The Bugatti Veyron FKP Hommage is the second car from the company’s Solitare bespoke commission division, and is named after Ferdinand Karl Piëch, the former CEO of the Volkswagen Group, and the driving force behind the original Veyron project.
While the Veyron FKP Hommage looks as though it uses the same body as the hypercar produced between 2005 and 2015, the FKP actually uses “the highest evolution” of the W16 platform, which means it is actually a Chiron that’s been extensively restyled to resemble the Veyron.
According to Bugatti, the FKP’s exterior is a “subtle yet significant evolution” of the original’s. The front end has a more 3D appearance with the horseshoe grille jutting out in front and flowing more organically into the rest of the vehicle.
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At the rear, there’s the classic afterburner-style tail-lights, but the stance is wider and meaner.
For the two-tone paint job, the colour split aligns directly to the individual panels. The red sections feature a silver base coat with a red-tinted clear coat, while the black portions are actually exposed carbon-fibre with a 10 per cent black pigment in the clear coat.
The headlights are smaller, and larger air intakes are required to serve the more powerful 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16 engine borrowed from the Chiron Super Sport.
This iteration of the W16 makes 1176kW (or 1600 metric horsepower) and 1600Nm, which is a significant step up from the original Veyron’s 736kW (1001 metric horsepower) and 1250Nm.
Like the Chiron, the Veyron FKP Hommage rides on Michelin tyres with 20-inch wheels up front, and 21-inch rims at the rear.
While many bespoke creations by luxury brands have interiors that are retrimmed versions of their donor vehicle, the FKP has a unique steering wheel inspired by the Veyron’s, as well as a new dashboard with a bespoke centre console and centre tunnel that are machined from solid blocks of aluminium.
The seats and door cards feature fabric woven in Paris, while in the centre of the dashboard is a 41mm Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Tourbillon clock with a unique self-winding mechanism that rotates on a diagonal axis several times per hour without being directly powered by the car.
A Bugatti spokesperson told Autocar the FKP will cost its owner over €10 million (A$17 million). Before heading to its owner garage, the FKP Hommage will be on display at the Retromobile Paris exhibition from January 29 to Feburary 1.
