Bugatti is officially bidding farewell to the Chiron in Europe with a new special edition model, dubbed the Chiron L’Ebe, which is one of the most exclusive ever.
Named after Ettore and Barbara Bugatti’s daughter and eldest child, L’Ebe Bugatti, the limited edition hypercar is offered in the Chiron and Chiron Sport configurations, one for each model, which have already been delivered to their owners. A third one will be handed over by the end of the month, and it will officially mark the end of the Chiron era in the Old Continent.
“L’Ebe Bugatti’s biography of her father consists of numerous diary entries by Ettore himself, letters from his early employees, customers, business partners, and her own experiences. It helps a lot to understand Ettore’s personality, his goals, and the appreciation everyone had for him and his products,” said President Christophe Piochon. “Through this unique configuration and use of her name for the final Chiron and Chiron Sport, we wanted to honor her with the status she deserves in our brand’s history.”
Said to be drawing inspiration from L’Ebe’s love of the Art Deco style, as well as the Type 57 G Tank that won Le Mans back in 1937, the new Chiron and Chiron Sport L’Ebe have gold lines on the exposed blue-tinted carbon body. Additional gold highlights bedeck the ‘EB’ badging, horseshoe grille, quad-turbo 8.0-liter W16 engine cover, and wheels. The underside of the retractable rear wing hides her signature, and so do the treadplates and the headrests.
Exposed blue-tinted carbon can be seen throughout the interior. The driver’s side door card sports ‘Silk’ leather and ‘Lake Blue’ highlights, whereas the passenger’s reverses the color scheme, and both of them feature a motif of the visual evolution of the company’s most iconic cars, from the early racers to the EB110, Veyron, and Chiron.
“L’Ebe Bugatti’s biography of her father consists of numerous diary entries by Ettore himself, letters from his early employees, customers, business partners, and her own experiences. It helps a lot to understand Ettore’s personality, his goals, and the appreciation everyone had for him and his products,” said President Christophe Piochon. “Through this unique configuration and use of her name for the final Chiron and Chiron Sport, we wanted to honor her with the status she deserves in our brand’s history.”
Said to be drawing inspiration from L’Ebe’s love of the Art Deco style, as well as the Type 57 G Tank that won Le Mans back in 1937, the new Chiron and Chiron Sport L’Ebe have gold lines on the exposed blue-tinted carbon body. Additional gold highlights bedeck the ‘EB’ badging, horseshoe grille, quad-turbo 8.0-liter W16 engine cover, and wheels. The underside of the retractable rear wing hides her signature, and so do the treadplates and the headrests.
Exposed blue-tinted carbon can be seen throughout the interior. The driver’s side door card sports ‘Silk’ leather and ‘Lake Blue’ highlights, whereas the passenger’s reverses the color scheme, and both of them feature a motif of the visual evolution of the company’s most iconic cars, from the early racers to the EB110, Veyron, and Chiron.