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