Chiron Noire · 1 of 20
La Voiture Noire · 1936
Jean Bugatti kept the darkest of the four Type 57 SC Atlantics for himself — La Voiture Noire, the black car. It was driven, photographed, used in Bugatti's own brochures, and then it was gone. Of the four, it is the only one never recovered. Eighty years on, the name returned — on twenty cars. This is one of them.
Nothing here is painted.
The black is the material itself.
The Edition · 1 of 20
Every surface that would normally catch light has been removed from it — the horseshoe, the signature line, the wheels, the mirrors, all rendered in matt Nocturne black. Inside, Beluga Black leather, uninterrupted. The only metal left to shine is the Macaron at the nose: solid silver, set in black enamel. Noire is signed into the door sills. Twenty cars were finished this way. Then the line was closed.
Eight litres of stillness.
The Machine
Sixteen cylinders, eight litres, four turbochargers — the only engine of its kind ever built for the road. It reaches 100 km/h in 2.4 seconds and runs to an electronically capped 420 km/h.None of that is the point. The point is restraint: at part throttle it moves through traffic like nothing is happening, then delivers all of it the instant you ask — without drama, without ever feeling unsettled. Power is common. Composure like this is not.
Capability
The sound
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This Example
Matt Black Carbon over Beluga Black leather, with Nocturne detailing throughout. Built in 2021 and barely used since — around two thousand kilometres in total. It was never meant to be a daily car, and it hasn't been treated as one. Worldwide delivery can be arranged.
The Car, in Detail
Under the Black
The finish hides the surface. Here is what it doesn't show.
Every panel is bare carbon fibre, each sheet laid by hand so the weave runs unbroken across the car. What reads as black paint is the structure itself, left exposed because it had nothing to hide.
The 8.0-litre W16 is the only sixteen-cylinder ever built for the road. Each is assembled by hand and run on a bench until it proves itself, before it is ever allowed under a body.
Carbon-ceramic discs at every corner, and a rear wing that rises into the airflow under braking — enough to bring two tonnes down from speeds most roads will never see.
Acquisition
We hold this car for private sale — worldwide delivery, viewing by appointment, every enquiry handled directly and in confidence. Nineteen others exist somewhere. This is the one in front of you.
