For just the second time in its modern history under the umbrella of the Volkswagen Group, Bugatti has created a one-off hypercar, and this one is already an instant icon. Last year’s Brouillard reflected one owner’s immense passion for the Bugatti name and its history in the worlds of furniture design and bronze sculpture, as well as an understanding of founder Ettore Bugatti’s love of horses, but this year’s Bugatti F.K.P. Hommage is even more significant, paying tribute to the engineering talents, business acumen, and vision of Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Karl Piëch, as well as the Veyron that stood at the summit of his mountain of achievements as the world’s first true hypercar, with a seven-figure asking price, a four-figure horsepower rating, and the ability to go faster than a Porsche 917 Le Mans racecar with no more effort than cruising in a VW Golf. Let’s see how Bugatti’s Programme Solitaire has reimagined its most prestigious icon.
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From a distance, the modern homage might be mistaken for a Veyron; Bugatti has revisited the color scheme of Veyron Chassis #001, albeit with far more complex techniques than in 2005.
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The side-by-side rear view of the Veyron and its contemporary reincarnation shows a subtly wider body, larger vents, bigger diffuser channels, and a more elongated exhaust finisher.
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In profile, the larger wheels (more on those momentarily), more aggressively slanted roofline, and slightly more upright nose become more apparent.
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One might assume that the Veyron’s modern reimagining is based on a Chiron, but that car has a massive piece of C-shaped bodywork connecting the bodywork behind the doors to the roof, and it’s a structural element. To recreate the Veyron’s look, the F.K.P. Hommage is based on the open-top W16 Mistral.
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One deliberate change over the Veyron is the addition of a metal badge on each front fender, highlighting the Veyron’s 20-year anniversary and drawing attention to the man who made the seemingly impossible happen. This shot also shows how much more luscious modern bespoke paint can be, with the F.K.P. Hommage wearing silver paint topped by red-tinted lacquer.
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Bugatti has recreated the 20-spoke design of the first Veyron with half of the spokes slightly thinner, again showing that subtlety is an art. For the record, the Veyron wore 18.6-inch wheels in front and 20-inch wheels at the back, wrapped in bespoke tires made just for the car. The F.K.P. Hommage wears more easily accessible Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 rubber, mounted on 20- and 21-inch wheels.
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At the back, modern lighting technology allows Bugatti to create taillights that appear to have endless tunnels, something a facelifted Veyron might have had. Another subtle change is that the inner rings are smaller than the outer light clusters.
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The front is slightly controversial in its reimagining of the Veyron. While the side vents on the rocker panel, the quad taillights, and the wheels are clearly inspired by the original, the front end of the homage is more subtle in its tipping of the hat. It still has three projectors in each headlight, but the clusters are much longer, thinner, and more rectangular.
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The rear three-quarter is arguably the most convincing angle; a casual onlooker might easily mistake the F.K.P. Hommage for the original, as it retains the Veyron’s subtle but large rear fender bulge, allowing light to play off the sculpture.
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One of the biggest changes to the front is the wider horseshoe grille. Combined with the elongated taillights and larger lower side intakes, this not only pays tribute to the Veyron but also ties that hypercar’s design to that of the Tourbillon.
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Larger ram intakes feed the last iteration of the legendary 8.0-liter, quad-turbo W16 engine. Like the W16 Mistral and the Chiron Super Sport 300+, the F.K.P. Hommage generates 1,578 horsepower, or 1,600 PS.
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The cabin is a similar blend of old ideas and new. The steering wheel is based on that of the Chiron, with its drive selector, engine start button, and D-shaped airbag. But in reference to the Veyron, the wheel itself is not flat-bottomed. In fact, it’s a perfect circle.
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On the center console, the signature of the Bugatti racing driver whose name was used for the 2005 hypercar, Pierre Veyron, appears. Embossed in the leather alongside it are the initials of Piëch, followed by his birthdate.
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Look beyond the door sill, and we see more attention to detail. While the original Veyron’s red finish was contrasted by black paint, the F.K.P. Hommage dons exposed carbon fiber that has had its clear-coat tinted black.
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While the Veyron and the Chironcould only be had with the finest leather, the F.K.P. Hommage takes another page out of the Tourbillon’s book with the application of Custom Car Couture fabrics that are exclusively woven in Paris.
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Naturally, all the metal is hewn from aluminum, and its shine gives the caramel-colored interior some much-needed contrast.
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The center console is based on the Chiron’s, but it’s been made larger and more oval in shape to mimic that of the Veyron. This features an engine turning finish that Ettore Bugatti applied to the cylinder heads of his cars, and the entire segment of aluminum that stretches from the windshield to the transmission tunnel is milled from a single block of aluminum. At the top, a custom Audemars Piguet Royal Oak tourbillon is powered by the movement of the car thanks to an integrated gondola.
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The same metal appears on the steering wheel, with the shift paddles and stalks also all-aluminum. The instrument cluster binnacle, which houses a readout for how many horsepower are being deployed at any given time, as in the Veyron, is also solid aluminum. Also, note the stitching on the wheel rim. Actually, take a closer look at the technique below.
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The delicacy of the interwoven stitching binding the leather to the aluminum shifter cannot be overstated. It alone could stand in a museum as a work of art.
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The symmetry of the cabin is reflected in the fabrics of the seat centers, and even the door cards have their EB logos in the same place on either side.
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As we near the end of this gallery, it’s worth pointing out that the L-shaped LED DRLs in each headlight meet the creases in the bodywork encasing them, something that was also considered for a potential Veyron facelift over a decade ago.
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Bugatti intends to produce no more than two one-offs through its Programme Solitaire division each year. What should Molsheim do next? We’ve seen two coupes thus far, so how about a modern reimagining of the Type 41 Royale, a drop-top with a hood housing a monstrous 12.7-liter engine? Obviously, that kind of displacement is unlikely to be repeated, but the style and importance of the Royale is exactly the sort of thing that matters to a division specializing in one-offs. Let us know your thoughts below.
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