Shortly after the premiere of the Divo at Pebble Beach in 2018, Bugatti was approached by a customer who wanted an even more exclusive unit, with a very complicated paint job for his personal collection. What he had in mind was a strict geometric pattern with diamond shapes in a unique metallic color contrast, dubbed ‘Customer Special Red’ and ‘Graphite’. The graphics were designed to run precisely from the front to the rear, in order to match the hypercar’s silhouette.
It took the entire team more than a year and a half to implement the
solutions, using CAD data, countless simulations and even a test vehicle to
perfectly align the approximately 1,600 diamonds before applying them to the
customer’s car. In fact, the work turned out to be an absolute nightmare, and
at one point, they almost gave up on the project.
After one final rehearsal, using another
test vehicle, they finally applied the pattern to the Divo. Subsequently,
employees checked every diamond over several days to make sure that everything
is perfect, and the car was then sanded, smoothed, checked, retouched and then
re-sanded again. Nicknamed the Divo ‘Lady Bug’, it was delivered to its owner
at the beginning of the year, and it is the centerpiece of his collection that
also counts the Vision Gran Turismo, Chiron and Veyron Vitesse, apparently.
Pricing for the ‘regular’ Divo starts at
€ 5 million (US$ 6 million) excluding tax on the other side of the pond, and each
one uses the 1,479 HP 8.0-liter quad-turbo W16 engine.
Top speed is limited to 380 km/h and only 40 units will be made in
total.
