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The Veyron’s successor debuted at the 2016 Geneva motor show, its 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16 now delivering 1479bhp and an electronically limited top speed of 420km/h. Total production was capped at 500, with the final car being unveiled recently.
RM Sotheby’s claimed the honours for selling the first Chiron at auction, achieving $3,772,500 (£2,960,500) in December 2017 at its Icons sale in New York. Unregistered and having covered only 250 test miles, its sale price represented a healthy premium over the launch cost of €2.4million (plus tax and options). It didn’t take long for the next car to appear: RM’s Paris sale two months later saw a Europeanspec example (pictured) with 1000km fetch €3,323,750 (£2,830,000). Subsequent sales indicated a downward adjustment and prices have since levelled off. Special-edition variants are an even rarer sight at auction, headed by the 1578bhp Super Sport 300+, which makes in excess of £4million; while the outright auction record was set by a one-off ‘pre-series’ Chiron Profilée at €9,792,500.
Tom Hartley Jnr comments: ‘A Bugatti Chiron is a fantastic supercar. For me, I think a Veyron is more important and in years to come will become the more desired and valuable variant as it was the first Concorde-like car, but Bugatti did improve the build quality and driving experience when it produced the Chiron.
‘There are a handful of different variants, including limited editions, and all of those variants are very colour-sensitive. The most desirable is the Super Sport, of which only 30 were produced; these cars today are worth over £4,000,000. However, a normal “standard” Chiron can be picked up f
