Bugatti Destrier Reimagines the Bolide as a One-Off Sculpture
The third Programme Solitaire creation sheds the track car's wings for a pure form while keeping its 1,600 PS W16.
Bugatti has revealed the Destrier, the third one-of-one car from its Programme Solitaire after the Brouillard and the F.K.P. Hommage. Built on the Bolide, the brand's most extreme track machine, it shares that car's carbon monocoque but discards the wings, vents and aero addenda in favour of a clean, sculptural body. Its public unveiling was set for Monterey Car Week, centred on the Pebble Beach Concours on 16 August.
Underneath it keeps the Bolide's complete quad-turbocharged 8.0-litre W16, rated at 1,600 PS. At around one metre tall it is, by Bugatti's account, the lowest car the company has produced, and it rides on 20-inch front and 21-inch rear wheels, larger than the Bolide's 18s.
Details reward close study. A wider horseshoe grille, a blended rear wing echoing the Chiron Profilee and exposed carbon limited to the splitter and diffuser keep the surfaces calm. The multi-layer Sapphire Celeste paint recalls the original blue of Type 57SC Atlantic chassis 57591, while the cabin mixes Ambre Voyageur leather with a copper-threaded knitted textile and hammered brightwork.
The Destrier belongs to a single unnamed owner, and its oil filler cap is marked 1/1.
Source: Bugatti Newsroom
