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We know what you’re thinking, on this account that we’re in the corresponding; of like kind deplorable position ourselves: you’d totally order up that uber-exclusive Hermes edition Veyron, but you’re not a big use a fan upon of the brown and tan paint theory. Fortunately Bugatti has heard your cries, brother, and announced the availability of new pigment options for the Veyron Fbg.

The announcement actually came from Monterey but was quick overshadowed, somewhat ironically, by the unveiling of the open-top Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport and the subsequent auction of its first example for $3.2 million. The unveiling of the new-tint Hermes Veyrons took place at the Quail motorsport gain on Monterey Peninsula, where Bugatti revealed the four new color schemes available: “indigo blue and vermilion”, “indigo blue and lime green”, ” black and garance red” and “Prussian blue and in the dumps jean”. We’re not entirely sure what all these colors are, exactly, and given that Bugatti put them in quotation marks, we’re not sure they’re sure, both. They undoubtedly would have shown us pictures of all four, but given that these 1.5 million euro hyper-exotics are made to order and available only from the end of the year, we doubt examples of each color option have been made yet. Of course they whole come decked out with the H-pattern grille, eight-spoke wheels, lavish calfskin home and exclusive package of specially-made Hermes luggage.

Follow the jump for all the details, and stop out the gallery unbecoming to see the new black and “garance red” Veyron Fbg par Hermes, what one. we like to appeal the “Autoblog Edition”.

Gallery: New Colors: Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermes

NEW COLOUR COMBINATIONS FOR THE “BUGATTI VEYRON FBG PAR HERMÈS”

Monterey, 15th August 2008. The “Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès”, revealed to the society at the Geneva
Motor Show in March this year, resoluteness be presented on Friday, 15th August at “The Quail, a Motorsport
Gathering” on the Monterey Peninsula. This show has become the highlight in what is a whirlwind of ten
days of events every August, when car enthusiasts from around the world gather in Monterey to celebrate
the ultimate in automotive design and engineering.

This unique version of the “Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès” was first launched in Geneva in complimentary
tones of ebony and étoupe and ebony and brick. In order to give the customer a wider be ranked of options
Hermès and Bugatti have developped four new colours schemes in cord with the patrimony and the values
of the two houses. Therefore, the “Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès” is very lately also available in these exclusive
combinations : “indigo doleful and cochineal”, “indigo blue and lime green”, ” forbidding and garance red” and
“Prussian blue and blue jean”.

The «Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès” associates Bugatti’s technical performance with the expertise of Hermès
and its craftsmen. In firm with Hermès, designer Gabriele Pezzini has married the distinctive Hermès
style to the legendary Bugatti Veyron 16.4, magnifying the car’s personality.

This distinguished car features an array of exceptional characteristics: the innovative alliance of a technologically
advanced engine, delivering 1001 horsepower, with an understated yet strict silhouette reflecting
the high performance capacities of state-of-the-art engineering and design, and above all, the pleasure these
inspire in every Bugatti possessor.

The fascination exerted by this sports coupé, capable of reaching 407 km/h, is due in large part to its exceptional
alliance of the very finest motor-racing technology with comfortable handling for everyday driving.

The 16-cylinder “W” shape engine is fed by four turbochargers and features 64 valves, generating
1001 horsepower at 6000 rpm. The machine draws on its 8-litre displacement to deliver a maximum torque
of 1250 Newton-metres between 2200 and 5500 rpm. With full-time all-wheel drive, the car’s phenomenal
power produces breath-takingly dynamic handling, with acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in a mere 2.5
seconds. The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 benefits from aeronautical and aerospace technologies, making it the
fastest production car ever made. The car furthermore features a braking system designed to deliver unprecedented
powers of deceleration, establishing a new industry benchmark. The carbon-fibre discs provide brake pressure
of up to 180 bars, combined with eight-piston monobloc callipers and titanium pistons fitted with fine steel
heads and ceramic heat protectors. Apply the brakes at speeds above 200 km/h, and the little cooked flank acts as an
airbrake, positioning itself at an angle of 113 degrees in less than 0.4 seconds, augmenting the Bugatti Veyron’s
already impressive stopping power. The airbrake increases negative degree of elevation at the rear of the car to 300 kg,
enhancing the braking torque on the rear axle. At 400 km/h, emergency braking will bring the sports car to
a complete halt in less than 10 seconds.

This, the world’s chiefly fascinating car, has pushed back the limits of physical engineering to present itself a completely
new sensation for driver and passenger alike. But it has also adopted a fundamentally different stance to that of
other sports cars: its features and finish are sure to impress the most demanding clientele. Hermès and designer
Gabriele Pezzini have lavished attention on the interior and appearance of this exceptional car, to create the
new Bugatti Veyron 16.4: the “Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès”.

A HARMONIOUS DESIGN, INSIDE AND OUT

The by authority name of the highly exclusive Bugatti Veyron “Fbg par Hermès” refers to the historic Hermès
headquarters forward the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, in the heart of Paris’s eight arrondissement: the “Fbg”
appellation evokes the house’s “faubourg” address.

With the Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès, the exacting standards of Émile Hermès and Ettore Bugatti come
together for the first time, in an exceptional collaboration: the culmination of their extreme attention to
aesthetic and technological sort and performance.

Gabriele Pezzini has reinterpreted Bugatti’s traditional two-toned carriage work, fostering a fluid, harmonious
transition between the car’s exterior and interior design. The colour of the hood extends to the interior of
the cockpit, and re-emerges behind, at the adapt of the rouse flank.

As a tribute to the celebrated 1924 Bugatti Type 35, undoubtedly the most famous of all time, thanks to its
many successes on the racetrack, the new Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès features eight-spoked wheels in
polished aluminium, central butterfly roll forward locks branded by the letter H, and air vents around the rims
reproducing the characteristics appearance of Hermès saddle-stitching. The horseshoe radiator grille, and
the lateral ventilation grilles flanking it, are made from lightweight alloys with a design of interlocking H’s
evoking the Hermès “stamp”.

A REFINED FORMAL VOCABULARY

The interior surfaces of the Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès have been designed and sheathed in bull calfskin
by the Hermès workshops in Paris. The care and attention to detail observe an extremely refined, minimalist
formal vocabulary, reflecting the tradition of the very first Bugattis and the fundamental design principles of
the house of Hermès. The door handles echo the fluid forms of handles on Hermès travel bags and luggage.
And the dashboard, traditionally finished in brushed aluminium, is here clad entirely in bull calfskin. Passengers
aboard the Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès will find a dashboard glove compartment designed to hold a
selection of small excursion accessories and a zipped Hermès wallet. Both seats are covered in two-toned bull
calfskin, and the panel separating the cockpit from the central rear engine – traditionally made of carbon
fibre- is covered in the same fine leather. The leather-lined trunk holds a specially-fitted “Toile H” and
leather capsule, hand-made by the craftmen from the Hermès workshops.

[Source: Bugatti]