It does not feel like it has been eight years since Bugatti stunned us with the Chiron. After the sheer power and speed of the Veyron we were sitting thinking, is it possible to create something even faster, even more technologically advanced? Well that was answered in 2016 when the 1,479 brake horsepower Chiron graced us petrolheads. 

Since then we have seen many different editions of the Chiron; there has been the Pur Sport, Sport, Divo, Centodieci and Super Sport 300+ to name a few. However, the last Chiron is a ‘standard’ Super Sport, packing 1,578 bhp from its now retired 8.0 litre quad-turbo W16 which will propel it to a top speed of 273 mph. That’s a 12 mph increase over the “regular” Chiron, if we can call it that.

However, it is important to remember the original Chiron today. This is because L’Ultime takes a lot of inspiration from the car that started it all eight years ago. The most obvious way this has been done is through the colour, or I should say colours of the Chiron Super Sport. This is because Bugatti have used the trend of colour fading.

Ordinarily if I read this, I will roll my eyes because I am not normally a fan as it is being done a lot and for me is very hard to do right. However, with L’Ultime, it has been done so so well. The two colours used, French Racing Blue and Atlantic Blue fade into each other in a way I have not seen done before. Key locations and events that have contributed to the Chiron, have been applied in a hand written style to help blend the colours.

Alongside this, Bugatti have painted the wheels so that they are mirroring the front and rear shades which further helps that blend work. Another fine detail that helps this work is a detail I first remember seeing on the Hermes Chiron Super Sport: its detailing of it being a 1 of 1 on the wheel. L’Ultime borrows from this with the L’Ultime writing at the top of the Bugatti logo and 500/500 at the bottom so signifying that this is the last Chiron to roll out of Molsheim.