2019-08-01_Maxim_Australia

Luxury

MACHINES

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hat’sleftontheshoppinglistforthesupercar
connoisseurwitha garagefullofthelatest?
HowabouttheLaVoitureNoire,a one-off
beautybuilttocelebratethe110thanniversary
ofBugatti—onethatpaystributetotheBugattiType57.
Shownoffatthisyear’sGenevamotorshow,thisFrenchfreak
hasanearthshatteringpricetagofUS$19million,makingitthe
officialkingofblingwiththelargestpricetageverfora newcar.
Butbeforeyougetyourchequebooksout,it’salreadybeensold
toa mysterybuyer—rumouredtobefootballerCristianoRonaldo.
LikeallmodernBugatti’s,theLaVoitureNoire(Frenchfor
‘the black car’) is powered by a quad-turbo W-16 8-litre engine with

16 cylinders.Needlessto say,the engineis a bit of a monster,

andwefeelthe 1479 horsepoweritproducesissufficientlynasty.

NotonlyistheNoirea specialeditionbutit’salsodrowning

inreferencestoBugattihistory.TheC-linebodysidecharacter

featurehasbeena BugattitraditionsincetheoriginalVeyron,

andthecentralspineandtheover-the-topsixtailpipesisa nod

totheType 57 SCAtlantic.

Bugattihasnotreleasedperformancefiguresforthiscar;

butasitisstilla luxurymodel,expectitstopspeedtobebelow

theChiron's420km/hbenchmark.Itcouldcomeclosetothe

Chiron's0-100km/htimeof2.4seconds, but you’d haveto

DM Ronaldo on Twitter to find out.

BY BILL VARETIMIDIS

ENGINE

Quad-turbo W-16 8-litre

TRANSMISSION

7 speed dual clutch

0-100KM/H

Under 3 seconds

TORQUE

1,180 lb-f t

POWER

1118 k W