Broad Arrow Auctions, a Hagerty (NYSE: HGTY) company, is thrilled to offer an exciting group of over 155 collectible cars at its Monterey Auction this 14-15 August at the Monterey Jet Center. Highlights include this 2006 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 estimated at $1,200,000 – $1,500,000.
An engineer by trade, Ferdinand Piëch’s ethos toward automotive development is perhaps best summarized by the three-word slogan of the company he helped to elevate into a premiere luxury brand: “Vorsprung durch Technik.” Meaning “Progress through Technology,” the Audi motto would not only transform the brand with such audacious designs as the four-wheel drive Quattro and the economical 100, but set the stage for Piëch’s broader progress-driven assault on the automotive industry during his time as head of the Volkswagen Group.
Ascending to the position in 1993, Piëch orchestrated a series of bold acquisitions that would reshape the automotive landscape at the turn of the millennium. These included such hallowed marques as Bentley, Lamborghini, and in 1998, Bugatti – reestablishing the fabled French sports car maker as Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. Piëch’s vision for the modern Bugatti was ambitious and uncompromising, and involved the construction of a sprawling, state-of-the-art factory in the Bugatti’s ancestral home of Molsheim, France. This factory, directly across the street from Château St. Jean where Ettore Bugatti once entertained clients for his beautiful creations, would produce Piëch’s crowning achievement – the fastest, most powerful, and most expensive production car in the world.
Volkswagen tried a series of different concepts in the late 1990s before officially introducing the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show. The performance statistics were as extraordinary as they were groundbreaking: 987 horsepower, 922 pound-feet of torque, a top speed of 253 miles per hour, and a zero to 60 time of just 2.47 seconds (or 119 feet). At the heart of this automotive marvel was a titanic 8.0-liter W16 engine – essentially two narrow-angle V8s joined together and driving a common crankshaft – equipped with four turbochargers and ten radiators. This unit alone, assembled by a select group of eight specialists, required a week to complete.
To harness this immense performance, Bugatti fitted the Veyron with a permanent Haldex four-wheel drive system and a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. Equally immense braking power came from 15.7 inch, eight-piston front, and 15-inch, six-piston rear carbon-ceramic disc brakes supported by an additional 0.7 G of braking force from the rear air brake – capable of bringing the Veyron from 60 miles per hour to a standstill in 2.2 seconds. All told, the Veyron was the most ostentatious and rapid production road car money could buy at the time of its release, with a staggering list price of $1,250,000.
This outstanding example of the Veyron is one of only 252 16.4 coupes produced, with just 76 completed in United States-market specification. The example offered here is chassis number 017, finished in two-tone Black Blue Metallic and Blue Metallic paintwork, wonderfully offsetting each other in the trademark “C-line” running along the side of the car. The exquisitely crafted interior was trimmed in fine Cognac leather and Alcantara upholstery, with an optional engine-turned aluminum center console acting as a centerpiece and evoking the jewel-like instrument panels of historic Bugattis. Its accompanying CARFAX Vehicle History Report places the Bugatti in South Florida in the late 2000s, with subsequent registration history indicating that it had moved to Texas by 2010. The car remained in Texas until 2018, when it sold into new ownership with approximately 17,200 miles. Over the next several years, the car was registered in Florida, New York, Montana, and Illinois.
Chassis number 017 has received the level of meticulous care by authorized Bugatti service centers befitting of a modern hypercar, with receipts on file documenting comprehensive service in recent years. A major service in August 2017 at 16,934 miles included replacement all four tires and various other items. In May 2023, at 21,828 miles, another significant annual service was performed, followed by the most recent major service in February 2024 at 23,028 miles. With a current mileage of just over 23,000, this Veyron has received numerous documented services in the past seven years, demonstrating the unwavering dedication of its loyal caretakers in maintaining this extraordinary hypercar to the highest standards.
Given its lifetime of careful enjoyment and its up-to-date maintenance, this elegant example of Bugatti’s revolutionary supercar can be enjoyed guilt-free as Piëch and Volkswagen intended for its record-breaking performance. The Bugatti has traveled less than 300 miles since its last service and is accompanied by its Bugatti scanner tool, owner’s manuals, first aid kit, three keys including its Speed Key, fitted car cover, and service records, presenting a rare opportunity to own and drive the car that forever transformed the supercar landscape as we know it today.
To view more thrilling cars on offer at Broad Arrows Monterey Jet Center Auction, please visit their website at broadarrowauctions.com and be sure to register to bid for this exciting event.
