Bugatti's Voiture Noire unveiled as most expensive sports car ever built

The car carries a jaw-dropping price tag of £9.46m but it has already been snapped up by an "enthusiast"

All the components of the car have been handcrafted

The most expensive sports car ever to be built has been launched at the Geneva Auto Show.
The Voiture Noire built by French supercar maker Bugatti carries a jaw-dropping price of €11m (£9.46m).
According to the company, which launched the one-off car to mark its 110th anniversary, it has already been sold to a "Bugatti enthusiast".
The car's main feature is its unique 1,500 horse power 16-cylinder engine which has never been fitted to a car before.
Bugatti described the model as a homage to the Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic - only four were made between 1936 and 1938.

Image:The car was snapped up as soon as it was launched

Fashion designer Ralph Lauren is the owner of the last Atlantic produced.

Bugatti president Steve Winkelmann said: "With Voiture Noire (black car) we are paying homage to our heritage and bringing speed, technology, luxury and aesthetics forward to a new era.

"The new hyper sports car reflects Bugatti's French heritage and its French identity - elegance through, minimalism and refinement through intensification.
"This is a tailor-made creation only comparable to the haute couture of exclusive Paris fashion designers."

Image:The Voiture Noire has 16 cylinders

Bugatti designer Etienne Salome said all the components of the car have been handcrafted.
He said: "This is a material that has been handled perfectly. We worked long and hard on this design until there was nothing we could improve.

"For us, it represents the perfect form with a perfect finish."