Building the Bugatti Chiron at Molsheim

A Look Inside Bugatti’s Molsheim Facility. They’re Building One of the Most Sophisticated Automobiles in the World here: the Chiron

Bugatti’s new Chiron is scheduled to start delivering to customers sometime this quarter. So it only makes sense that their new factory is fully functional, right?

The French hypercar company is planning to build as many as 70 Chirons this year. Each model will be assembled by 20 employees, from more than 1,800 individual components. And each car could take as long as six months from start of production till final quality checks. All assembly is done by hand, as a matter of course.

Bugatti’s Molsheim facility has been extensively upgraded for the transition from Veyron to Chiron. They’re now calling the facility “Bugatti Atelier.” And the production process is known as “Haute Couture de l’Automobile.” Yes, we’re talking about the highest of automobile fashion.

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Bugatti says there are currently 12 Chiron super sports cars in various states of production throughout the building. The Chiron is nearly infinitely customizable to the customer’s tastes. To the tune of 23 paint colors, 8 carbon varieties, 21 colors of supple leather for the interior, or 8 colors of Alcantara, 30 different colors of stitching, 18 carpet colors, and 11 safety belt colors. That adds up to over 31 million different combinations, and that’s just on color choices.

You can also have logos or initials stitched pretty much anywhere. Or leather added to the center console. Or additional colors matched through a program called “La Maison Pur Sang.” Basically anything can be done, as long as the process is physically possible and meets Bugatti’s quality standards.

For the first phase of the production process, Bugatti is essentially waiting on suppliers to deliver the parts for each custom-ordered Chiron. One month before all of those parts are scheduled to arrive, Bugatti will fit the in-house monocoque together to check fitment. Then the assembly is transferred to the paint lab. It takes three full weeks to lay various coats of paint or assemble six to eight layers of bare carbon. Each layer is hand sanded and polished before the next coat can begin.

It’s intimate details like this that stretch Chiron production out to half a year. It also accounts for the stratospheric pricing. If you want a Chiron, get in line now. Because you won’t see it until August at the earliest.

Via [Bugatti]