The Bugatti divo is certainly a miracle of engineering. But this specific example Chassis # VF9SD3V34LM795015 is especially important, because it is the first divo offered at the public auction. If it crosses the block at the quail, this divo, offered by Bonhams Cars (Lot 196) on no reserve, with less than 800 miles on the clock, would be between $ 7.0 and $ 9.0 million based on early estimates. That is no surprise for a machine as rare, radical and honored as this.
Earlier this month we reported on a bollide, another ultra-reduced Bugatti that went under the hammer for an estimated $ 6.0 million. Although it is only a track, no-ruess Hypercar, built for Circuit Domination, the Divo, on the other hand, is Street-Legal. However, let’s be honest, this car will probably not yield many kilometers. It is intended for climate-controlled collections, Hypercar competition meetings and occasionally an adrenaline-filled canyon run or track-day stint, if that.
This certain example, With contrasting racing blue accents and the French Tricolor, newly delivered to a collector in Florida in 2020; It was later displayed in the Petersen Museum Hypercars: the allure of the extreme exhibition. Currently equipped with aftermarket alloys for presentation, the car is supplied with its original wheels and documents.
But for some context about what makes the divo so exclusive and collectible, we have to rewind about seven years. Disagried in 2018 on Pebble Beach, ironically, very close to the location where it will first go under the hammer in a few weeks, the Divo can best be described as a more aggressive evolution of the Chiron.
The same chassis, the same 8.0-liter quad-turbo-W16 that releases an identical 1,479 hp and 1,180 pound-foot torque, but with a completely re-conceived body and mission. Bugatti wanted to make a machine with sharper treatment, more downforce and greater agility. The top speed of the Divo at 236 MPH is lower than the 261 MPH of the Chiron, but around the 3.85-Mile Handlinglus at the Nardò Ring in southern Italy it was a full eight seconds faster than the standard Chiron.
Regarding the name, Albert Divo, the French driver who won the Targa Florio twice for Bugatti in the 1920s, this hyper -sport car also brought the long -term tradition of Bugatti into the lives of internal coachbuilding. Every line and intake of the body of the aggressive Divo, from the wider air inlets and large front splitter to the dramatic roof mounted Naca channel and active rear wing, serves a goal.
With 1,005 pounds, the Divo generates 198 pounds more downforce than the Chiron and weighs 77 pounds less, thanks to carbon fiber components, thinner glass and even carbon fiber wipers, which tilt the scales at 4.323 pounds.
Inside it is a study in lightweight luxury. Alcantara dominates the cabin, the Divo blue accents flow into the sculpted seats, and even the paddle shifters are enlarged for rapid engagement. There is a calm nod to history with the Elephant emblem of Rembrandt Bugatti on the passenger seat.
Made with only 40 units, all of whom were offered exclusively to Chiron owners and sold out even before the aforementioned public unveiling on Pebble Beach, it offers collectors with the rare opportunity to acquire something very special. Cars such as the Divo rarely come on the market, and, together with the car and the Mistral, it remains a jewel in the modern portfolio of Bugatti from the PĂŻch era, where Tourbillon starts the next chapter.
Source: Bonhams -cars
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