Choices, choices… What shall it be, Super Sport or Grand Sport Vitesse? Either will be very fast, well over 200mph, be in as-new condition and cost around a million and a half. Both are, of course, Bugatti Veyrons, and Bonhams has both of them as a very dynamic duo to headline its next sale.
So which one to choose? The right answer of course is to have both: the Super Sport coupe for winter, and the Grand Sport Vitesse convertible for those balmy summer days…
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The 2013 Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse, in red and with just 580km from new, is one of the 150 convertible Veyrons that Bugatti built after the model had its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in 2012. At the time the world’s most powerful roadster, the model went on to guarantee its place in the history books by hitting 253mph to become officially the world’s fastest production roadster.
Too slow for you, and not fussed about taking the roof off? You need the coupe in the sale, a black 2010 Veyron Super Sport and almost as unused as its convertible counterpart, with only 689km under its wheels in 10 years. Boasting 1,200PS (883kW) and 1,500Nm of torque, the Super Sport version of the Veyron 16.4 could get from 0-62mph in 2.5 seconds and hit 258mph.
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Each Veyron comes with a pre-sale estimate of £1.3-1.8 million. But if that’s too rich, there’s a third Veyron in the sale which Bonhams thinks will make £960,000-1.1m. It’s the entry-model Bug though: a 2010 16.4 coupe. It will still do over 250mph though with 1,001PS (736kW) from its monster 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16 engine.
Bonhams has several other ways to tempt you into spending a million at its Bonmont sale on Lake Geneva on 20th September. There’s a 2016 Porsche 918 Spyder for instance, at £920,000-1.1m, and a Ferrari 599 Aperta convertible, for the same estimate.
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Other notables in the sale include a pair of Mercedes AMG SLS Black Series coupes (both with an estimate from around £400,000), one of 125 Maserati Mistrale Spyders, a 1964 example in the same Swiss family ownership since 1971 and with an estimate from £350,000, and a rare 1938 Derby Bentley with four-door cabriolet body by the Geneva-based Carrosserie Worblaufen. A regular on the concours lawns of Villa d’Este and Pebble Beach, it’s a very stylish (it even comes with a set of silk-lined luggage!) way to spend around £200,000.
Last year Bonhams’ first auction at the Bonmont Golf and Country Club in Cheserex hit the headlines when it sold a Lamborghini Veneno for a world record Lamborghini auction price of £7.7 million.
Images courtesy of Bonhams.
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