Regardless of sharing a powertrain with the Chiron Tremendous Sport, the enduring 8.0-liter W16 engine producing 1,600 PS, Bugatti’s engineers labored extensively to excellent the Centodieci’s dealing with to provide a novel dynamic expertise that blends incomparable consolation and unmatched efficiency. With solely 10 automobiles ever set to exist, Steve’s expertise of driving round 800 totally different Bugatti automobiles is essential in permitting him to rapidly dial into how the Centodieci ought to really feel.

Having been completed in ‘EB110 Argent’ paint, and with its inside meticulously hand-assembled within the Molsheim Atelier, Steve takes the utmost care to make sure its end stays excellent. Earlier than setting off, the physique of the automobile in addition to the seats are fastidiously protected by the Atelier staff. The Centodieci is about to be subjected to probably the most intense pre-delivery inspections within the automotive world.

His drives by means of the countryside across the residence of Bugatti in Molsheim usually take round 5 hours, overlaying at the least 300 km on a wide range of totally different roads and surfaces. Set routes are outlined by adjusting to the season and irrespective of the climate circumstances, permitting Steve to constantly choose the attributes of a automobile. Taking in twisting mountain roads, carving by means of the well-known Route des Vins d’Alsace, fringed by vineyards, taking to the autoroute, and crawling by means of typical Alsatian villages, the drive is designed to duplicate all circumstances {that a} buyer could encounter, assessing Centodieci’s character all through.

For this coachbuilt few-off automobile, taking inspiration from the Bugatti EB110 Tremendous Sport, the W16 engine is situated beneath an EB110-style glass sheet, versus principally uncovered as it’s within the Chiron. With the engine remoted on this approach, Centodieci has a unique aural signature from Chiron Tremendous Sport and Steve should guarantee it’s constant throughout every of those 10 automobiles.

In the course of the take a look at drive, he’ll test not solely the character of Centodieci but in addition for any almost-imperceptible discrepancies, solely apparent to somebody with Steve’s deep information of Bugatti. The quantity that noise from the highway and suspension is remoted from the cabin and even the refined sounds of flexing leather-based and carbon fiber that change with the temperature and humidity. Every should go the excessive requirements required by Bugatti.

This work is taken to its extremes on the closed runway of an area airport. Centodieci accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.4 seconds to a prime pace of 380 km/h. Excessive-speed slaloms, emergency lane adjustments (‘Dealing with’ mode), and emergency braking are all examined in full security to make sure that even at these speeds, and subjected to intense circumstances, Centodieci is honed till flawless. Dynamically excellent in each approach, and utterly secure and steady for patrons.

At factors on his drive, he can even be checking the varied materials finishes and bespoke touches utilized to every Centodieci. Bugatti developed customized shapes, elements, and workmanship processes for this automobile, and as with all coachbuilt fashions, the important thing components of the inside had been differentiated for the Centodieci. These embrace exact leather-based quilting within the inside, which creates a chessboard impact and is designed to look uniform and composed.

His sense of the exacting requirements set by Bugatti is so acute that even when any materials feels rougher than it ought to if the buttons, switches, and handles don’t really feel or look as they need to, he’ll return to the Atelier to establish, clarify and proper the problems together with his colleagues. Every part is measured and analyzed, delivered to extraordinarily exact tolerances with zero room for interpretation.

Solely as soon as an extended record of stringent Bugatti standards has been fulfilled is a automobile deemed prepared for its subsequent stage with the Atelier staff. The filter within the gearbox is modified, the ultimate set of wheels is fitted, any imperfections are corrected or elements changed if wanted, and the automobile is taken on one ultimate take a look at drive of round 50 km, with every automobile having lined a minimal of 350 km earlier than it’s delivered to the shopper. Then this few-off work of automotive artwork, an homage to 110 years of Bugatti historical past and the fruits of engineering and design excellence, leaves Molsheim.

Steve Jenny, Bugatti Check Driver, stated: “There isn’t a compromise within the creation of a Bugatti, particularly one as uncommon and distinctive because the Centodieci. Since solely 10 will ever be created, the alternatives to drive such a unprecedented automobile are so uncommon that we should redouble our consideration in the course of the ultimate drive. Making certain constant perfection throughout every Centodieci, and each Bugatti is extraordinarily essential. If we encounter any points we is not going to be swayed by deadlines or timing; the automobile is not going to be delivered till we’re assured it’s excellent in each single element. It’s what has come to outline the Bugatti model, and it’s what our clients anticipate.”

Simply ten examples of the Bugatti Centodieci are being hand-built within the Molsheim Atelier. At a unit worth of eight million Euros, it was offered out earlier than its unveiling in 2019.