family. Jean Bugatti became an important contributor to the company’s design and engineering work, but died on 11 August 1939 while testing a Type 57-based racing car near the Molsheim factory.\n\nThe Second World War severely disrupted the company. The Molsheim site was damaged, and postwar plans for new cars, including the Type 73 and Type 73C, did not lead to a sustainable production business. Ettore Bugatti died on 21 August 1947, further weakening the company. Only a handful of Type 73 cars were built, and the marque’s final independent motor-show appearance occurred in Paris in 1952. The business subsequently concentrated on aircraft components. It was acquired by Hispano-Suiza in 1963, and later industrial reorganizations placed the activities within Messier-Bugatti.\n\nRomano Artioli revived Bugatti as an automobile brand in 1987 through Bugatti Automobili S.p.A. in Italy. A purpose-built facility at Campogalliano supported development of the EB110, a four-wheel-drive supercar with a quad-turbocharged V12 and advanced composite construction. Despite substantial technical ambition and high-profile customers, the company entered the market during a recession and stopped operating in 1995. Remaining EB110 rights and parts later supported limited continuation and derivative projects.\n\nVolkswagen Group purchased the marque in 1998 and re-established Bugatti Automobiles in Molsheim. Early concepts such as the EB118, EB218, and 18/3 Chiron explored the new company’s design direction. The production Veyron 16.4 entered assembly in 2005 with an 8.0-litre quad-turbocharged W-16 engine. Its engineering and performance established Bugatti as a modern hypercar benchmark. The Chiron followed in 2016, extending the Veyron formula through new styling, chassis development, and numerous special versions.\n\nIn 2021, the brand became part of Bugatti Rimac. The company remains a low-volume luxury manufacturer centered on Molsheim craftsmanship and highly individualized vehicles. In 2024 it announced and confirmed the Tourbillon, a Chiron successor using a V16 hybrid-electric powertrain. Bugatti’s current identity thus combines a prewar competition legacy, the Veyron and Chiron technology programs, and a forward-looking hybrid strategy.\n\nThe historic Bugatti marque was founded by Ettore Bugatti in 1909 at Molsheim, then part of the German Empire and now in France. Ettore's company became known for technically distinctive sports, racing and luxury cars, including the Type 35 racing car and the Type 57 family. The original business declined after the Second World War and eventually ceased automobile production.\n\nA revival began in Italy under Romano Artioli, who established Bugatti Automobili S.p.A. and developed the EB 110 and EB 112. That company operated from 1987 until 1998. Volkswagen AG then created Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. in France on 22 December 1998 and obtained the Bugatti naming and design rights. Volkswagen also acquired Château Saint-Jean, Ettore Bugatti's former guest house near Molsheim, and restored it as the symbolic headquarters of the revived marque.\n\nVolkswagen commissioned a sequence of concepts to define the new Bugatti. Italdesign presented the EB 118 coupé at the 1998 Paris Motor Show and the EB 218 sedan at Geneva in 1999. The 18/3 Chiron followed at the 1999 Frankfurt show, while Volkswagen designed the EB 18/4 GT in-house. These studies used an unusual W18 engine concept before development shifted to the W16 powertrain that would underpin the Veyron.\n\nThe EB 16/4 Veyron concept appeared in 2000. Its 8.0-litre, 16-cylinder engine, four turbochargers, all-wheel drive and very high-speed requirements made development unusually difficult. Transmission and durability challenges delayed production from the originally expected 2003 launch to September 2005. The Veyron became the foundation of Bugatti's modern identity and was produced in a tightly limited run, later joined by Grand Sport and Super Sport variants.\n\nThe Veyron Super Sport achieved 431.072 km/h in 2010, and the Grand Sport Vitesse reached 408.84 km/h in an open-top record attempt in 2013. Bugatti also developed concepts such as the 16C Galibier, a proposed luxury sedan, but cancelled the project in 2013 in order to concentrate on replacing the Veyron.\n\nThe Chiron was announced in 2015 and unveiled at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. It increased output to 1,500 horsepower and was planned for a 500-unit production run. Its derivatives broadened the brand's portfolio without abandoning low-volume manufacture. The Divo introduced a more pronounced coachbuilt approach in 2018. La Voiture Noire, shown in 2019, was a one-off inspired by the lost Type 57 SC Atlantic. The Centodieci, also shown in 2019, referenced the EB 110 and was limited to ten cars.\n\nBugatti marked its 110th anniversary with special editions and customer events in 2019. A modified Chiron exceeded 300 mph, reaching 490.485 km/h at Volkswagen's Ehra-Lessien test facility. In 2020 the company presented the Chiron Pur Sport and later the Chiron Sport Les Légendes du Ciel. Bugatti also delivered 77 vehicles in 2020 and reported that operating profit had increased for a third consecutive year in January 2021.\n\nIn 2021, Bugatti became part of Bugatti Rimac, a joint venture between Rimac Group and Porsche AG. Mate Rimac became chief executive of the combined company. The structure linked Bugatti's French manufacturing and luxury heritage with Rimac's electric-performance and software capabilities. Bugatti continues to operate from Molsheim and focuses on exceptionally limited road cars, track products and bespoke personalization.", "milestones": [ { "year": 1909, "title": "Ettore Bugatti establishes the company", "summary": "Ettore Bugatti founded the automobile company in Molsheim, then located in the German Empire and now in France.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "year": 1924, "title": "Type 35 enters Grand Prix competition", "summary": "The Type 35 became the foundation of Bugatti’s outstanding Grand Prix racing record.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "year": 1929, "title": "Bugatti wins the first Monaco Grand Prix", "summary": "A privately entered Bugatti won the inaugural Monaco Grand Prix.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "year": 1937, "title": "First modern-era Le Mans victory", "summary": "Jean-Pierre Wimille and Robert Benoist won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Bugatti.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "year": 1939, "title": "Jean Bugatti dies during testing", "summary": "Jean Bugatti died while testing a Type 57-based racing car, creating a major succession crisis.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "year": 1947, "title": "Ettore Bugatti dies", "summary": "The founder’s death further weakened the postwar company.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "year": 1952, "title": "Original automobile company ceases operations", "summary": "Bugatti made its final independent appearance at the Paris Motor Show during the company’s long decline.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "year": 1987, "title": "Romano Artioli revives the marque", "summary": "The Bugatti name was acquired and revived through Bugatti Automobili S.p.A.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "year": 1995, "title": "EB110 company stops operating", "summary": "Bugatti Automobili S.p.A. ceased operations after the EB110 program encountered financial difficulties.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "year": 1998, "title": "Volkswagen Group acquires the brand", "summary": "Volkswagen Group acquired Bugatti and began developing a new French-based luxury automobile operation.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "year": 2005, "title": "Veyron production begins", "summary": "Bugatti began assembling the Veyron 16.4 at its Molsheim facility.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "year": 2016, "title": "Chiron is unveiled", "summary": "Bugatti revealed the Chiron as the Veyron’s successor at the Geneva Motor Show.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "year": 2021, "title": "Bugatti Rimac becomes the brand owner", "summary": "The Bugatti marque moved into the Bugatti Rimac structure.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "year": 2024, "title": "Tourbillon is confirmed", "summary": "Bugatti confirmed the Tourbillon as the Chiron successor and announced its V16 hybrid-electric powertrain.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti" }, { "year": 1998, "title": "Volkswagen creates Bugatti Automobiles", "summary": "Volkswagen established Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. and acquired the modern marque's naming and design rights.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Automobiles" }, { "year": 2000, "title": "Veyron concept introduced", "summary": "The EB 16/4 Veyron concept established the core W16 hypercar program.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Automobiles" }, { "year": 2005, "title": "Molsheim atelier inaugurated", "summary": "Bugatti opened its modern production atelier beside Château Saint-Jean.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Automobiles" }, { "year": 2010, "title": "Veyron Super Sport speed record", "summary": "The Veyron Super Sport reached 431.072 km/h in a production-car speed record run.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Automobiles" }, { "year": 2018, "title": "Divo announced", "summary": "Bugatti announced a 40-car, track-focused Chiron derivative that sold out rapidly.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Automobiles" }, { "year": 2019, "title": "Chiron exceeds 300 mph", "summary": "A modified Chiron reached 490.485 km/h at Ehra-Lessien.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Automobiles" }, { "year": 2021, "title": "Bugatti Rimac joint venture formed", "summary": "Bugatti joined Rimac's sports-car operations in a new Rimac Group–Porsche AG joint venture.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Automobiles" } ], "products": [ { "name": "Type 35", "category": "Grand Prix racing car", "description": "The Type 35 was Bugatti’s landmark Grand Prix racer of the 1920s. Its compact proportions, light construction, advanced engine layout, and responsive handling helped it achieve an exceptional record in period competition. It became closely associated with Bugatti’s racing identity and remains one of the most recognized historic competition cars.", "launchedYear": 1924, "status": "historic" }, { "name": "Type 41 Royale", "category": "Luxury automobile", "description": "The Type 41 Royale was an exceptionally large and lavish automobile intended for the highest level of luxury motoring. It expressed Ettore Bugatti’s interest in combining imposing scale with technical refinement and elaborate presentation. Its rarity and historical importance have made it one of the defining prewar Bugatti models.", "launchedYear": null, "status": "historic" }, { "name": "Type 57 Atlantic", "category": "Luxury sports car", "description": "The Type 57 Atlantic is among the most celebrated Bugatti designs. It combined the Type 57 platform with a highly distinctive aerodynamic body and carefully resolved details. Surviving examples are exceptionally rare and are valued for their design significance as well as their connection to the marque’s prewar grand touring tradition.", "launchedYear": null, "status": "historic" }, { "name": "EB110 GT", "category": "Supercar", "description": "The EB110 GT was the principal product of the 1980s revival led by Romano Artioli. It used a mid-mounted 3.5-litre quad-turbocharged V12, four-wheel drive, and a six-speed transmission. The car represented an ambitious attempt to restore Bugatti as a technologically advanced supercar manufacturer before the company’s financial collapse in 1995.", "launchedYear": 1991, "status": "historic" }, { "name": "Veyron 16.4", "category": "Hypercar", "description": "The Veyron 16.4 was Bugatti’s first regular-production model under Volkswagen Group ownership. Its defining engineering feature was an 8.0-litre W-16 engine with four turbochargers, supported by all-wheel drive and a highly developed chassis and cooling system. The Veyron established the modern Bugatti formula of extreme performance combined with luxury craftsmanship.\n\nBugatti's first major Volkswagen-era production car used an 8.0-litre quad-turbocharged W16 and all-wheel drive. The Veyron family included the closed coupé, Grand Sport roadster and Super Sport. It established the brand's contemporary combination of extreme speed, hand-finished assembly and very limited production.", "launchedYear": 2005, "status": "historic" }, { "name": "Chiron", "category": "Hypercar", "description": "The Chiron succeeded the Veyron in Bugatti’s modern hypercar range. It retained the marque’s W-16 and quad-turbocharged performance philosophy while introducing a new body, revised structural engineering, updated aerodynamics, and a wide range of special editions. The model reinforced Bugatti’s focus on limited production, personalization, and very high performance.\n\nThe Chiron succeeded the Veyron with a 1,500-horsepower W16 engine, a stronger structure and a planned production limit of 500 vehicles. Its platform supported multiple derivatives, including Sport, Pur Sport, Super Sport and numerous special editions.", "launchedYear": 2016, "status": "active" }, { "name": "Tourbillon", "category": "Hybrid hypercar", "description": "The Tourbillon is the announced successor to the Chiron. Bugatti confirmed that it would use a V16 hybrid-electric powertrain, signaling a transition toward electrification while preserving the marque’s emphasis on dramatic powertrains, bespoke presentation, and limited-volume luxury production.", "launchedYear": 2024, "status": "announced" }, { "name": "Divo", "category": "Coachbuilt hypercar", "description": "The Divo is a Chiron-based limited series emphasizing cornering performance, aerodynamic downforce and visual differentiation. Only 40 examples were planned, and the allocation was sold shortly after announcement.", "launchedYear": 2018, "status": "limited production" }, { "name": "La Voiture Noire", "category": "One-off coachbuilt car", "description": "La Voiture Noire is a one-off Chiron-based grand touring hypercar whose design references the historic Type 57 SC Atlantic. It was presented as a highly personalized collector commission rather than a regular series model.", "launchedYear": 2019, "status": "one-off" }, { "name": "Centodieci", "category": "Limited-edition hypercar", "description": "The Centodieci reinterprets the EB 110 through a heavily redesigned Chiron-based body and a 1,600-horsepower W16. Production was limited to ten vehicles.", "launchedYear": 2019, "status": "limited production" }, { "name": "Bolide", "category": "Track-only hypercar", "description": "The Bolide is a track-only Bugatti developed around the company's W16 performance technology. Its purpose is circuit use rather than road registration, extending Bugatti's engineering and collector portfolio beyond road-going grand tourers.", "launchedYear": 2020, "status": "limited production" }, { "name": "Sur Mesure", "category": "Bespoke personalization", "description": "Sur Mesure is Bugatti's formal bespoke division. 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