Bugatti Veyron Super Sport: A Study in Carbon and Air

Bugatti unveiled the Veyron Super Sport in 2010. Design director Achim Anscheidt described a systematic effort to make the body serve the performance brief. The roof gained two NACA ducts, and the silhouette became flatter and more elongated. These are useful visual distinctions from the earlier Veyron.

Bugatti records a 1,200 PS output and a 431.072 km/h average for the record-setting car under its 2010 test conditions. That is a historical achievement, not a claim about the fastest car today. In this gallery, the quieter story is how the cooling openings and body surfaces communicate that development. Bugatti: six Veyron design stories.

The carbon-pattern bodywork changes character under the room light in these original photographs. It can read almost black from one angle and gray from another. The silver wheels and tan-orange cabin keep the model from becoming a single dark mass.

The side view makes the large curved opening especially clear. Move to the rear three-quarter view and the roof ducts become the focus. Together, the photographs explain more of the Super Sport's identity than a straight-on hero image could.

The raised wing, open door and exposed mechanical compartment give this AUTOart miniature several useful viewing states. The last photograph shows the rear cover removed beside the model, rather than disguising how that access is achieved.

This feature follows the Super Sport's verified 2010 introduction. A legacy year in a model listing should not override the real car's history. The JPC photographs establish the appearance of the miniature; they do not establish an individual Veyron chassis or former owner.