Bugatti: homage to a legendary icon
57 ONE OF ONE The Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic has always fired the imagination of car enthusiasts. Now a customer has created her own homage to the iconic model with her Chiron Super Sport. And so the 57 One of One was born.
Many of the design features of the Type 57 SC Atlantic - such as the riveted fin running the entire length of the body - inspired Bugatti's modern design DNA. What's more: twenty years ago, a Bugatti customer saw a Type 57 SC Atlantic for the first time.
The car enthusiast remembers: "I visited the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, and there it was - all alone on its pedestal. I fell in love with the car from the very first second.".
Nice birthday present
Her wish for her own Bugatti came true two decades later, when her husband surprised her for her 70th birthday with a personal invitation from Bugatti to Molsheim to configure her own Chiron Super Sport. Jascha Straub, Lead Designer Sur Mesure at Bugatti, introduced her to the history of Château Saint Jean and the brand.
Jascha Straub: "When we passed a scale model of the Type 57 SC during their visit, it was immediately clear between us that this was the direction we should pursue. For years I had dreamed of reinterpreting this icon. So I already had my own ideas of how to honor the most elegant car ever designed."
Homage to the original
For the Chiron Super Sport 57 One of One, the Sur Mesure team worked hand in hand with Bugatti engineers to create a faithful homage to the original, while remaining true to Bugatti's design philosophy of Form Follows Performance and the technical requirements of the vehicle. As such, every intake, line and vent of the Chiron Super Sport has been carefully considered to meet the extreme cooling and aerodynamic requirements of a 440 km/h super sports car. The finished design - a new grille with polished vertical bars and a wider center stripe - is a modern interpretation that stays true to the iconic Type 57 SC Atlantic.
