--- title: Bugatti Divo · HICONIUM description: "The Divo trades the Chiron's maximum-speed brief for downforce, response and a 380 km/h limiter. All 40 were allocated at €5 million net. Its first public auction in 2025 established a direct resale benchmark." canonical_url: https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/bugatti/divo image: https://hiconium.dev/og/vehicle/bugatti/divo.png --- > HICONIUM · Index: https://hiconium.dev/llms.txt · Every page: append `.md` or send `Accept: text/markdown`. > Path: [Home](https://hiconium.dev/) › [Vehicles](https://hiconium.dev/models) › [Bugatti](https://hiconium.dev/manufacturers/bugatti) › Divo > On this page: [The price and the proof](#the-price-and-the-proof) · [Documented sales](#documented-sales) · [The first modern Bugatti coachbuilt series](#overview-heading) · [Technical specifications](#technical-specifications) · [Powertrain](#powertrain) · [Aerodynamics and chassis](#aerodynamics-and-chassis) · [The people behind the car](#the-people-behind-the-car) · [Achim Anscheidt](#achim-anscheidt) · [Stefan Ellrott](#stefan-ellrott) · [Pierre Rommelfanger](#pierre-rommelfanger) · [Member instruments](#member-instruments) ![A slate-blue Bugatti Divo, front three-quarter view on a slate-blue field with a silver curve](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/bugatti-divo/hero-wide-2560.jpg) # Divo A Chiron for corners The Divo trades the Chiron's maximum-speed brief for downforce, response and a 380 km/h limiter. All 40 were allocated at €5 million net. Its first public auction in 2025 established a direct resale benchmark. 2018 to 2021 · 40 built · Molsheim ## The price and the proof Indicative road-car band $7.5M–$9M · 1 documented road sales · 1 recorded sales on file. Modeled values are not observed sales. Nothing here is investment advice. Confidence: low. Only one documented public Divo sale was available: the first example offered at auction, sold by Bonhams in 2025. The band is therefore anchored to one direct transaction rather than a repeat market. USD indication for a correctly maintained, low-mileage car. Configuration, taxes, geography and factory support can move private transactions materially. Valuation method and source rules: [HICONIUM standards](https://hiconium.dev/standards). Observed auction results across the wider market: [Market terminal](https://hiconium.dev/market). ### Documented sales 1 recorded. Every public sale on this file, newest first. Amounts keep the recorded currency. Source links appear only when the catalog stores a public auction-lot URL. | Date | Chassis / label | Class | House | Venue | Amount | Currency | Basis | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-08-15 | bonhams · Carmel, Quail Lodge & Golf Club · hammer | Road | bonhams | Carmel, Quail Lodge & Golf Club | $7'775'000 | USD | hammer | [https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/30559/lot/196/2020-bugatti-divo-vin-vf9sd3v34lm795015/](https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/30559/lot/196/2020-bugatti-divo-vin-vf9sd3v34lm795015/) | The published report rounds the Bonhams result to $8.55 million; the ledger records that published figure, not a more precise secondary aggregation. ## The first modern Bugatti coachbuilt series Bugatti revealed the Divo at The Quail in August 2018. It reused the Chiron's core W16 and all-wheel-drive system but changed the body, cooling, aerodynamics and chassis calibration around lateral performance. The name recalled Albert Divo, who won the Targa Florio for Bugatti in 1928 and 1929. Production was limited to 40 road-homologated cars, all sold at a net unit price of €5 million. The first Divo to cross a public auction block sold at Bonhams' Quail sale in 2025. That transaction matters because earlier market evidence largely consisted of private deals and asking prices. | Highlight | Detail | | --- | --- | | Speed was deliberately capped | Bugatti removed the Chiron's Top Speed mode and limited the Divo to 380 km/h. The tyre load budget went to aerodynamic grip instead. | | Ninety kilograms more downforce | The body produces 456 kg of downforce at 380 km/h, 90 kg above the Chiron. Firmer springs, increased camber and a more direct steering map use that load. | | Forty cars, already allocated | The entire run was sold before the August 2018 public premiere. Deliveries began in 2020 and the final customer car left Molsheim in July 2021. | | Label | Value | | --- | --- | | Built | 40 | | Launch price | €5 million net | | Lateral acceleration | 1.6 g | | Nardò handling lap | 8 s faster than Chiron | | Namesake | Albert Divo | ## Technical specifications ### Powertrain | Label | Value | Note | | --- | --- | --- | | Engine | 7'993 cc W16 | four turbochargers | | Power | 1'500 PS | factory figure | | Torque | 1'600 Nm | factory figure | | Gearbox | 7-speed dual-clutch | | | Drive | Permanent all-wheel drive | | | Maximum speed | 380 km/h | no Top Speed mode | ### Aerodynamics and chassis | Label | Value | Note | | --- | --- | --- | | Downforce | 456 kg at 380 km/h | 90 kg more than the Chiron | | Weight reduction | 35 kg versus Chiron | factory comparison | | Lateral acceleration | 1.6 g | | | DIN empty weight | 1'995 kg | factory technical specification | | Chassis changes | More camber and firmer springs | front-biased balance and retuned steering | | Nardò comparison | 8 seconds faster | factory handling circuit, versus Chiron | ## The people behind the car ### [Achim Anscheidt](https://hiconium.dev/people/achim-anscheidt) Design director · Bugatti Led the design programme that separated the Divo's body and aero treatment from the Chiron. ### [Stefan Ellrott](https://hiconium.dev/people/stefan-ellrott) Head of technical development · Bugatti Oversaw the engineering programme and described coachbuilding as the freedom to create a distinct driving behaviour. ### [Pierre Rommelfanger](https://hiconium.dev/people/pierre-rommelfanger) Project manager, limited editions · Bugatti Managed the Divo limited-series development and validation programme. ## Member instruments A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on this file. 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