Six chassis, no repetition
The Royale comprises six surviving chassis with distinct coachwork and histories. Its 12.8-litre straight-eight makes peak power at 1'800 rpm and moves as much as 3.5 tonnes. Each is a specific car, not a model average.
Market value · road
USD 25,000,000–USD 45,000,000
Market value · road
USD 25,000,000–USD 45,000,000
Market & Price
The Bugatti Type 41 Royale reference estimate is USD 25,000,000–USD 45,000,000. The file contains 1 documented road sale, with individual specifications recorded separately. Actual prices depend on specification, condition and provenance; this range is not an offer or a confirmed sale price.
12 months from the model baseline
Model data: Jul 2026 · 1 documented sale anchors. Insufficient sales: illustrative scenario based on an estimated value and synthetic history.
P50 is the model median. The outer shading spans P10–P90; the darker band spans P25–P75. These are model quantiles, not verified probabilities or observed sale prices. The calculation extends the modeled trend and volatility; it does not include new listings, vehicle condition or transaction costs.
Compound annual growth
| Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | +5.7% | +18.8% | +21.9% |
| 5Y | +1.8% | +11.4% | +17.6% |
| 10Y | +4.2% | +13.3% | +11.8% |
*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends
Deepest drawdown · model window
Forecast ladder · model quantiles
| Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| +6M | USD 31,405,694.74 | USD 34,254,847.44 | USD 37,362,477.82 |
| +12M | USD 31,395,100.88 | USD 34,983,867.07 | USD 38,982,864.22 |
| +24M | USD 31,429,287.35 | USD 36,488,782.01 | USD 42,362,755.42 |
Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice
1 of 1 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record
Floor
USD 25,000,000
Typical
USD 35,000,000
Ceiling
USD 45,000,000
Estimate band for good road cars. No recent documented road sales are available.
Band, axis and sale positions shown in recorded USD. Editorial USD estimate for an intact Royale with accepted chassis and coachwork history. Each of the six must be valued separately.
Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.
The 1987 ledger amount is the USD figure reported by Hagerty for the Christie's result; the original transaction was £5.5 million.
Overview
Ettore Bugatti intended to build about 25 cars for heads of state and industrial families. The prototype used a 14.7-litre engine; the production chassis carried a 12.8-litre straight-eight and arrived at more than six metres in length.
The first customer car was sold to Armand Esders in 1932 with a headlamp-free roadster body by Jean Bugatti. Only three further cars were sold before production ended, while the Bugatti family retained the remaining chassis.
Each of the six has its own body sequence, custodians and conservation history. The last transparent public benchmark for the model is the Kellner-bodied chassis 41141 sold by Christie's in 1987.
Reference
The records
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Surviving cars
the complete production run
HICON BID
A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the Bugatti Type 41 Royale file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.
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The vault
You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.
The variants
The register separates the Type 41 Royale into its documented executions. One reference silhouette per execution — each opens as its own file as the archive fills.
Coupé Napoléon013 executions on file · references drawn to the house standard
The hands
The people whose work shaped the Bugatti Type 41 Royale.
Founder and chief engineer
Conceived the Type 41, its chassis and the production 12.8-litre straight-eight.
Coachwork designer
Designed the Esders Roadster and Coupé Napoléon bodies used on two Royale chassis.
Sculptor
Created the dancing elephant sculpture adapted as the Royale's radiator ornament.
