Bugatti Veyron “Jean-Pierre Wimille” Launches at Pebble Beach

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debuted its new Veyron Legend “Jean-Pierre Wimille” editionBugatti Veyron Grand Spor...Germany, 2013 > present at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. It is the first of the company’s six special Veyron’s dedicated to legends from the company that will be limited to three cars each. While the car is not much more than a paint and trim package, it was displayed with the Bugatti Type 57G TankBugatti 57G Tank Le MansFrance, 1936 > 19364 photos
that Wimille drove to take the win at the 1937 24 Hours of Le Mans.

“With our first Legend ‘Jean-Pierre Wimille’ we are celebrating Bugatti’s racing life, which experienced a meteoric high point with the Le Mans victory of 1937,” said Dr. Wolfgang Schreiber, President of Bugatti.

The Bugatti Legends models are meant to celebrate its history in a modern way. The car is painted in two shades of blue - French racing blue and a color Bugatti calls “Bleu Wimille.” The trim for the car is done in blue-tinted carbon fiber. Wimille’s signature is laser etched into the oil caps and dark blue tank. The interior is upholstered in “Bleu Wimille” leather and Lake Blue for the dashboard and center console.

The car is a homage to Wimille who race throughout the 30s. He won in the Type 57G Tank in 1937. The car was on display at Pebble Beach and provided by the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia for display. Bugatti built three of them from modified Type 57SBugatti Type 57SFrance, 1936 > present2 photos
chassis with a 3.3-liter straight-eight engine with about 200hp. The body was incredibly simple with a simple teardrop shape.