The hands
The people behind the car
The people whose work shaped the Bugatti La Voiture Noire.
No free period portrait on record
Etienne Salomé
Designer
Worked on the one-off body and its uninterrupted black-carbon surfaces.
La Voiture Noire
One body, one buyer
La Voiture Noire is a completed one-off, not a Chiron trim level. Bugatti disclosed the €11 million pre-tax commission, but no documented resale has surfaced; any current value above that figure is an estimate.
Market value · road
€11M–€20M
Typical €16M · 1 sales
€9.3M€21M
Market history builds with the record
- Power
- 1'500 PS (factory)
- Torque
- 1'600 Nm (factory)
- Engine
- 8.0L W16 (four turbochargers)
- Body
- Black carbon (one-off coachwork)
- Built
- 1
Market & Price
The price and the proof
A terminal for one car: the model curve over the documented record, the benchmarks it is measured against, and the instruments that read it.
Records: 1 documented road sales on file · 2019–2019; estimate band €11M–€20M · good road cars. recorded sale prices · mixed hammer and premium-inclusive basis.
HCN:LAVOITURLive model
€14'832'39715.5% · 12M
Model curve · anchored to 1 documented sales · benchmarks rebased at window startmodel v1 · seed bugatti-la-voiture-noire · not investment advice
The readouts · model figures against the benchmarksSynthetic model · insufficient ledger
Compound annual growth
| Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | +15.5% | +18.8% | +21.9% |
| 5Y | +2.9% | +11.4% | +17.6% |
*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends
Deepest drawdown · model window
This car*-14.0%Mar 2022 → Jan 2025 · recovered Jan 2026
S&P 500-20.3%Dec 2021 → Oct 2022 · recovered Dec 2023
Gold-18.9%Feb 2026 → Jul 2026 · not recovered
Forecast ladder · model quantiles
| Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| +6M | €14M | €15M | €17M |
| +12M | €14M | €16M | €17M |
| +24M | €14M | €16M | €19M |
Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice
Transaction ledger · documented salesMixed price basis · not estimates
1 of 1 recorded sales · shown in EUR · recorded currency in each record
Price range · road · openConfidence · estimateThe only hard price is Bugatti's disclosed €11 million pre-tax factory commission. No documented resale, auction attempt or independent transaction has established a secondary-market value; the upper figure is an editorial allowance for a unique completed Bugatti, not a sale-derived number.
Floor
€11M
Typical
€16M
Ceiling
€20M
Estimate band for good road cars. 1 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.
€9.0M€11M€16M€20M€22M
Hover the spectrum to read a value, or a dot for the sale behind it.
Band, axis and sale positions shown in recorded EUR. EUR estimate anchored to the net factory commission. Tax-inclusive figures reported elsewhere are not comparable sale prices.
The wider market · Bugatti at auction · median per year · modeled between anchors331 lots · 2003–2026 · exact yearly anchors · modeled line
Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.
Bugatti described the car as already sold at €11 million before tax in March 2019. The exact contract date and buyer remain private.
Overview
A one-off for Bugatti's 110th year
Bugatti unveiled La Voiture Noire at the 2019 Geneva show. The commission marked 110 years of the marque and referred to Jean Bugatti's black Atlantic, chassis 57453, which disappeared before the Second World War.
The customer car required two years of development after the reveal. Bugatti completed it in 2021 with its own carbon body, Havana Brown interior and the 1'500 PS Chiron W16.
- Production
- 1
- Commission
- €11'000'000 before tax
- Power
- 1'500 PS
- Reference
- The missing Atlantic
- Completion
- 2021
Reference
Technical specifications
Powertrain
- Engine
- 8.0-litre W16four turbochargers
- Power
- 1'103 kW / 1'500 PSfactory figure
- Torque
- 1'600 Nmfactory figure
- Exhaust
- Six outletsa direct Atlantic reference
Coachwork
- Body
- Bespoke carbon fibre
- Finish
- Black Carbon Glossyvisible carbon under a low-reflection clearcoat
- Rear light
- Single-piece surround
- Headlamps
- More than 25 milled elements per side
- Interior
- Havana Brown leatherwith polished and turned aluminium inlays
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Buying interest, silently.
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