In 2017, the first Bugatti Chiron to arrive in North America made a strong impression with its body finished in a black and gold color scheme, created by combining black bare carbon fiber with a yellow front and wheels. yellow. Then, in 2020, Bugatti bought a Chiron Pur Sport with a similar color scheme. Black and yellow become a prominent color duo and these are also two tones used a lot throughout Bugatti’s history.
The Chiron Pur Sport that Bugatti produced in 2020 combined black with a special color called “Jaune Molsheim”, which is a hint at the origin of this two-color combination. Molsheim is the birthplace of the French car manufacturer and the name is a reference to the first yellow color to adorn one of Ettore Bugatti’s personal cars.
Although the Bugatti brand is often associated with the French color French Racing Blue, the founder prefers to paint his cars black. As the brand began to evolve to produce cars focused on luxury, Ettore decided to add another color to complement the Art Deco design that defined his brand’s vehicle design style. For inspiration, he looked at the ancient beams above the oak gate at Bugatti’s home in Molsheim. From here, the founder decided to add a second color to his cars, yellow, creating two distinctive tones on classic cars like his Type 41 Royale.
One of the other impressive models is the Bugatti Type 55, a racing-inspired car with a roadster body designed by Jean Bugatti, equipped with a 2.3-liter inline 8-cylinder engine, with two-tone black and yellow exterior. In 1934, the first Bugatti Type 57 Grand Raid Roadster Usine was finished in similar colors. Today, a significant number of black and yellow Bugattis are kept as part of the Schlumpf collection, the world’s largest car collection for the brand. These cars are currently on display at the National Automobile Museum in Mulhouse, France, a 25,000 square meter exhibition space containing 400 cars, 135 of which are Bugatti models.
Currently, modern Bugatti cars have a characteristic two-tone black and yellow paint job. Previously, a “one-of-a-kind” 2014 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse was introduced inspired by the cars. first generation. Finished in black, the model features yellow detailing along the hood and door pillars, as well as around the car’s horseshoe-shaped grille.
“In almost everything we do, we take inspiration from the Bugatti family,” said Achim Anscheidt, Bugatti’s chief design officer. That’s why black and yellow remains a really important color scheme for us, both as a design team as we are and even as a brand. Of course, we’re always looking to recreate this livery because Ettore would never be satisfied with anything old-fashioned. However, you will forever find our founder’s favorite colors associated with the Bugatti brand.”
