Regularly pushing out limited editions is helping to keep the Bugatti Veyron at the top of all hyper cars eight years after it was launched so we’re not surprised to be bringing you another special edition model. Over the past eight years Bugatti has brought us the EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang that was limited to just 5 examples, the Pegaso which was tailor made for a Ukrainian driver living in Dubai, the Sang Noir of which only 15 were ever made, the 100th anniversary Bleu Centenaire edition from 2009, the US$2.1 million one-off Sang d’Argent and the Nocturne from 2010 of which 5 were ever produced and all for the Middle East market.
In keeping with this tradition, the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse Legend Jean-Pierre Wimille that was shown to the public at Pebble Beach last weekend is just one of three that will ever be built. The new machine is based on the Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse and named after Jean-Pierre Wimille, French Grand Prix driver who died driving a Simca-Gordini during the 1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix weekend. The car’s power comes from Bugatti’s 8.0-litre W-16 powerplant so you can expect 1,183bhp and 1500Nm of torque. The 0-62mph time is 2.6 seconds and you’re looking at a top speed of 254mph.
Bugatti has coloured the car “Bleu Wimille” and mimicked the colour of the historic racing car Jean-Pierre Wimille drove with darker blue over the lights and the wing panels. Inside, the headliner and footwells are also coloured “Bleu Wimille” and the contrasting dark colour is created by blue leather on the dash and doors. French national colours of blue, white and red are used on the gear lever to honour Wimille’s country of birth, and Wimille’s signature has been included on the door sills.
As you might imagine the price and availability weren’t part of the firm’s press release, but we’re guessing that these 3 cars were sold while they were still just a collection of components in the parts bin and if you have to ask the price you can’t afford it.
from EUROCARBLOG
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