One-off Bugatti Chiron Profilée sells for $9.5 million at public sale
The bespoke Chiron Profilée broke cowl late final 12 months. On the time, Bugatti introduced that the one-off hypercar could be bought to the very best bidder on the RM Sotheby’s Paris public sale. We will verify that it simply bought for a hammer value of $9.5 million. Add vendor charges and the ultimate price ticket was $10.7 million, making it the most costly fashionable new automotive ever bought at public sale.
The Profilée was imagined to be positioned between the Chiron Sport and the Pur Sport. Nonetheless, by the point automotive was developed, all 500 slots of the Chiron had been bought out. With no likelihood to increase the manufacturing run, Bugatti was left with a completed product that may’ve in any other case remained locked in some storage on the Molsheim facility. Subsequently, the corporate determined to supply the one prototype Chiron Profilée as a bespoke one-off.
The Profilée has a singular exterior completed in a dual-tone color scheme. It has an prolonged tail part with an built-in ducktail spoiler, which can be its most outstanding design aspect. In accordance with Bugatti, the redesigned rear part has improved downforce and impacts the thermodynamic airflow over the rear axle. The automotive rides on a singular set of wheels as properly.
Whereas it makes use of the identical 8.0-liter W16 engine, it’s the final Bugatti to be powered by this behemoth of a motor. It now revs to 6900 rpm. The engine comes with a bespoke transmission that has revised gear ratios. This allows it to speed up from 0-60 mph in 2.3 seconds. The additional revs allow this hypercar to succeed in a prime velocity of 236 mph.
