Bugatti Brouillard is a one -time W16 Coupe theme after Ettore Bugatti – Jalopnik’s favorite horse

Coachbuilding is an important part of Bugatti’s cars since the company was founded. In the past you would buy a chassis from Bugatti (or what other automaker) and then have your favorite coachbuilder design a custom body – or sometimes use Bugatti’s own designs, as Jean Bugatti began to do for many models such as the type 57, to bring about a revolution in industry. That is difficult to do in the modern era thanks to annoying things such as crash and emission tests, so coachbuilding fell aside for decades – unless of course you were the Brunei sultan. But thanks to new modular architectures and other progress, companies such as Rolls-Royce and Ferrari have reduced coachbuilding to the favor, designing and building very expensive one-time or single-from-models.

With the help of the Chiron-Architectuur and W16 Government Line as the basis, Bugatti made the Limited-Run Centodieci and Divo, but so far the only one-off coach Built New Bugatti La Voiture Noire, who was a record for the most expensive new car, that was aimated one. Solitaire. Solitaire. The first car of Program Solitaire is a coupe called the Brouillard, inspired by and named after company founder Ettore Bugatti’s favorite horse.

Everyone in the Bugatti family had a love for animals; Many of the sculptures made by the brother Rembrandt van Ettore were of animals, and his full elephant became a characteristic Bugatti mascot, used as cap ors on the generous and as trim decorations on new models – including in the shifter of the Mistral. Bugatti says about Brouillard the horse:

[Brouillard was] The loyal companion who could open his own stable door through a special mechanism designed by Ettore itself, this car is celebrating the great love of the founder for horses and his favorite horse of all. A majestic thoroughbred with a jacket as white as the first snowfall, specked with the subtle shades of a summer morning mist, Brouillard was not a normal horse; He was the embodiment of everything Ettore admired: speed, beauty and unparalleled grace.

Not only does the new Brouillard do its name that horse, but it has horses everywhere in the interior, and horses served as visual inspiration for the outside of the coupé. Says design director Frank Heyl:

The bond between Ettore and Brouillard was deep special. He saw a mirror of his own creations in Brouillard; The curves of the body of the horse, the muscular flanks, the perfect proportions – these were all elements that he tried to catch in the steel and aluminum of his cars. So here the aesthetics of this car refrain from sharp lines in favor of more reflection -based surfaces that imitate a kind of athletic muscle, like a trained horse. It is strongly focused on sculptural surfaces and organic forms, as the vision of a tendon under the skin. Huge power and complexity, hidden by a veil of worthy simplicity.

In general, the Brouillard is essentially a Coupé version with a fixed roof of the homeless Mistral Roadster, but with bodywork that is both curvier and technical. Bugatti does not say the name of the beautiful green paint, but it is combined with green carbon fiber elements on the lower sections, such as the bumper fins, tampy side skirts and rear diffuser. The company says that this split of the third -party rule takes in classical art; Your eyes usually focus on the upper two -thirds of the design of a car, so the lower third is darker it helps to enter the shadow of the car, while the car also appears longer and lower.

At the front, the bodywork around the headlights is not that aggressive, but there are still huge air inlet and the hood has a wing -shaped air ventilation made of carbon with an aluminum central spine that connects with a very cool clear round for the wide horseshoe rack.

The characteristic C-Line of Bugatti who wraps themselves around the side windows is more pinched and prominent, and black pillars and fuel filler doors behind the side windows give the greenhouse an excellent sight-hearted appearance. The large back hardenes are rounder and softer than those of the Mistral, which catch the light nicely and give the Brouillard a great position. I also like the wheels that have the shape of the horseshoe grid.

Unlike the Chiron and Mistral, the Brouillard has a few prominent air inlet on the roof, such as on the Veyron. Finished in Matte Black, the intakes “W16” have stamped in the sides, so that spectators will know what the Brouillard is driven through. They flow back in a more sculptural aft deck that frames the uncovered engine compartment, although there is an aluminum central spine that runs all the way back from the front of the roof. The roof has a glass part in the form of a Naca channel, but it is not only a flat panel, instead he has done sections where the intakes are. That cannot be cheap to produce.

In addition to looking incredible, solitary one -off one -off such as the Brouillard will meet all rigorous aerodynamic and thermodynamic needs of the 1,600 hp power line, making them just as capable and usable as any other Bugatti. Certainly developed with lessons from the Chiron Profilée, the Brouillard has a fixed Ducktail spoiler that flows from the squat and is above the X-shaped rear lights. Bugatti says that the spoiler helps with the aerodynamic balance of the car, and the air inlets create a pressure drop for more air flow through the radiators.

The diffuser is even more dramatic than that of the Mistral, with the outer edges visibly leaving out of the wide rear tires. Instead of the trapezoidal exhaust points of the Mistral, the Brouillard has two pairs of round tips that are stacked on top of each other such as the Chiron Super Sport, with two extra hidden exhaust pipes inboard. Bugatti says that the exhaust gasket enables engineers to maximize the functional surface of the diffuser. All this “represents the highlight of W16 platform development.” The company has not given performance specifications for the Brouillard, but given how the Mistral 282 MPH hit without a roof, it can even be faster than that.

Things are really fun inside. Pistachio green leather is combined with tons of comparable green carbon fiber, with many processed aluminum bits that have been thrown for a good measure. I am always a fan of a color -dependent cabin, especially when the color scheme is just as strange as this one. The seats are tailor -made for the Brouillard, formed to suit the owner and their preferences. Because the Brouillard is a coupé, it has made its own shot and roof environment of carbon fiber, with an illuminated C-shaped central spine that travels the driver and passenger sections such as the Chiron. But apart from those elements and a unique middle armrest, the design of the cabin is the same as that of a Mistral.

The main event is clearly the plaid upholstery and all horses. Bugatti says that the Tartan fabric is woven and from Paris is from, and it is used on the door panels, steering wheel, seats and wrapped dashboard pieces. Images of galloping horses are embroidered on the doors, while the upper seats have large overlapping horse heads. Instead of the small elephant found in the shifter of the Mistral, the shifter of the Brouillard (which is processed from a single block aluminum) has a handmade sculpture from Brouillard, the horse that is placed in its glass insert.

When a manufacturer often releases photos and information about a one -time car, this keeps the identity of the owner secret. Bugatti describes the buyer as “a hugely passionate Bugatti -collector, not only from cars – both old and new – but also of the eclectic furniture from Carlo Bugatti and the beautiful bronze sculptures by Rembrandt Bugatti.” The company says that “they wanted to honor all the craftsmanship of the Bugatti family in a masterpiece that celebrated a core inspiration of Ettore Bugatti’s approach to Auto design: his love for his horses.”

Fortunately for us, the owner of the Brouillard wants to become publicly known because he has posted all teasers on Instagram. It was commissioned by Michael PerridonA Dutch businessman who owns The largest collection of Bugattis in the world. He even has A website for the collectionWith photos and information for all cars, sculptures and furniture found in it. The Bugattis of the collection also wends – at the ice in St. Moritz earlier this year, his type 57g tank could be found around the track.