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Within Veyron hierarchy, the Grand Sport Vitesse models sit at the very top of the pyramid. Fitted with the ultimate 1,200 bhp quad-turbo W-16 engine and open-top bodywork, only 92 examples were built at the end of the car’s production run. This particular Vitesse is one of the very last Veyrons built, emerging from the factory in Molsheim for test drives in September 2014, with final assembly concluding the following month.
This Vitesse’s uniqueness lies within its specifications. A true one-off, the car was commissioned in a Transformers livery, harkening back to the popular science fiction films inspired by Hasbro toys. It is finished in light blue with contrasting blue carbon fibre and is fitted with diamond-cut wheels and clear-glass taillights. The theme carries through to the inside with two-tone blue and black leather over Bugatti’s Sport Comfort seats, with contrasting blue stitching throughout. Furthermore, a Transformers logo is inlayed between the seats, mimicking the car’s paintwork.
Spending most of its life in the United States, the car was first spotted in Los Gatos, California, in July of 2015. It appeared at McCall’s Motorworks Revival in August 2015 during Monterey Car Week and was seen at the San Francisco International Auto Show in November of 2015. Only recently returned to Europe, the car has only been driven 840 kilometres from new, most of which is believed to have been accrued during testing.
Considered by many to be one of the most spectacular cars built thus far in the 21st century, the Veyron is truly the gold standard of hypercars, with the Grand Sport Vitesse being the must-have variant for any collector. Even six years after the Vitesse was first introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in 2012, seemingly a lifetime in the hypercar industry, the Veyron and Grand Sport Vitesse have remained both relevant and competitive in what is a highly competitive segment of the automotive industry. Acutely responsible for bringing Bugatti out of years of dormancy and obscurity and into a very bright future, the Veyron is a landmark automobile in all regards and is surely a future collectible.
One-off and unique examples continue to be the most desirable supercars to collectors, and this Vitesse is truly one of the most remarkable and memorable automobiles to come out of Molsheim in Bugatti’s modern history.


