THE world’s fastest road car with a top speed of 300mph has emerged for sale and is expected to sell for around £4.3 million.
The black and orange 2022 Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ Coupe is one of just 30 examples made.
British former Le Mans winner Andy Wallace clocked 304.777mph in the car’s Chiron prototype in 2019 at the Volkswagen AG Test Track in Ehra-Lessien, Germany.
The Italian hypercar, which has a 7,933cc Quad-Turbocharged W16 petrol engine and is capable of 1,578bhp, is set to spark a bidding war at Bonhams in Scottsdale, Arizona, US.
They describe it as ‘one of the most sought-after and show stopping beautiful’ road legal vehicles in the world.
It is number 9 in the production line and has just 255 miles on the clock from factory testing.
A Bonhams spokesperson said: “To attack the record, Bugatti turned to the team led by Andy Wallace, who already had two such records under his belt, the McLaren F1 at 240.1mph and the Veyron SS at 267.8mph.
“The Bugatti team, assembled at the VAG Ehra-Lessien test track, Wallace and crew kept pushing until the final day, when at maximum acceleration, an unprecedented 304.777 mph was registered with the Germany authorities.”
Louis Frankel, Bonhams car specialist, added: “This is the quintessence of hypercars.
“Bugatti has an unparalleled reputation in high-performance vehicles and the Chiron Super Sport 300+ is a symbol of that automotive excellence.
“We look forward to witnessing the surge of excitement and attention this will undoubtedly achieve when we showcase it at our Scottsdale auction.”
Bugatti recently revealed the new 1,578 horsepower Bolide, branded by Auto Express as the “evil twin” of its Chiron model, which ranked as the fastest car in the world this year.
Weighing just 1,450kg, it is built from composite carbon fibre and designed to run on 98Ron super unleaded fuel.
For reference, that’s the same weight as the average VW Passat with just under ten times the horsepower.
Every inch of the body has been specially constructed to fit around the vehicle’s beating heart in the form of a quadruple turbocharged W16 engine.
The sale takes place on January 25.
