There was an official release of the all-aluminum Bugatti Pur Sang somewhere in Frankfurt this week, but it wasn't at the official Frankfurt Auto Show. In fact, once it was shown -- presumably, once -- it wasn't seen again. Not much of a loss, really, because you won't be likely to see one either: Bugatti's only making five of them. That's even more exclusive than the edtion-of-twenty Lamborghini Reventon.
The Pur Sang is a standard-issue Bugatti stripped of all of its paint. That means raw aluminum and carbon fiber face the 200+ MPH elements in their naked states. We don't know how it looks in person, but in pics we'd have to say it's the prettiest Bugatti we've seen. Without the two-tone paint job, the car doesn't remind us of a giant Stacy Adams shoe. It's also a couple hundred pounds lighter, not that you were looking to shave weight or tenths off the car.
And heaven only knows how Bugatti will decide who gets the five examples. But of course, if you really wanted one you can always stop by Earl Scheib and have your Bugatti stripped. Since it only costs $99 to put paint on a car, it's probably not much more to take it off. Just an idea. In the mean time, be sure to check out the hi-res gallery of pics.
[Source: World Car Fans]














Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
RicardoHead @ Sep 12th 2007 1:02PM
Ohhhhhhh wowwwwwwww!
50 cent is gonna love this!
Yawn.
James @ Sep 12th 2007 4:27PM
Where is the Veyron Roadster mentioned here:
http://www.sybarites.org/2006/11/15/bugatti-planning-veyron-roadster/
Andrew Tanasescu @ Sep 12th 2007 1:04PM
Sunny day in Florida + This car = Death for surrounding drivers...
I think its gorgeous tho...
geo.stewart @ Sep 12th 2007 4:28PM
consider the poor valet schlub that has to touch the door handle in the Florida or Arizona sun...
Js @ Sep 12th 2007 1:14PM
This is what Bugatti should have done from the start... It looks so much better than the painted ones its almost ridiculous...
I feel bad for anyone who already bought a Bugatti and now has to look at this beauty...
John @ Sep 12th 2007 1:55PM
I don't feel bad for anyone with a Veyron.
2004m3driver @ Sep 17th 2007 1:18PM
I couldn't agree more. I'd take one in pink and poop color if that was all it took to own one.
Johnny Rotten @ Sep 12th 2007 1:16PM
Absolute hotness
cg @ Sep 12th 2007 1:29PM
How does the paint weigh a couple hundred pounds?
Mike @ Sep 12th 2007 2:33PM
Yeah I'm not one to get hung up on numbers but I can't imagine the thickest paint job on earth for a car that size could weight more than 80 lbs...dunno how you could shed "a couple hundred" (200+) by simply removing the two-tone...
ik @ Sep 12th 2007 5:49PM
LMAO
the car is weight reduced in other areas. the bare aluminum body has little to do with it.
looks wonderful imo
where's the gallery?
cg @ Sep 13th 2007 10:08AM
ik:
"The Pur Sang is a standard-issue Bugatti stripped of all of its paint. "
So what other light weighting was done there? Still sounds like 200+ pounds of paint, or just shoddy autoblog journalism... nah, it definitely can't be that.
JimmyTheMonkey @ Sep 12th 2007 1:39PM
Good start. They just need to shave off another 1000 or so pounds
Chris @ Sep 12th 2007 1:42PM
Spectacular. Simply spectacular.
Chris @ Sep 12th 2007 1:46PM
It looks a bit weird but very cool at the same time.
RITmusic2k @ Sep 12th 2007 1:48PM
Every DeLorean in the world just got jealous.
eddie @ Sep 12th 2007 1:56PM
That's how a $1,000,000 car should look, beautiful.
John P. @ Sep 12th 2007 2:12PM
it's good thing it's a runner 'cause it's ugly.
Eldiablo @ Sep 12th 2007 2:22PM
How long will it be until a blue, white and red stripe are run up the side and 'AA' painted on the rear?
SMRT, I mean SMART though.
Preston M @ Sep 12th 2007 6:22PM
$99 paint job? Count me in!