1 of 4 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Centenaire "Malcolm Campbell" Edition

The Bugatti Veyron Villa d'Este is an exceptionally rare special-edition variant of the iconic performance car, unveiled in 2009 at the exclusive Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este show to mark the company’s centenary. Just four examples were built, taking inspiration from the marque’s prestigious racing history and modelled on a historic Grand Prix Bugatti.

Each car was named after a Grand Prix-winning Bugatti racing driver from the era of Ettore Bugatti in the 1920s and 30s, and presented in the racing colours of their home countries. The blue Veyron was named after Jean-Pierre Wimille, the red car after Achille Varzi, the white car after Hermann zu Leiningen, and the the British Racing Green car offered here was built to commemorate Malcolm Campbell, who won the 1927 and 1928 Grand Prix de Boulogne in France driving a Bugatti T37A.

Sir Malcolm Campbell was a British Racing Driver & Journalist born in Chislehurst, Kent in the mid 1880s. In 1910, Campbell began racing cars at Brooklands Motor Circuit in Surrey, a track that he would later set a new lap record of 100mph in 1925. Most commonly known for land and water speed record attempts, Campbell broke the land speed record for the first time in 1924 at 146.16mph and just 11 years later, broke it again at the Bonneville Salt Flats, recording a speed of 301.337mph. He broke the water speed record 4 times throughout his career, with the highest speed achieved being 141.740mph on the 19th August 1939 in Lancashire.

Each of the cars have the commemorated driver’s signature embroidered into the seats, as well as polished alloy doors and front fenders, body-coloured air intakes, exclusive strasbourg wheels, a polished grille and a unique plaque to denote the car's exclusivity. Further details on this "Malcolm Campbell" edition can be found here.