The Bugatti Chiron L’Ultime Is The End Of An Era

Want to feel old? It’s been eight years since the Bugatti Chiron went into production. Now, with its V16-powered successor set to be revealed in a few weeks, the first ever 300mph production car is being given one last hurrah in the form of the Bugatti Chiron L’Ultime, the 500th and final example of the model to roll out of the Molsheim factory.

It’s based on the ‘regular’ Chiron Super Sport, rather than the 300+ variant that actually broke that magical barrier. It gets the same 1580bhp, but runs out of puff at a measly 273mph. Pathetic.

The L’Ultime’s colour scheme is a reinterpretation of the two-tone Atlantic Blue and French Racing Blue worn by the original Chiron show car, back at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. These colours now blend into one another along the car’s flanks, which are also adorned with the hand-written names of places and events that hold significance to the Chiron’s journey.

A number 500, also hand-written, sits on the sides, the underside of the rear wing, and the wheels’ centre caps. The wheels themselves are finished in shades of blue matching the bodywork above them. A unique blue version of the Bugatti ‘macaron’ badge (not to be confused with a tasty French biscuit) sits on the grille.

The interior is finished in bright green. Only kidding, it’s obviously blue – in this case, there’s lots of blue carbon fibre, and hand-cut, hand-stitched leather in Deep Blue.

While this is the final Chiron, it’s not quite the end of the road for Bugatti’s W16, which is still being produced for the 99-unit Mistral roadster and the upcoming Bolide track car. Bugatti president Christophe Piochon calls the L’Ultime “a fitting farewell that captures a defining legacy that will forever be etched in automotive history and paves the way to a bright new chapter.” It’s not confirmed, but we suspect this is one Bugatti will be keeping for itself rather than selling.