Like the rest of the five versions within the Legend series, the "Jean Bugatti" is restricted to three vehicles. It costs 2.28 million euros (plus tax along with other fees).

Using its "Jean Bugatti" Legend version, Bugatti pays homage to a dominant figure in 20th century automotive history. Gianoberto Carlo Rembrandt Ettore Bugatti, as Jean known, was probably the most talented of his four kids and the firstborn son of Ettore Bugatti. From the late 1920s onwards, Jean used their own structural and layout suggestions to apply more and more influence on the creation of the business situated in Molsheim, Alsace.

"Jean Bugatti is really a Bugatti legend," says Doctor Wolfgang Schreiber, President of Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. "Along together with his dad Ettore, Jean played a crucial part in shaping our brand. Jean were able to join the artistic roots of Bugatti together with his dad's advanced automotive technology, and from that developed a layout that's still reflected within the brand now, finding expression within our brand values of 'Art, For-me, Technique'."

Among the most amazing designs made by Jean Bugatti must function as the Type 57SC Atlantic, among the very exclusive and special sport coupes ever assembled and ranking on the list of costliest vintage cars on earth.

"The Bugatti 57SC Atlantic is definitely an icon. For a lot of, it's among the most refined and valuable sports cars in automotive history," claims Wolfgang Schreiber.

"Jean Bugatti was a talented car designer who understood to reflect the 1930s style of avantgarde within the sketch of the Bugatti car bodies," describes Achim Anscheidt, Chief Designer at Bugatti. "His jet black Manhunter Voiture Noire was a lot more than merely Jean's 'individual' auto. It had been also his most remarkable thing of beauty - breath-takingly sporty measurements paired with flowing, refined lines and the unmistakably expressive Bugatti DNA."

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Design

For the first time ever, the Bugatti horseshoe sparkles in platinum.

In developing the Jean Bugatti Legend Edition, the designers at Bugatti planned to follow the notion of its own historical predecessor, the Kind 57SC Atlantic Manhunter Voiture Noire, as strongly as possible.

Outside

The human body of the Jean Bugatti Vitesse Legend Edition is built completely from jet black, clearcoated carbon-fibre, which makes it the embodiment of sophistication and also the apex of technical engineering. Using platinum gives an atmosphere of extravagance to the automobile, with all the famous Bugatti horseshoe in the front grille and also the EB logo in the back taking on a resplendent appearance. Bugatti is by using this valuable material for the first time to the outside of one of its own modern models.

The vehicle's elegant, minimalist look is further punctuated by its own wheels, which feature black diamondcut rims.

Inside

Care was also taken by the designers just as much as you possibly can for the inside of the Vitesse Jean Bugatti Legend Version to stick to the theme of the historical Manhunter Voiture Noire. As such, it's been fully fitted out in leather. The Vitesse will even feature exactly the same beige and brown tones which were present within the Kind 57SC Atlantic. The instrument panel, seats, controls, dash panel, center console, door trim panels and windscreen cross-member are all rendered in chocolate brown.

As in the initial vehicle, the chocolate brown is compared against the leather upholstery in a light beige silk colour over the extended center console. The colour of the decorative stitching within the vehicle was chosen to fit the leather used.

From the bird's eye view, the Atlantic's shape is immortalised using brown thread for decorative stitching in the back beigecoloured storage compartment.

The effects of the fire for detail and also the urge to utilize the best materials through the entire engineering procedure could be discovered within the inside's steering wheel as good - as for the outside of the automobile, the EB logo was styled in gleaming platinum. Also remaining true to the initial Kind 57SC may be the selector lever, that will be rendered in precious rosewood.

Additional special Legend Edition characteristics within the automobile include a leather insert embossed with the inscription "Les Legendes de Bugatti" within the extended part of the center console, and door sill plate showing the likeness and signature of Jean Bugatti.

A historical predecessor: the "Voiture Noire"

Just four Type 57SC Atlantic vehicles as a whole were assembled between 1936 and 1938. Only 2 of the vehicles continue to exist to-day within their original state. The Atlantic has turned into the most renowned variant of the Kind 57. At that time, Jean Bugatti desired to provide a edition of the conventional model, therefore leading to creation of the SC version (SC stands for super-charged).

Jean Bugatti, whose ability in developing exceptional human anatomy designs was already proven by Type 55 Roadster, the Type 41 Royale and Type 50, was accountable for the fashion and form of the Atlantic, which was meant to be exceptionally light and aerodynamic. Aluminum was the substance selected, giving its unmistakable design feature to the Atlantic - a definitely accentuated dorsal seam which efficiently welds the two halves of the aluminium human body together and runs at a right angle from the windshield to the back fender. Seen from above, the exceptionally long bonnet streams to the back of the automobile within an oblong shape, further emphasizing the refined and graceful layout of the Atlantic.

However, even though it was able to achieve rates of more than 200 km/h at that time, it was never entered in to a race.

The Atlantic which functioned as the godfather of the Jean Bugatti Legend Edition may be the celebrated Manhunter Voiture Noire, which was the very first of four vehicles created as a whole. The place and conditions surrounding its disappearance are still shrouded in mystery.

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