A 2014 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse Jean-Pierre Wimille has become the most expensive Veyron ever sold at public auction. RM Sotheby’s sold the rare hypercar at its Zurich sale on September 26, with bidding lasting less than three minutes before the hammer fell at CHF 4,505,000—reported as about $4.91 million, or approximately $5.44 million at current exchange rates.

The result established a new benchmark for the Veyron family and significantly exceeded the car’s presale estimate. RM Sotheby’s had expected the car to bring between CHF 2.4 million and CHF 2.8 million, equivalent to about $2.616 million to $3.052 million. The final result landed 61 percent above the high estimate.

A new auction record for the Veyron

According to RM Sotheby’s, the sale is the highest price ever achieved by a Bugatti Veyron at public auction. It surpassed the one-off Veyron Grand Sport Sang Bleu that sold in 2024 by roughly $2.35 million.

The car’s mileage helped support the result. It had traveled just 3,766 kilometers since leaving the factory in 2014. That low-use history is common among collectible Veyrons, many of which spend more time preserved in private collections than on public roads, but it remains a major factor when an exceptional example reaches the market.

Why the Jean-Pierre Wimille edition is so rare

Bugatti produced exactly three Grand Sport Vitesse Jean-Pierre Wimille editions, placing this car in a particularly limited group even within the Veyron range. The edition honors Jean-Pierre Wimille, the Bugatti works driver who became the first person to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Bugatti, in 1937.

Each Wimille car uses design details connected to the driver’s racing career. That combination of a historically significant name, distinct styling and extremely limited production gives the edition a separate standing from a regular Grand Sport Vitesse among collectors.

Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse performance

The car retains the Veyron’s quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter W16 engine. It produces 1,183 horsepower, sends the car from zero to 62 mph in 2.6 seconds and delivers a claimed top speed of 254 mph.

The auction result also underscores how strongly the market values unusual provenance within the Veyron lineup. While the model was produced in the low hundreds across all variants, a production car tied to a celebrated racing figure and limited to three examples commanded a substantially higher figure than previous public sales.