Broad Arrow Auctions, a Hagerty (NYSE: HGTY) firm, is thrilled to supply an thrilling group of over 155 collectible vehicles at its Monterey Public sale this 14-15 August on the Monterey Jet Heart. Highlights embody this 2006 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 estimated at $1,200,000 – $1,500,000.
An engineer by commerce, Ferdinand Piëch’s ethos towards automotive improvement is maybe finest summarized by the three-word slogan of the corporate he helped to raise right into a premiere luxurious model: “Vorsprung durch Technik.” That means “Progress by Know-how,” the Audi motto wouldn’t solely remodel the model with such audacious designs because the four-wheel drive Quattro and the economical 100, however set the stage for Piëch’s broader progress-driven assault on the automotive trade throughout his time as head of the Volkswagen Group.
Ascending to the place in 1993, Piëch orchestrated a sequence of daring acquisitions that might reshape the automotive panorama on the flip of the millennium. These included such hallowed marques as Bentley, Lamborghini, and in 1998, Bugatti – reestablishing the fabled French sports activities automobile maker as Bugatti Vehicles S.A.S. Piëch’s imaginative and prescient for the fashionable Bugatti was bold and uncompromising, and concerned the development of a sprawling, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility within the Bugatti’s ancestral dwelling of Molsheim, France. This manufacturing facility, straight throughout the road from Château St. Jean the place Ettore Bugatti as soon as entertained purchasers for his lovely creations, would produce Piëch’s crowning achievement – the quickest, strongest, and most costly manufacturing automobile on this planet.
Volkswagen tried a sequence of various ideas within the late Nineteen Nineties earlier than formally introducing the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 on the 2005 Tokyo Motor Present. The efficiency statistics have been as extraordinary as they have been groundbreaking: 987 horsepower, 922 pound-feet of torque, a high velocity of 253 miles per hour, and a zero to 60 time of simply 2.47 seconds (or 119 toes). On the coronary heart of this automotive marvel was a titanic 8.0-liter W16 engine – basically two narrow-angle V8s joined collectively and driving a typical crankshaft – geared up with 4 turbochargers and ten radiators. This unit alone, assembled by a choose group of eight specialists, required per week to finish.
To harness this immense efficiency, Bugatti fitted the Veyron with a everlasting Haldex four-wheel drive system and a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. Equally immense braking energy got here from 15.7 inch, eight-piston entrance, and 15-inch, six-piston rear carbon-ceramic disc brakes supported by an extra 0.7 G of braking drive from the rear air brake – able to bringing the Veyron from 60 miles per hour to a standstill in 2.2 seconds. All informed, the Veyron was essentially the most ostentatious and fast manufacturing street automobile cash may purchase on the time of its launch, with a staggering record worth of $1,250,000.
This excellent instance of the Veyron is one in all solely 252 16.4 coupes produced, with simply 76 accomplished in United States-market specification. The instance provided right here is chassis quantity 017, completed in two-tone Black Blue Metallic and Blue Metallic paintwork, splendidly offsetting one another within the trademark “C-line” working alongside the facet of the automobile. The exquisitely crafted inside was trimmed in positive Cognac leather-based and Alcantara upholstery, with an non-obligatory engine-turned aluminum middle console appearing as a centerpiece and evoking the jewel-like instrument panels of historic Bugattis. Its accompanying CARFAX Car Historical past Report locations the Bugatti in South Florida within the late 2000s, with subsequent registration historical past indicating that it had moved to Texas by 2010. The automobile remained in Texas till 2018, when it offered into new possession with roughly 17,200 miles. Over the subsequent a number of years, the automobile was registered in Florida, New York, Montana, and Illinois.
Chassis quantity 017 has acquired the extent of meticulous care by approved Bugatti service facilities befitting of a contemporary hypercar, with receipts on file documenting complete service in recent times. A significant service in August 2017 at 16,934 miles included alternative all 4 tires and numerous different gadgets. In Might 2023, at 21,828 miles, one other vital annual service was carried out, adopted by the newest main service in February 2024 at 23,028 miles. With a present mileage of simply over 23,000, this Veyron has acquired quite a few documented companies prior to now seven years, demonstrating the unwavering dedication of its loyal caretakers in sustaining this extraordinary hypercar to the very best requirements.
Given its lifetime of cautious enjoyment and its up-to-date upkeep, this elegant instance of Bugatti’s revolutionary supercar might be loved guilt-free as Piëch and Volkswagen meant for its record-breaking efficiency. The Bugatti has traveled lower than 300 miles since its final service and is accompanied by its Bugatti scanner software, proprietor’s manuals, first assist package, three keys together with its Velocity Key, fitted automobile cowl, and repair data, presenting a uncommon alternative to personal and drive the automobile that perpetually remodeled the supercar panorama as we all know it at the moment.
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