Bugatti launches ‘porcelain’ Grand Sport L’Or Blanc

This tape was stretched by the artists, to create the lines that, in places, are up to 5 metres long. The team took several weeks to lay out the outline onto the car's body.

The spaces between the tape were then hand-painted using bespoke blue paint. This took another three weeks. Once complete, the body was covered beneath five layers of clear lacquer.

12 pieces of porcelain have been used outside. Each of these has been created from hand-moulded plaster casts.

Porcelain graces the inlays of the wheelcentres, the fuel filler cap, oil filler cap and 'EB' badge at the rear. They boast a brilliant white finish, to match the car's white paint, for an even more vivid contrast with the deep blue lines.

Porcelain features within the Bugatti as well. There are signed porcelain inlays on the sides of the centre console, and a patterned inlay between the seats There is also a porcelain dish embedded in the top of the centre console: it can be removed to complete the picnic set exclusively designed for the car by KPM.

The entire hand-crafted majesty of the Bugatti makes it a genuine 'art car' and ensures it is one of the most vivid variants of the standard Bugatti Veyron yet.

Bugatti won't be putting the £1.5 million Grand Sport L'Or Blanc into production, but does expect the partnership with KPM to be continued: "Bugatti's designers received a lot of inspiration from porcelain painting, offering a variety of new opportunities for the designer

Source: http://autos.in.msn.com/specials

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