The World’s Most Expensive Car, La Voiture Noire, Sells for €16.7 Million
Channel: Daily Insight
Date: 2019-03-08

I’m not a big car fan, but this supercar caught my eye. The Bugatti La Voiture Noire (literally, The Black Car) sold for 16.7 million euros (about AU$27 million), which is said to be a record price for a new car. Only one was produced and the buyer remains anonymous. The car comes with a huge 1,500-horsepower, 16-cylinder, 8-litre engine, encased within a sleek jet-black carbon fibre body.

For the same price, you could buy approximately 850 Mitsubishi Tritons, or 1,700 Suzuki Swifts. (Or if you’re into overpriced property, you could buy about 25 average priced houses in Sydney). 

Comparing the La Voiture Noire with these more affordable cars, a Suzuki Swift has a top speed of 194kph; a Triton, 200kph; and The Black Car, 420kph! Boy, that’s fast!

In terms of acceleration, from 0 to 100kph, the Suzuki takes 7.8s; the Triton, 10.55s; and The Black Car, 2.4s!

Storage space in the boot: The Swift has 265L; the Triton, 1 tonne; and The Black Car, 44L, which is only about the size of a medium backpack.

And lastly, fuel consumption in litres per 100km. The Swift uses 6.1L/100km; the Triton, 7.6, and The Black Car uses a whopping 35.2L/100km. Man, in Australia, you’d just be driving between petrol stations filling it up all the time.

The La Voiture Noire was produced to celebrate the 110th anniversary of Bugatti. In their own words:

“A pioneering spirit, passion for perfection and the desire to continually redefine its limits have been the key characteristics of BUGATTI since it was founded 110 years ago. None of the brand’s masterpieces reflect these values more impressively than the Type 57 SC Atlantic. Created by Ettore Bugatti’s eldest son Jean, the only four Atlantics ever created stand for pure elegance and sophistication.
With its homage to the fourth, all-black Atlantic, missing since the Second World War, BUGATTI is bringing the speed, technology, luxury and aesthetics of an icon into a new era. But the customised creation of “La Voiture Noire” is far more than a modern interpretation of the ghost of the gran turismo. “La Voiture Noire” is a tribute to BUGATTI’s own history, a manifesto of the BUGATTI aesthetic and a piece of automotive haute couture.”

So which do you prefer? An overpriced La Voiture Noire, or 25 overpriced Sydney houses?

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