Bugatti F.K.P. Hommage — The Veyron is Back! Sort of

Bugatti has just revived the era-defining Veyron. Rather than a new model of Veyron or a restomod of the original car, the F.K.P. Hommage is a one-off masterpiece built under Bugatti’s ultra-exclusive Programme Solitaire, commissioned by a customer who wanted a modern reinterpretation of the car that changed everything: the original Veyron. And its name? F.K.P. stands for Ferdinand Karl Piëch — the engineer and VW-Group force of nature who green-lit the Veyron project and, in doing so, altered the course of performance car history.

At first glance, especially from the side and rear, even the wheels, you might think it is indeed a Veyron, but look closer, and you’ll see updated details while still preserving the Veyron’s iconic silhouette. Bugatti’s design team has refined every surface, blending classic proportions with contemporary details that give the car a sharper, more aggressive stance than its 20-year-old ancestor. The horseshoe grille, machined from a solid block of aluminium, sits proud at the front, flanked by modern LED headlights and enlarged air intakes that hint at serious firepower. A two-tone finish in deep red and exposed carbon-fibre evokes the original Veyron’s colour scheme, as shown in the photographs alongside the car that inspired it.

The F.K.P. sits on 20-inch front and 21-inch rear wheels — a stance long planned for but never realised on the original — in a design clearly taken from the original Veyron’s polished rims. It’s a car that feels like a what-if: what might the Veyron have looked like if Bugatti had the design language and engineering tools of 2026?

While the chassis and much of the mechanical underpinnings are Chiron-derived, the cabin is something bespoke. Brown leather and custom woven fabrics are all very nice, but it’s the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Tourbillon embedded in the dash that steals the show. This isn’t a mere clock — it actually is a 41 mm mechanical tourbillon timepiece (sans-bracelet) integrated at the specific request of the car’s owner, mounted within a rotating gondola that keeps the watch wound even when the car is immobile.

The steering wheel is a respectful nod to the original Veyron’s round design, but with added functions including the Chiron’s mode switches, while the centre console is milled from a single piece of aluminium, and Bugatti’s clean design with no central screen remains, making things much more timeless.

Underneath the coachwork lies the most potent iteration of Bugatti’s legendary quad-turbocharged 8.0-litre W16 ever fitted to a road car. Borrowed from the Chiron Super Sport with uprated cooling, larger turbochargers and a strengthened transmission, this engine belts out 1,600hp — 60% more than the Veyron, which itself was an enormous leap above other hypercars of its day. As with the Chiron, all-wheel drive and a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox ensure that thrust is delivered with trademark Bugatti composure.

There are no official performance figures, but given this is essentially the same platform that enabled the Chiron Super Sport to eclipse 300 mph, there’s little doubt the Hommage will have more than adequate performance while behaving with the utmost civility.

Now, if you’re thinking this is a bit of you, tough. This is a one-off, and unless you can get in Bugatti’s good books enough to commission your very own hommage, this car is very much off limits, and even then, there will never be another exactly like it. It’s a bespoke creation tailored to a single collector — a rolling sculpture designed to sit alongside the owner’s original Veyron in their garage.

Bugatti hasn’t shied away from pricing this exclusivity either; early indications suggest the car will cost in excess of €10 million (£8.8 million), positioning it in rarified territory alongside cars like La Voiture Noire.