Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse

France accounts for just 23 of the 600 cars in this catalogue, yet one of them sits 12th for top speed and belongs to a group of only seven that combine a turbocharged W16 with all wheel drive. That combination explains why the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse feels less like a representative of its national cohort and more like an outlier within it. It stands apart not because it is simply fast, but because its engineering recipe is almost absent elsewhere in this collection.

The numbers reinforce that distinction from every angle. A W16 of 8.0 litres and 7,993 cc delivers 1,184 bhp and 1,500 Nm, placing this car 15th for power across all 600 entries. Acceleration to 100 km/h takes 2.6 seconds, quick enough to rank 27th overall and leave 573 catalogue rivals behind. Its 410 km/h top speed climbs even higher in the order, reaching 12th. Those figures are impressive in isolation, but their real significance comes from how consistently they place this Bugatti near the very front of the field rather than excelling in only one measure. The two seat targa top body style adds another layer to that character, pairing open air motoring with a specification that remains unusually concentrated around outright performance.

Scarcity is equally measured rather than exaggerated. Production totalled 92 cars between 2012 and 2015. Within this catalogue, only 40 of the 177 cars with recorded production figures are rarer. Bugatti itself contributes ten cars here, making this variant a small but important part of the marque's presence rather than its entire story. Even its used value reflects that standing. At around £2,200,000 it ranks as the 37th most expensive car in the collection, more costly than 563 others, with a cost per bhp of £1,858.

Choosing this Bugatti does not simply add another fast car to a dream garage because there are many fast cars here already. It introduces one of the catalogue's rarest engineering layouts, one of its strongest French entries, and a machine whose rankings remain consistently near the top across power, acceleration and speed. Few cars combine those qualities with such limited production. This one changes the conversation.