Bugatti F.K.P. Hommage Revealed As the Ultimate One-Off Veyron Tribute

Key Points

• Bugatti unveiled the F.K.P. Hommage, honoring Ferdinand Karl Piëch and the Veyron legacy.
• The car features a 1,578-horsepower W16 engine and Bauhaus-inspired, modernized design.
• Interior combines bespoke elements, custom fabrics, and a dashboard-fitted Audemars Piguet tourbillon.

In 1999, Bugatti revealed the Veyron with extraordinary, almost unbelievable figures, kickstarting an automotive arms race that has not since slowed as the hypercar segment was truly born, and more than two decades later, Molsheim is paying tribute to its era-defining masterpiece — and the man who made it happen — with this, the Bugatti F.K.P. Hommage. The name is a deliberate tip of the hat to Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Karl Piëch, without whom the Volkswagen Group may have crumbled, Audi may have surrendered the luxury fight to BMW and Mercedes, Lamborghini’s spark may never have been stoked into a flame, Porsche may not have won Le Mans with the 917, and Bugatti may have faded into obscurity. To celebrate such a man and his groundbreaking Veyron vision, Bugatti’s Programme Solitaire division could not simply create a Chiron with a red-and-black color scheme like the first Veyron, slap on some chrome wheels, and call it a day.

Bugatti’s Most Powerful W16 Reappears in the F.K.P. Hommage
Since the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ is the car that fulfilled Piëch’s ambition of exceeding 300 mph, it’s only right that the car that celebrates his achievements is fitted with the same 1,578-hp quad-turbocharged W16 engine. Ensconcing this behemoth of a power plant is a modernized reinterpretation of the Bauhaus-influenced design of the Veryon, with narrower headlights, larger intakes, a more upright and better-integrated nose, and larger wheels (20-inch at the front, 21-inch at the back) wrapped in the latest Michelin rubber.

The rear of the one-off homage has also been subtly updated with smaller inner taillights, a more rectangular exhaust finisher, and shapelier diffuser vents. Finishing the updated design off is a specially developed, multi-layer paint job, which features an aluminum-colored bottom layer with a red-tinted clear coat, contrasted by exposed black-tinted carbon fiber, rather than regular red or black paint. Inside, just as much care and precision have been exhibited.

One-Off F.K.P. Hommage Interior Blends Past and Present
The underlying Chiron platform’s modernity means a more luxurious interior is possible than in 2005, when the Veyron entered production, but Bugatti pays its respects to the world’s first hypercar with a unique but Veyron-inspired steering wheel. A bespoke center console joins the tunnel cover as a custom element machined from solid aluminum, while the upcoming Tourbillon’s interior craftsmanship is taken advantage of with Custom Car Couture fabrics woven in Paris being used to show that, unlike in the Veyron, leather isn’t the only way to exhibit opulence. The commissioning owner added another layer of lavish luxury with the fitment of an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak tourbillon in the dashboard, a watch that is self-wound by a gondola that rotates on a diagonal axis several times per hour, powered by the car itself without an electrical motor.

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In a nutshell, every inch of this car quietly but commandingly imbues one with a sense of excellence. The F.K.P. Hommage is only the second Solitaire creation to date, following last year’s Brouillard, and Bugatti will produce no more than two bespoke one-offs per year. The fact that we’re seeing this one in January means we could get another before 2026 comes to a close, but it was completed last year already, so we could see two new one-off Bugs before 2027 dawns upon us. But for now, this is a phenomenal tribute to an engineering genius who showed the one percent that limits to price, speed, and luxury can always be broken, giving the rest of the world new targets to aim for.