Bugatti

Bugatti Price Guide

Bugatti exists at the very outer edge of the automotive world in almost every respect. Performance, exclusivity, price, and engineering ambition – Bugatti has few peers and no equal. If you own a Bugatti, or are trying to understand what one is worth, you are dealing with a market where individual transactions are significant financial events and where the right specialist guidance is not optional. This is not a marque where classified advertisements and comparison tools will give you a meaningful answer.

What Affects Bugatti Values

Across all eras, rarity and condition are the foundations of value, but provenance and documentation matter enormously at this level. Any Bugatti with a significant competition history, a connection to a notable original owner, or factory records confirming a rare specification can see its value multiplied well beyond a comparable, but anonymous, example. The Bugatti marque spans nearly 120 years and three entirely distinct company eras, each with its own market dynamics. Understanding which era your car belongs to is the essential starting point, and specialist auction houses with dedicated hypercar and pre-war departments (rather than generalist classic and vintage car dealers) are the only appropriate route for any serious transaction.

Pre-War Classics

The original Ettore Bugatti era (1909-1947) produced some of the most valuable cars in existence. The Type 35 and its racing variants are the defining Bugattis and the cars that established the marque’s identity; elegant, technically sophisticated racing machines that dominated grand prix racing in the mid-1920s. Values for genuine, authenticated examples are in seven figures. The Type 57 Atlantic coupe is among the rarest and most beautiful cars ever made, with the handful of surviving examples considered priceless. The Type 41 Royale, of which only six were built, sits in the same category. Even more accessible pre-war Bugattis such as the Type 40 and Type 51 trade firmly in six figures. Authenticity and the integrity of the provenance chain are everything in this market, so be extremely cautious of undocumented cars.

EB110 – The Artioli Revival

The EB110, produced in Campogalliano, Italy from 1991 to 1995 under Romano Artioli’s ownership, is a landmark supercar that has appreciated dramatically in recent years. With its quad-turbocharged 3.5-litre V12, all-wheel drive, and carbon fibre construction it was genuinely ahead of its time, and the Super Sport variant (famously counting a certain Michael Schumacher amongst its owners) commands a substantial premium over the standard car. The Artioli company’s collapse in 1995 gives the EB110 a natural production ceiling of around 139 cars, underpinning scarcity. Values have risen sharply and show no sign of reversing.

Veyron

The Volkswagen-era Veyron (2005-2015) was a landmark in automotive engineering. This astonishing achievement was the world’s first production car to exceed 400 km/h and for a period the most powerful and expensive production car on the road. The 1,001 bhp 16-cylinder engine and all-wheel drive system were nothing short of extraordinary. Around 450 were built across a wide range of standard and special edition variants. Values have stabilised and in some configurations begun to rise, though the ongoing running costs and the complexity of the powertrain mean that buyer awareness is critical. The Super Sport and Vitesse variants command premiums over standard cars. Any prospective buyer must factor in the significant maintenance costs associated with ownership.

Chiron and Current Models

The Chiron (2016-2024) built directly on the Veyron’s foundations with the W16 engine developed further to produce 1,500 bhp, and a production run capped at 500 units across multiple variants. All 500 have now been allocated. The Super Sport, Pur Sport, Super Sport 300+, and limited editions such as the Divo and Centodieci sit well above the base car in value and are already trading at or above new prices in the secondary market. The W16 Mistral roadster, the final W16-engined Bugatti model, will follow the same pattern.

The incoming Tourbillon is being pitched as a naturally aspirated V16 hybrid producing 1,775 bhp with only 250 units planned. The cost? Around £4,000,000 new. Its arrival has already focused collector attention on the final Chiron-family cars as the last of the pure W16 era.