Six chassis, no repetition
The Royale comprises six surviving chassis with distinct coachwork and histories. Its 12.8-litre straight-eight makes peak power at 1'800 rpm and moves as much as 3.5 tonnes. Each is a specific car, not a model average.
Market value · road
$25M–$45M
Typical $35M · 0 sales
Market & Price
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 · 1987–1987; estimate band $25M–$45M · good road cars. recorded sale prices · mixed hammer and premium-inclusive basis.
Compound annual growth
| Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | +5.7% | +18.8% | +21.9% |
| 5Y | +1.8% | +11.4% | +17.6% |
| 10Y | +4.2% | +13.3% | +11.8% |
*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends
Deepest drawdown · model window
Forecast ladder · model quantiles
| Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| +6M | $31M | $34M | $37M |
| +12M | $31M | $35M | $39M |
| +24M | $31M | $36M | $42M |
Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice
1 of 1 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record
Floor
$25M
Typical
$35M
Ceiling
$45M
Estimate band for good road cars. 0 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.
Band, axis and sale positions shown in recorded USD. Editorial USD estimate for an intact Royale with accepted chassis and coachwork history. Each of the six must be valued separately.
Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.
The 1987 ledger amount is the USD figure reported by Hagerty for the Christie's result; the original transaction was £5.5 million.
Overview
Ettore Bugatti intended to build about 25 cars for heads of state and industrial families. The prototype used a 14.7-litre engine; the production chassis carried a 12.8-litre straight-eight and arrived at more than six metres in length.
The first customer car was sold to Armand Esders in 1932 with a headlamp-free roadster body by Jean Bugatti. Only three further cars were sold before production ended, while the Bugatti family retained the remaining chassis.
Each of the six has its own body sequence, custodians and conservation history. The last transparent public benchmark for the model is the Kellner-bodied chassis 41141 sold by Christie's in 1987.
Reference
The records
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Engine displacement
0mm
Wheelbase
0
Surviving cars
the complete production run
HICON BID
A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the Bugatti Type 41 Royale file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.
HICON Bids are a member instrument. Sign in to place one.
The vault
You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.
The variants
The register separates the Type 41 Royale into its documented executions. One reference silhouette per execution — each opens as its own file as the archive fills.
Coupé Napoléon013 executions on file · references drawn to the house standard
The hands
The people whose work shaped the Bugatti Type 41 Royale.
Founder and chief engineer
Conceived the Type 41, its chassis and the production 12.8-litre straight-eight.
Coachwork designer
Designed the Esders Roadster and Coupé Napoléon bodies used on two Royale chassis.
Sculptor
Created the dancing elephant sculpture adapted as the Royale's radiator ornament.
