- Bugatti has just revealed the bespoke Veyron F.K.P. Hommage that comes complete with an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Tourbillon as a dash clock.
- Just the second project by Bugatti’s Solitaire programme, the car is a one-off salute to the driving force behind the original Veyron, Ferdinand Karl Piëch.
- The Solitaire programme offers the automaker’s best clients the chance to build one of two coachbuilt commissions per year, with the price on application.
A few years back, Rolls-Royce Coachbuild pulled the covers off its fully customised La Rose Noire Droptail, which arrived with an unexpected detail – a unique Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept for a dash clock.
Now, Bugatti has engaged Audemars Piguet for a similar project, revealing the Veyron F.K.P. Hommage with a Royal Oak Tourbillon fitted into the aluminium centre console. Specifically, it’s a 41mm Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Tourbillon that’s been “integrated into [the] vehicle at the request of the future owner,” and is placed into a self-winding mechanism that rotates multiple times per hour, remarkably, without an electrical connection.
“This unique integration reflects the customer’s personal vision and Bugatti’s ability to accommodate highly individual requests as part of the Programme Solitaire,” the French-founded marque explained in a statement, and it’s hard not to agree. Sure, Rolls-Royce did something similar in 2023, but to our knowledge, without the inclusion of a winding system.
As for the car itself? As Dizzee Rascal would say, “Bonkers”.
The donor car was a Bugatti Minstral, which allowed the team to recreate the Veyron’s flatter window line while dropping in the ultimate tune of the 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16. It’s capable of 1,176kW, boasts bigger turbos, an uprated cooling system, and can guzzle down sustainable fuel when required.
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s replace the infamous bonded tyres, which are wrapped around 20-inch front and 21-inch rear wheels (up from 18.6-inch at the front and 20-inch at the rear in the original Veyron) for a slightly more three-dimensional riff on the classic Machiavelli design. On the roof, slightly larger ram intakes feed the beast and out back, there’s a wider diffuser, wider tip, and delicate tunnel-style circular LEDs.
Inside, Chiron hard points meet Veyron cues, including a perfectly round wheel with modern switchgear, a shield-shaped centre stack with engine-turned finishing, and a single-piece aluminium spine peeking through stitched leather. The seats are covered in “custom couture fabrics woven exclusively in Paris”, according to Bugatti, while Piëch’s signature and initials are discreetly worked into the trim.
If you’ve got the deepest of pockets, there are far worse ways to spend your dough than this.
