Tue 5 Apr 2011
Bugatti has received approval from parent company Volkswagen to build the 16C Galibier sedan, according to a Bloomberg report quoting two people familiar with the matter. Show as a concept at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, the Galibier packs 1,000 horsepower under its hood and could cost around €1 million ($1.4 million), according to the inside sources.
Mon 11 Oct 2010
I wasn’t aware of this, but apparently billionaires absolutely despise leaving their cars to board other modes of transportation. You can just imagine Donald Trump sighing heavily in the back of his Maybach, “Do I really have to open the door and climb up those five little steps to board my Gulfstream V?”
No doubt feeling deeply for these disheartened millionaires, U.K. concept designer Philip Pauley has come up with the Halo Intersceptor [sic], a futuristic study for a car that can be transformed into a plane, a helicopter and even a boat.
Thu 17 Jun 2010
It seems like every month there is a rumor about another special-edition Bugatti Veyron, If they ever turn out to be true, they usually end up being a special-edition Veyron with some exclusive paint job or the use of carbon fiber and other lightweight materials.
Fri 21 May 2010
A Bugatti Veyron, one of the world’s most desirable supercars, will feature in a massive ‘Fast and Furious’ sale of 350 sports cars, coupes, performance vehicles, motorcycles and convertibles at BCA Blackbushe near Camberley in Surrey on Saturday 5th June.
The cars have been entered for sale by Lex Autolease and Black Horse and represent one of the most valuable sales of contemporary vehicles ever staged in the UK. Lex Autolease and Black Horse have worked closely in partnership with BCA to bring together a truly exceptional selection of vehicles for this event.
Fri 7 May 2010
A couple of days ago we were surprised by someone cashing out $3.5 million for a 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica. Well, that now seems like child’s play because the estate of Dr. Peter D. Williamson sold the late car collector’s 1936 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic to the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, Ca., for between $30 million and $40 million.
The vehicle is known to be the world’s most expensive car… ever.
“I am extremely pleased to have found the new buyer for the 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic, one of the world’s most significant and valuable automobiles that has been in a private collection and rarely seen during the past four decades,” says David Gooding, president and founder of Gooding & Company. “It has been a great pleasure to work with the Williamson Family and Trust in this important endeavor.”