BUGATTI has sold its 450th and last Veyron as it closes the book on Volkswagen’s most outrageously exclusive supercar, only to consider building another more powerful car.
The last Veyron is an open-top Grand Sport Vitesse, boasting 1,200 horsepower and called La Finale, which will be on display next week at the Geneva Motor Show, Bloomberg reports.
After buying the Bugatti brand in 1998, Volkswagen revived the carmaker, which was originally founded by designer Ettore Bugatti
The 450 Veyrons were sold for an average price of about £1.7M each, Molsheim, France-based Bugatti said in a statement. Despite the huge price tags, the ‘vanity’ project is thought to have cost the factory £1.43Bn in losses constructing the supercar between 2005 and 2013.
After buying the Bugatti brand in 1998, Volkswagen revived the carmaker, which was originally founded by designer Ettore Bugatti.
The goal was to develop a vehicle both powerful enough to drive faster than 249 miles per hour as well as stylish and comfortable enough for a trip to the opera.
“An unprecedented chapter in automotive history has reached its climax,” Bugatti president Wolfgang Duerheimer said in a statement.
