Frankfurt 2007: the shiny, invisible Bugatti Pur Sang
by Jonathon Ramsey on Sep 12th 2007 at 12:58PM 
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)
Orri 10:06PM (6/02/2008)
The Pur Sang is made of all aluminum while the standard Veyron is not. ^,,^ The examples used are regular Veyron's stripped of paint, and the car loses a few hundred pounds because of the lighter metal.
The writer doesn't seem to know this though, if you'd like an actual report on the car, I'd go to a credited writer or tech spec. site.
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JParrish 1:05AM (12/20/2008)
Saw one of these at Luxautica in Orlando FL........Stunning to say the least.
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RicardoHead 1:02PM (9/12/2007)
Ohhhhhhh wowwwwwwww!
50 cent is gonna love this!
Yawn.
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James 4:27PM (9/12/2007)
Where is the Veyron Roadster mentioned here:
http://www.sybarites.org/2006/11/15/bugatti-planning-veyron-roadster/
Andrew Tanasescu 1:04PM (9/12/2007)
Sunny day in Florida + This car = Death for surrounding drivers...
I think its gorgeous tho...
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geo.stewart 4:28PM (9/12/2007)
consider the poor valet schlub that has to touch the door handle in the Florida or Arizona sun...
eddie 1:56PM (9/12/2007)
That's how a $1,000,000 car should look, beautiful.
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Js 1:14PM (9/12/2007)
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...
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John 1:55PM (9/12/2007)
I don't feel bad for anyone with a Veyron.
2004m3driver 1:18PM (9/17/2007)
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 1:16PM (9/12/2007)
Absolute hotness
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cg 1:29PM (9/12/2007)
How does the paint weigh a couple hundred pounds?
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Mike 2:33PM (9/12/2007)
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 5:49PM (9/12/2007)
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 10:08AM (9/13/2007)
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 1:39PM (9/12/2007)
Good start. They just need to shave off another 1000 or so pounds
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Chris 1:42PM (9/12/2007)
Spectacular. Simply spectacular.
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Chris 1:46PM (9/12/2007)
It looks a bit weird but very cool at the same time.
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RITmusic2k 1:48PM (9/12/2007)
Every DeLorean in the world just got jealous.
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John P. 2:12PM (9/12/2007)
it's good thing it's a runner 'cause it's ugly.
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