Bugatti FKP Hommage revealed as Veyron tribute

French marque Bugatti has pulled the covers off a new one-off hypercar dubbed the FKP Hommage, which commemorates the legendary Veyron. The hypercar debuted in 2005, and put Bugatti back on the map after the brand was acquired by the Volkswagen Group in 1998. At one point, the Veyron was the fastest, most powerful, and most expensive road-legal car in the world.

The FKP Hommage is named after Ferdinand Karl Piëch, the head of the Volkswagen Group from 1993-2002 and the guiding force behind the Veyron project. Bugatti has not disclosed the price of the FKP Hommage.

Bugatti FKP Hommage exterior design

Based on the Bugatti Mistral roadster.

As the second commission out of Bugatti’s Solitaire coachbuilding programme, the FKP Hommage’s underpinnings come from the Mistral roadster, wrapped in custom bodywork that faithfully recreates the Veyron’s iconic shape and design with sporadic dashes of modernity. Up front, the FKP Hommage features a very similar layout to the Veyron, but with slimmer LED headlights with L-shaped DRL signatures, wider air dams, and a larger grille.

The two-tone red-and-black colour scheme – the black is actually carbon fibre – is identical to that of the very first Veyron that rolled off the assembly line, as are the 12-spoke chrome wheels (at 20in front and 21in rear, they’re larger than the Veyron’s), dual roof-mounted air intakes, chrome fuel filler caps aft of the windows, and the hallmark C-shaped air intakes on the sides.

At the back, the FKP Hommage sports the same four circular lights arrangement as the Veyron, although they're LED rings now, and flank a huge ‘EB’ emblem. The FKP Hommage’s rear duct is wider, the diffuser is reshaped, the exhaust is wider and has four tips, and the fenders are slimmer and more sculpted.

Bugatti FKP Hommage interior

Overall layout is strongly inspired by that of the Veyron.

Inside, the FKP Hommage is upholstered in brown leather with EB-embroidered fabric inserts on the seats and door liners. The overall layout looks quite similar to the Veyron’s, complete with the silver-trimmed centre console and the three-spoke steering wheel.

Unlike the Veyron’s analogue dials, the FKP Hommage gets a central odometer flanked by small displays, and instead of conventional physical controls, the centre console has four extruded knobs with in-built displays. Also of note is the octagonal Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Tourbillon timepiece that sits atop the centre console in the FKP Hommage.

Bugatti FKP Hommage engine and gearbox

Heavily uprated version of Veyron's W16 engine.

The Veyron was powered by an 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16, a ludicrous one-of-a-kind engine that belted out a manic 1,001hp and 1,250Nm in its base guise. Later iterations, like the Veyron Super Sport, bumped the W16’s output to 1,200hp and 1,500Nm.

This iconic W16 finds its way into the Bugatti FKP Hommage’s engine bay, that too in its most powerful state of tune yet: 1,600hp and 1,600Nm. All of that grunt is routed to all four wheels via a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic.