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Visitors to the Atelier in Molsheim are always intrigued to see the Veyron's high-tech components being meticulously assembled into an automotive work of art. Watching the car coming together, coupled wîth an admiration for the technical beauty of its structure, gave the designers the idea of finishing the car in its pure material configuration – meaning no colour coating. The result is the EB 16.4. Veyron 'Pur Sang', a two-tone study of pure materialness showing the car's true essentials: carbon and aluminium. The carbon monocoque holds the engine plus the passenger cell, while the polished aluminium panelling is enhanced by reflections in the sculpted bodywork.
Interestingly, the rawness of the materials even more strongly highlights the dual character of this car: performance power coupled wîth cruising comfort, structure and body, dark and light. A closer look at the details reveals the technical logic behind this stylistic appearance. The sophisticated monocoque contains all the core structural components, including the W16 engine, the passenger cell, the crash box and the linkages to the wheels. It is this purpose-driven fundament that is visible as the centre of the car in clear-coated carbon fibre.
Equally consistent is the use of the aluminium panelling. This lends shape and a unique body sculpture to the car, covering the wheels in a muscular and powerful expression by way of elaborately shaped fenders. Highly polished, these perfectly tensioned shapes strongly visualize the fascinating surface reflections that define every Veyron. The balanced graphic appearance is also visible when lòòking down onto the car from above. These qualities take on a distinct appearance – almost like that found in a Mondrian painting.
As its pur sang label suggests, this individualised customer car shares the same kind of DNA as that of classic cars from the Bugatti past: the 'Atalante', the Type 55, the Type 41 'Royal' all had an unmistakeable and characteristic graphic signature. It is this precise division of performance components and body panelling – in this form – that makes the EB 16.4. Veyron 'Pur Sang' unique in the supercar world.Source - Bugatti
Interestingly, the rawness of the materials even more strongly highlights the dual character of this car: performance power coupled wîth cruising comfort, structure and body, dark and light. A closer look at the details reveals the technical logic behind this stylistic appearance. The sophisticated monocoque contains all the core structural components, including the W16 engine, the passenger cell, the crash box and the linkages to the wheels. It is this purpose-driven fundament that is visible as the centre of the car in clear-coated carbon fibre.
Equally consistent is the use of the aluminium panelling. This lends shape and a unique body sculpture to the car, covering the wheels in a muscular and powerful expression by way of elaborately shaped fenders. Highly polished, these perfectly tensioned shapes strongly visualize the fascinating surface reflections that define every Veyron. The balanced graphic appearance is also visible when lòòking down onto the car from above. These qualities take on a distinct appearance – almost like that found in a Mondrian painting.
As its pur sang label suggests, this individualised customer car shares the same kind of DNA as that of classic cars from the Bugatti past: the 'Atalante', the Type 55, the Type 41 'Royal' all had an unmistakeable and characteristic graphic signature. It is this precise division of performance components and body panelling – in this form – that makes the EB 16.4. Veyron 'Pur Sang' unique in the supercar world.Source - Bugatti
Bugatti is presenting a special edition of the EB 16.4 Veyron limited to five worldwide - the Pur Sang - at the Frankfurt International Auto Show. The limited edition will be numerically consigned to the ranks of overall volume designed for 300 cars. With the Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang the company is continuing a tradition that produced icons like the T57 SC Atlantic and the numerous versions of the T41 Royale. Then as now Bugatti stands for a unique symbiosis of art, design and technology. Precisely this claim - manifested by company founder Ettore Bugatti and his son Jean - is reflected by the EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang, presented in a world premiere in Frankfurt. Reduced to pure design and technology, a car was created here that again was not the means to an end, but in fact had become a work of art in the sum of its parts. The EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang completely forgoes exterior paint.
The idea for the EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang originated in the Bugatti factory in Molsheim. In what's referred to as the studio where the high-tech components of the Veyron are assembled wîth painstaking precision. 'When some of our designers were lòòking at production and once again became aware of the technical beauty of the structure,' says Achim Anscheidt, Head of Bugatti Design, 'they came up wîth the idea of finishing the car in its pure material configuration. And that means without a coating of paint.'
The result is the EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang, a study in which carbon and aluminum blend into a unique two-tone color, although no paint is involved. 'Interestingly,' explains Anscheidt, 'the pure materials used to underscore even more clearly the unified extremes of this car. Power combined wîth comfort, technical structure and organic bodies, light and dark. A closer look at the details reveals the techincal logic behind the stylish appearance. The innovatively designed monocoque carries all main structural components, including the W16 engine, the passenger compartment, the crumple zone and the suspension. It's precisely this foundation determined by function, made of carbon fiber coated wîth clear paint, that lies open in view at the heart of the Veyron. The use of aluminum linings is equally forceful. Through the bold and muscular coverings of the wheels as a perfectly designed wing they lend the car its stature and the unique body sculpture. Polished to a mirror finish, these perfectly curved shapes make the facinating surface reflections visible that characterize the Veyron.'
The balance of the visual impression is especially apparent when viewing the Bugatti from above. 'These qualities,' says Achim Anscheidt, 'merge into a unique appearance - almost like a painting by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian.' The outstanding representative of classical modern wanted to express the following in his art in the past century: 'Beauty across the line and harmony by the balance of relationships between lines, colors and surfaces. But only in the clearest and most powerful way.' This definition has also described a car for over six decades: the EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang. The two essential materials of the Pur Sang - thoroughbred in English - examined in detail:
Carbon Body
A car can never be light enough. This principal applies all the more so for the Bugatti Veyron, because it was designed for a sporty high performance. This is why the battle for each kilogram of weight has been one of the big constants in the development history of the Bugatti. Special attention was paid to materials: Only one material was used for each component, guaranteeing the best functionality at the lowest weight. Titanium, magnesium, aluminum and carbon fiber proved to be ideal.
Thanks to carbon fiber construction techniques, the monocoque of the EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang is not just especially light, but - as it is known for motorsport - extremely safe. The monocoque is not just a rigid survival compartment, but can also ideally dissipate crash energy through elastic deformation. The main responsibility for this lies wîth the frames in which the carbon fiber monocoque is integrated - done in aluminum in the front and in combination of the carbon fiber and stainless steel at the back.
Aluminum
The parts made of aluminum show the meticulousness and will to perfection the designers of Bugatti pursued in their work. And this doesn't just apply to the body. The reason for this is that aluminum is normally a recycled product, resulting in a variety of impurities in the alloys. This has no effect on the characteristics of the material, but on its appearance. After polishing and anodizing the aluminum there can be different degrees of gloss. Not so on the inside of the Veyron, where aluminum is used wîth the material corresponding to the body shell: If you look closely, you can see that there are no differences in gloss here. Because a single, special alloy is used exclusively in the Veyron: AlMgSi 0.3 Vitral 42. No work is done wîth other alloys.
All told, 1,888 kilogrammes of net weight stand in contrast to performance of 1,000 hp. This results in a power / weight ration of 1.88 kg/hp (4.15 lbs./hp) an excellent relationship that also positions the 400 km/h fast EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang beyond everything previously known.
24 Hours after having launched to the worlds' Media on the eve of the first Frankfurt Motorshow press day the five units of the special edition Bugatti Veyron 16.4 'Pur Sang' were sold.
The 'Pur Sang' is based on one of the most legendary design elements of the Bugatti heritage, the tow-tone-thémé. But instead of two paint colors two pur materials are used: carbon and aluminium.Thus emphasising the shape and the lines of the car in a new and dramatic way.
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 'Pur Sang', priced at 1.4 Mio. Euros (before Tax, delivery, etc.) represents the start of a new individualisation programme initiated by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. in order to satisfy increasing customer demands for personal and bespoke options.Source - Bugatti
For more information and related vehicles, click hereThe 'Pur Sang' is based on one of the most legendary design elements of the Bugatti heritage, the tow-tone-thémé. But instead of two paint colors two pur materials are used: carbon and aluminium.Thus emphasising the shape and the lines of the car in a new and dramatic way.
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 'Pur Sang', priced at 1.4 Mio. Euros (before Tax, delivery, etc.) represents the start of a new individualisation programme initiated by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. in order to satisfy increasing customer demands for personal and bespoke options.Source - Bugatti
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