The Bugatti F.K.P. Hommage is the perfect Veyron restomod

Ask anyone who has basic automotive knowledge what the fastest car in the world is, and most likely, they’ll tell you it’s a Bugatti. While other cars have long superseded the 1,001 horsepower and 408.47kph top speed of the original Bugatti Veyron back in 2005, this record alone managed to put the brand and the car into legendary status.

And despite Bugatti having moved on from its legendary 8.0-liter quad-turbo W16 engine with various power outputs to a naturally aspirated 8.4-liter Cosworth V16 with three electric motors in the Tourbillon, one very moneyed individual requested Bugatti to build just one more W16 vehicle in a very, very special restomod of the Veyron called the F.K.P. Hommage from its Programme Solitaire bespoke division.

F.K.P aren’t the initials of the wealthy owner, but rather, of Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Karl Piëch, legendary engineer and executive of the Volkswagen Group, and also the man responsible for some legendary cars that also include the likes of the original Veyron.

You can consider this the quintessential interpretation of the W16 platform (except for the track-only Bolide), with an uprated power output of 1,600 horsepower from the W16 engine, complete with larger turbos, improved cooling, and a beefed-up gearbox for the increased torque.

The design can be considered the perfect interpretation of “what if the car came out this year?” question: refined, smoothed out lines all over, larger intakes, sleeker lights front and back that are functional and aid with cooling, it’s basically the original design perfected.

Of course, modern touches can be found all over the car, such as larger 20- and 21-inch wheels with the latest Michelin tire tech, incredibly deep aluminum-based red, and black-tinted exposed carbon fiber instead of the black painted panels of the original.

The interior also adopts the advancements found in Bugatti’s latest vehicles. A unique steering wheel, a bespoke center console and tunnel cover made from solid aluminum, and a custom interior woven exclusively in Paris.

To top this all off, the timepiece found at the top of the dashboard is a 41mm Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Tourbillon, sitting in a specially designed pod for the owner to display it to the world.

If we were all as moneyed as this particular individual, this is how we would restomod beloved cars from the past— to stay as faithful to the original while updating it with modern tech and touches.

^{Photos from Bugatti}