Bugatti

The 2022 Pebble Beach Concours has gone to a Duesenberg J Figoni Sports Torpedo from a strong field, including a Talbot-Lago T150C-SS Figoni & Falaschi, a 1930 Duesenberg J Graber Cabriolet, and a 1951 Talbot-Lago T26 Stabilimenti Farina Cabriolet.

Bugatti showed its final gas-burning car in Monterey today, giving it 1,600 horses, dubbing it the W16 Mistral, and announcing the 99-vehicle production run is already sold out.

Monterey Car Week is upon us once more, and the auction cluster that provides a large part of the show at the week-long automotive celebration is shaping as the biggest in history.

The 2021 auction market was quite extraordinary, with unprecedented levels of participation and sales. From cars to colt revolvers to multi-million-dollar NFTs, this sweeping look at the highlights is full of fascinating tales and astonishing prices.

In the past, we've seen Volkner edge out competitors for "most expensive motorhome at the Caravan Salon" honors. This time, it leaves them in the dust, presenting a jaw-dropping ultra-luxury/hypercar vehicle experience that prices in at $7.7 million.

In addition to crowning a new Best of Show at the world’s most important Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach, two of the last three Peninsula Classics Best of the Best winners were there, plus 38 former Pebble Beach winning cars.

Last year when Bugatti announced its prototype Bolide hypercar, many multimillionaires were eager to obtain one of the vehicles for themselves. Well, they'll soon have the chance, as the automaker is moving the Bolide into limited production.

The Quail is the stage upon which prestigious marques show their finest wares for the first time and while 2021 saw a bumper crop of new models, this event is more than a hypercar showroom, it is a celebration of automotive excellence spanning all eras.

The blockbuster hypercar business deal of the decade is now official: storied brand Bugatti, with its 112-year history of ultra-exclusive automaking, is now majority owned by 12-year-old Croatian electric hypercar upstart Rimac Automobili.

"Super Sport" has come to mean "world-record speed" at Bugatti, and the Chiron Super Sport remains true to its heritage. The newest member of the Chiron family has been painstakingly optimized for world-beating grades of acceleration and speed.

The Bugatti brand is usually associated with high-performance automobiles, but it's now attached to three premium smartwatches, too. Bugatti has teamed up with wearables manufacturer VIITA to produce the models, which are being funded on Kickstarter.

A bunch of bespoke, 3/4-scale replicas of the Bugatti Type 35 roadster are now making their way into the hands of collectors across the globe, each with its own fine points of difference and an air of exclusivity, with only 500 made.