Do you remember that spectacular splashdown of a Bugatti Veyron? It’s been twelve years since the driver performed this stunt to cheat insurance. Not knowing that he would end up in jail for this thanks to this cell phone camera recording. Now the car is ready to drive again!
The story made up for the insurance company at the time: He avoided a low-flying pelican. The matter was exposed, and in the end the break pilot was allowed to live for a good year at the expense of the state. The Veyron was over. After all, the car became the most famous Bugatti in the world. And the way it looks, its story doesn’t end there. But from then on it did not develop in a straight line.
A dealer bought the wreck and borrowed $ 980 million from a bank for purchase and restoration. With the wet vehicle as security. As a dubious security, because the buyer concealed the fact that the object of purchase was not in particularly good condition. And it happened as it had to: he went bankrupt, the Bugatti went to the bank.
In 2019, the Veyron was then on sale for $ 300,000. Disassembled. It was still scattered around the same warehouse in which it had ended up after the crash. It was sold, but stayed there, the buyer painted the now white body black and probably began restoration work. Then he sold the project to Houston of Royalty Exotic Cars for $ 400,000. We know the guys from other interesting videos, for example about the complex oil change on a Bugatti.
We’ll see the next chapter on YouTube: Houston of Royalty Exotic Cars will publish the rebuild in several episodes in order to get some of the costs. Be on the lookout for a purple Bugatti Veyron …