These Pair Personalized Bugatti Chirons Are Astonishingly Elegant

Bugatti’s Sur Mesure initiative, launched in 2021 to offer clients custom tailoring services, has recently unveiled two unique customer commissions featuring entirely fresh paint designs purportedly influenced by illumination.

‘Vagues de Lumière’ (translated as “Inspired by Light” in French) served as the theme for these hand-painted finishes. The concept aimed at drawing inspiration from the play of light on the Chiron’s body panels. Initially, a base coat is applied before being adorned with “light-sculpted” lines painted by hand over several weeks. Bugatti produced two distinct variants: a Chiron Pur Sport and a Chiron Super Sport, both showcasing their unique finish.

The Bugatti Chiron Super Sport began with a primary coat of California Blue, onto which the “light-sculpted” lines were meticulously painted in Arancia Mira hue. This same Arancia Mira finish extended to the magnesium wheels and the “38” on the horseshoe grille. The interior also received a touch of the hue, with the Chiron’s seats adorned in the same vibrant orange shade.

The Chiron Pur Sport initially featured exposed blue carbon fiber body panels, which were then detailed with Nocturne stripes. It also sported a numbered horseshoe grille, this time with the digit “9” painted in French Racing Blue. Completing the exterior look, the Tricolor French flag was painted on each side of the rear wing. Inside this unique Pur Sport, an exquisite Beluga Blue and French Racing Blue color scheme awaits.

The entire painting process for these vehicles spans about five weeks, involving the creation of 2D shapes onto the car’s 3D surfaces. The aforementioned lines are subsequently hand-painted layer by layer, culminating in multiple coats of clear finish.

My usual stance on such extravagance would involve ridiculing these exorbitantly priced, tailor-made models aimed at indulging billionaires. Despite that, I surprisingly find myself rather fond of the aesthetics of these two vehicles. They may still retain an element of extravagance, but then again, so does the Chiron itself. Being a multimillion-dollar two-seater hypercar equipped with an 8.0-liter, quad-turbocharged W16 engine capable of achieving a top speed of 273 mph (440 km/h), it inherently embodies a sense of flamboyance. Hence, I particularly admire the California Blue/Arancia Mira Chiron Super Sport; if I were to invest millions in a vehicle like the Chiron, I would desire it to exude a level of flamboyance akin to that model.

Both vehicles were customized based on customer specifications, the operating principle of the Sur Mesure program. The precise cost was undisclosed by Bugatti, implying that those who inquire about it probably cannot afford it.