The most expensive sports car ever to be built has been launched at the Geneva Auto Show.
The Voiture Noire built by French supercar maker Bugatti carries a jaw-dropping price of €11m (£9.46m).
According to the company, which launched the one-off car to mark its 110th anniversary, it has already been sold to a “Bugatti enthusiast”.
The car’s main feature is its unique 1,500 horse power 16-cylinder engine which has never been fitted to a car before.
Bugatti described the model as a homage to the Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic – only four were made between 1936 and 1938.
Fashion designer Ralph Lauren is the owner of the last Atlantic produced.
Bugatti president Steve Winkelmann said: “With Voiture Noire (black car) we are paying homage to our heritage and bringing speed, technology, luxury and aesthetics forward to a new era.
“The new hyper sports car reflects Bugatti’s French heritage and its French identity – elegance through, minimalism and refinement through intensification.
“This is a tailor-made creation only comparable to the haute couture of exclusive Paris fashion designers.”
Bugatti designer Etienne Salome said all the components of the car have been handcrafted.
She said: “This is a material that has been handled perfectly. We worked long and hard on this design until there was nothing we could improve.
“For us, it represents the perfect form with a perfect finish.”
