ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE MY BUGATTI VEYRON FOR THE FIRST TIME

I attempted to rebuild a broken gearbox on my Veyron without Bugatti's help.

After rebuilding this amazing car and driving it for the first time, we sadly found out we still have a few problems.The new clutch that we had replaced was slipping.

Yeah, that feels very slippy now.

So frustratingly, six months of work may have been a waste.Today, I'm going to find out if this is fixable or do we have to go all the way back to step one?If so, this car's going to have to be split apart and the gearbox removed all over again.Well, fingers crossed that's not the case.

But first, let's find out what's causing the issue.

In order to solve the issue, first we need to understand the problem.So we met back up with Rob Barnes, ex -Ricardo gearbox employee.Importantly, he helped design and build the Veyron clutch and gearbox back in 2006.So hopefully, he can shed some light on our next steps.

Right, we clearly have a clutch leak.Yeah, one pull away.

As we set off from standstill, you can hear the engine revs and struggles to pull away.We are having to give it way more revs than usual to force the clutch to disengage.so as we put all that frot along the clutch is slipping and for sure it's gonna get hot.The thing is our clutch shouldn't be slipping as we have fitted a brand new one but it wasn't an original Bugatti part as they wouldn't sell me one so we had to make it ourselves.

But why do we think is my clutch slipping because obviously Pascal took the old clutches out, reverse -engineered.So we can see that even by inspection of the colour of the two plates, you can see that the new material is more carbon -based and the older material is more paper -based with some carbon parts in it.And if you look at the surface finish of the two, you'll see that there are some operations on the original clutch that are not present on the new clutch.

So that's like the cut -out?

It's the way that the segments are put together.Can you explain the cuts and why we have the cuts?To be able to get rid of the heat from the clutch surface we need to pass through the clutch a lot of oil.From the centre hub of the clutch it's thrown out.In this case we're pumping up to 32 litres a minute of oil to go through the clutch to remove the heat.which is good, but in terms of passing that amount of oil through the clutch, it then actually gives the clutch problems with generating friction in the first place.

If you imagine driving on a dry surface with barely legal road tyres.Like Reece's.Take it easy.Where you've got effectively, you've got the minimum number of cuts in the tyre.If you drive that on dry surfaces, you'll get really good performance.If I now go and spray water on the surface, Reece's in the hedge.

Because the rubber's not touching the floor, it's sitting on the water, not the tarmac.Exactly, it's hydroplaning, yes.

So that explains why the engine is revving high to be able to move forward.The oil is basically sitting on the faces of the clutch plates, stuck and not able to go anywhere.Obviously, Pascal knew about the pattern, as he took the old ones out.But technology has moved on.It's 20 years later.DCT clutches are not made like they were anymore.

So Pascal made a clutch that he knows already works, with a DCT gearbox producing 1 ,000 horsepower.But my Veyron just doesn't seem to like it.So how do we get around that?

That would be to let's say do a Mark 2 version of this material.

That means split the car and start again.

That's the one option which to be honest is the worst case and the other thing that it could be is that clearly the characteristic of the original clutchI tested that characteristic and I mapped the characteristic of that clutch from torque to pressure.You did that?Yes.But we can't change that map?We can't change that map in the software, no.

However, in the software, to allow for the variability between the clutches, there is an adaptation in there.

Right, so we talked about this in the last video.The graph which Rob's business partner, Andrew, explained to us.Basically, the car's computer knows how hard to push the clutch to get the power to translate to the wheels.So right now, our car's brain is confused.The clutch that we've put in doesn't match the software.The clutch feel, the thickness, the material, it's all different from when this car was last used, all those years ago.

Suddenly, It's woke up, and everything's changed.So Rob's hope, and our last chance, is that the car might not be pushing the clutch plates hard enough, so the oil it's hydroplaning is just sitting on the top surface.Now if, and this is a big if, if the car can push the plates harder, it will force the oil out between the plates faster.But we have no access to the transmission ECU to change the software and shouting at it won't help either.

What we do by sitting the car and allowing it to do its kiss point learns, it moves the bottom pin of that line.There are quite a number of other pins in that line that can only move when the car is driving.So driving might help.Driving the car may help, yeah.

We're burning the clutch out, surely, is it?

The pull -aways would need to be gentle, but then when it starts driving in gear, the clutch feels like it's closed, but it actually isn't closed.It's slipping slowly.

So we've got to be gentle, basically?

Getting it up to that point, yes.It goes into a steady state condition while driving and slipping and then the clutch control software within the transmission controller can say okay that doesn't look like it's in the right place and start to try and correct its knowledge of the clutch.By itself?By itself.The only one thing that I don't know is clearly I would have put a characteristic maximum in for what I would have expected from a standard clutch.

So instead of 45 degrees, we'd allowed, ideally allow for that to be 40 degrees or 50 degrees.

Exactly.

Yeah.

But Rob thinks there is a chance that this car can learn, adapt, move, relocate the points to teach itself to make the 2026 Material Place work.without building up too much temperature which will overheat and again burn our clutch out.We're not entirely sure if this will work but realistically right now we have nothing to lose so we might as well just give it a go.Right so we can do some initial tests?

Yeah we can get the car or the transmission to a condition where it can do its initial learn so it's kiss point learn.Sat still?Sat still.Okay.

So we are trying to get the car to move the kiss point, which is the point where the car starts to creep forward, the bottom part on our graph, to learn the new materials, to learn the pressures.So we start off in the center of the tolerance limit line to give us the best chance as we work up the torque line.But first, we need a Jane, pint -sized person.Right now, obviously, the door is not working.And that's what we've got to be careful of, because if we break that, we're not getting a new one of them with a Bugatti badge on.Who's getting in it?

Right, I think you've got disability allowance because of height.So I think it's between me and you.Rock, paper, scissors then.I am going rock, OK?So you've got to figure out if I'm alive.or not.

Don't lie.In order for the car to learn the perfect kiss point, Rob and Andrew, back in 2006, programmed that the gearbox needed to be at 40 degrees before it started doing its own thing.

OK, so the plan is that we start the engine and we allow the transmission temperature to get up to above 40 degrees centigrade.So it won't do anything cold or hot?It's not going to do anything cold, no.It needs to get up to a base temperature on the driveline which I think is 40 degrees and it needs to get up to a 40 degree centigrade and then it needs for Chris to do effectively nothing to the car and it should then say, okay, driver's not doing anything, I'm in a good condition, it should start to learn itself the kiss point on both clutches.

This is ridiculous.Now, in theory, when the gearbox is warm and sat still idling, after exactly 30 seconds, it would do a bit of its own homework.20 years ago, Rob wrote this into the gearbox brain to make it adapt, to learn, to protect itself in its own spare time.This is crazy.And fingers crossed this works, because I would love, in this video, to ask three of the biggest hypercar specialists to value my finished car.and see if my 900k gamble has paid off.

We'd be able to show you all the costs and calculate if we have made money or lost money.But first, it's got to run and drive.What are we on, boss?

38.

Could you not have set it to 38?You didn't really think forward, did you?

I didn't.Although to be honest back in the day I probably would have just recalibrated it to 36.So will we see it learning now?We should see it learning now, yes.So you'll notice that the engine speeds are engine speeds.and you'll see that the input shaft 1 and input shaft 2 have just stopped.

So the clutch is now completely open and in a minute you'll see it, the software will say okay we're in good conditions and you'll see it start to pick one of the shaft speeds up as it's learning.

So that's adapting then so that it's like learning to be perfect every time?

Yeah, it's learning all the time.We try and do adaptations as often as possible.

And that will obviously reduce the wear of the clutch then?

Or make the clutch work better?It makes it behave repeatedly.It makes it behave the same every time.

So I guess as the clutch wears out then, that will alter each time?

It will, yeah.

Very clever.Well, they're both cracking on now then.

Yeah, so that one's mid -learn at the moment.That's just picked up to engine speed.

This car, this gearbox, every day it gets better.It's like the ultimate machine.So remarkably, it's doing it.It's busy cleverly making itself a perfect setup.In its own spare time, without telling it to do it, it's moving pressures, adapting points, to make sure it sets off perfectly each and every time it pulls away.And then tomorrow, or next week, or next month, as a clutch wears and changes, it would do it again, and again, and again.

It's mind -blowing, this car.Like this gearbox, this car, every single day it gets more impressive.It's even self -learning.It really is the ultimate machine.Right, Rob and Chris are now going to take the car out.I am not going to drive it, and it's quite a simple reason is I don't know what is good and bad.

I know what a slipping clutch feels like, but I don't know how much this...I don't know where this should feel like.They're going to go from here, get onto the motorway, get some constant speeds and hope that this punch now starts to adaptDid you say 67 gear?How long can it go out for?Like an hour or something?

Yeah, something like that.I think you need to hold it for about 30 seconds in each gear under constant conditions and then move points.So we need to adapt a lot of points and it will be 30 seconds run on each point.But to the motorway and then up and down the motorway.

So here we go.We know that the initial kiss point, the pull -away point, has moved.And now we're going to try and drive constant revs and speed and let the clutch ECU learn right the way up the graph.Rob has said in the software that every time you drive at the same revs and gear constantly for exactly 30 seconds, it tweaks itself.Bit by bit, we are hoping this car will self -learn to work in harmony with our new clutch material.Otherwise, it's split the car again and start over.

But also, we still can't buy any Bugatti original plates, but for now, that's tomorrow's problem.

Creep feels really nice now.

Already they can feel the kiss point, and now Creep is coming into our window.The car, it's learning.This is starting to look good, really good.But what we need is constant speed and constant revs.But right now, we are struggling.

There's quite a lot of traffic today, isn't there?It's probably not perfect conditions for this, is it?

If they keep stopping and starting before the clutch ECU has learnt the ideal adaption points, it's just going to burn the clutch out.It will go into self -protect mode and throw up a fault code.

I think it's something that could be done at night.Yeah.

So they decided to wait for a better opportunity when there's no traffic.

So we go home then, come back another day.Come back another day.Is that a song?

Go home now and come back another day.If it's night, it should be a song.

Yeah, you've started something.

Go home now and come back another day.The Bugatti's broken but it's gonna be okay.

Yeah, we'll do that next couple of evenings.You know, a Sunday night or something like that when we know it's gonna be quiet.

So we could come back like Monday or something?

Yeah.

Good for Monday?It's midnight, Sunday.There's no traffic and everyone is in bed, apart from our test driver, Matt.And he is ready to go constant speeds and constant revs, so the gearbox brain can start to learn and adapt further up that graph.So Matt had a little circuit.Two miles in varying gears and revs.

Constant, smooth speed.And then round the island, green, mid -green or dark green, so he isn't stopping.And again, and again, and again.To start with, you can hear the slip, but 40 minutes in, Matt could feel that it was improving.Up and down, round and round, lap after lap, giving our car and this clutch the best chance.5th gear, 3 ,000 rpm, but for 30 seconds constantly.

The same for 4 ,000 revs, 30 seconds again.And then 5 ,000 revs, rinse and repeat in all the gears and right through the rev range, just making surehold the same revs so the car cleverly adapts.But just as things were going well, the car was throwing up a fault into a reduced power limp mode.

Back to 200 horsepower.

But crazily, right now, that's actually an advantage, as it's easier to regulate being a bit lazy.

Apart from the measly 300 horsepower, when you should have a thousand and one gearbox, That feels perfect.No slit, nothing.Look at that in a second.I think we did it, boys.I think we all did it.

This really is looking positive.So we got the team back to HQ.And then how did it go?

It was brilliant, actually.Gear change was brilliant.It wasn't slipping at all, biting.It was a fix.To me, as a non -software expert, it felt spot on.Right, what's next?

So it's good news so far?

It's good news so far, yeah.I'd quite like to go out again and assess it after what we felt last week.It'd be nice to go out and see.So you think you'd be able to tell the direct difference if it's changed?Yeah, I think both of us will be able to tell.

So, the moment of truth.The experts jumped in to give us their verdict.Do we split the car again?Or are we okay to jump the Veyron?So far, with Matt's late night and the lads trying different scenarios, we have done 110km of clutch adaption.But the big question, can they feel an improvement?

Everyone, please cross your fingers.

What are we thinking?It's certainly got a lot better.So since the last time we drove it.Noticeably?Noticeably better, yeah.

It's not 100 % but it's still got a bit of flare up off around about second gear.But just general shifting, it's 100 times better than it was.

Because I feel like if we're here now, we've not stood still or go backwards.If we've gone forwards, surely we just keep going forwards.So it's coming out.I think so.One absolute proper top result.What amazes me about this car is every time we start it, every time we drive it, it's learning, it's adapting without even asking it.

It's like the perfect employee.Can't you be more like that?

You just pay me 900 grand and I will.

But I'm so happy.It's not just great for me, it's Jamie, it's Pascal, it's Furlongers.And also, if you think about this, Rob and Andrew, if they hadn't wrote this adaptation, the learning path into that gearbox ECU 20 years ago, we'd be in a right mess right now.We've got a few more jobs to finish today, then we're going to take it to a few hypercar specialists to get it valued.And I'm also going to tell you exactly how much it's cost us to get to this point where we've got a working car.And then we'll see if it was a good decision.

or maybe a bad decision so let's go through the final things which we need to fix well i say we i mean chris but it's still a we and hopefully he's fixed that pipe but we'll get on to that a little bit later so the car's locked itself when we did the first drive it's done it's like anti -hijack so it's lockedAnti -hijack?So currently, the doors are stuck shut.The key doesn't work, the remote doesn't help, and even when you pull the inside or outside door handle, it makes no difference.It's not locked, it's proper locked.And I am too tall and many times broken to start doing a daily juice of hazard.

Now, the car is also going into a limp mode.It's only given about 200 to 300 horsepower.And frustratingly, that's not showing up a light on the dash, which would tell us in the engine management system.So unfortunately, when we plug it in, we will have no direction of where to start.And the rear wing has no communication with the car.We did trick the sensors to lift right up in the last video, but right now that wing is stuck in position and it's at a horrible, weird droop down angle.

Can we do anything with that so it's stuck up like that?Yeah, we can sort that out.Because that's where it's supposed to be, isn't it?It should be up.

So before we get this car valued, we have three things which we need to fix.So whilst Chris is diagnosing those problems and we are nearly at the end of this mammoth project, I want to explain what I have learnt about this car over the last six months.I knew the Bugatti Veyron was special, but let's together understand why this car cost Volkswagen £5 million to produce.Now, in 1997, whilst sat on a high -speed train travelling across Japan, this man, Ferdinand Piech, the CEO of Volkswagen, drew this actual picture on the back of an envelope.This here is the very first breaths of the Veyron.His idea was not a V12 like the opposition, McLaren F1, Ferrari and Lamborghini.

He was going Billy Big Balls and dreamt up a W18.Yes, a crazy 18 pistons and cylinders, which theydid actually make here as a prototype.Can you imagine how much money that that is worth today?He then decided on a slightly different way with an elusive 8 -litre W16 with four turbochargers.Even saying that in 2026, it still sounds absolutely ridiculous.

He then set his team some brutally specific targets which the car had to achieve to make production.They were allowed zero compromise.First up, it had to have over 1 ,000 horsepower, which was pretty much double of any other road car at that time.Also, it needed to be the fastest.He told them clearly that Veyron had to hold the world record top speed, over 400 kilometers per hour.He also told them it needed luxury, like a Bentley.

And he said it needed to be reliable at whatever the cost.This was a team board meeting in 2001.And about 25 years ago, this was madness.What he was requesting wasn't even possible.It was literally just some words, not reality.And they made a dream, fiction, insanity, an actual reality.

This is so much more than any car you've ever seen.I mean, it's as easy to drive as a normal car, but it goes like a bullet.Nobody knew, but they had created the very first hypercar, which made for some crazy trivia facts.At top speed, this car drains the full fuel tank in under 12 minutes.Which is a good job, because at that top speed, even with the bespoke engineered mixed in tyres, they give up.After 15 minutes, the heat is that intense.

The fold up brake generates more stopping power than a normal car.That's without even considering the brake discs and pads.It has 10 radiators to try and keep it cool.It carries 200 litres of various fluids to even operate.And that engine sucks in 47 ,000 litres of air a minute.And the big one, they made, 4 million pound loss on every Veyron that they sold.

This wasn't about profit.This was a flex.That VW were the best at making cars in the world.They were making a statement.Pigeon chest out and chin held high.And somehow, Mark from Redditch, our little family, has one.

And that's probably the craziest fact of it all.Let's crack on and get this truly incredible car finally back to my house to see its new loving home.So let's get back to our list and let's finish these last three tasks.Now to make things even more weird, mine and my Armstrong's cars both had misfires, both had pump failure and both had weak accumulators.But they also had the exact same door lock problem.

Right, do you know you told me that the door got locked in?

Just tell everyone how you got it open.

I had to drill out the hole, I was stripped, I was on the verge of giving up, I've got the CC12, I was like, I don't know how I'm going to do this.Whacked the door with my hand.

So what are you going to do?Put a screwdriver in your back pocket.

Tap the door, pull the handle.

So tap the door three times.

Have you put the screwdriver in your pocket?

Yeah, you haven't put the screwdriver in your pocket.Yeah, I'll put that in your back pocket.Imagine if this worked.Now obviously, we're going to do this the furlonger way.We don't just throw parts at it, we strip to understand why it has gone wrong, to save us in the future, as there's no doubt that this is going to happen again.We were lucky when it happened our first time because we were inside the car, but we can see there's nothing obvious broken or any bent part.

That'll make moves, so that's where it now.That's opening.

So we're thinking it just needs some good old -fashioned grease.It's probably dried from being left inside rusty workshops for years.

This is where you take it apart and it goes back together again.This part's just pinged off.

Can we not just leave this alone?

I feel like we've seen enough.You've seen enough, yeah.

I think if you just take those bits off, just so you understand how it all works completely.

Strip apart the motor.Any chance you can find out how it works on somebody else's?But even after making it moist, the lock was still jamming occasionally.And oddly, it works perfectly off the car.

What I didn't have when it was off the car was the handle.

So we have narrowed it down to this cable, joining the lock mechanism to the door assembly handle.Chris adjusted a little bit of tension off.

He's got his head in his hands.

You alright, Mark?And to make sure that we had fixed it, once we unstuck the passenger door, we used the same technique to make sure my side was working.Good work team.We did a lot there.

I think that was mainly down to us.

A nice simple fix with zero parts having to be bought, which might be important later when I show you all the bills that I have had to pay to make this car back.to perfection.Small niggly failures like this is what could make a Veyron ownership so expensive.We have heard stories like Carl's wobbly window switch.

It was nine and a half thousand pounds.Plus V18.Found the parts and they were 89 pence.

This is because these manufacturers as a whole, they replace.They tend not to fix or adjust.They unbox and fit new expensive parts.Imagine what would have happened if I had taken my door to be fixed at the big boys.I might have had to sell something very precious.And there's lots of other stories just like that all over the internet.

I thought you'd really get a kick out of these Bugatti service records, huh?$400 an hour.$1 ,000 just to look at your airbag light.

Yeah.

Just to look at it.

Yes.Not to work on it or fix it.

Right.

Just to look at it.

Yes.$37 ,000.

I love the Bugatti brand and in January when we had they and Ron I was the person who wanted to pay top money to get my car fixed at the main dealer but as you all saw not even a call back and I really don't think that we deserve that but looking back nowwas this actually a great big fat positive?The journey that we have been on together, and a team of engineers designing, making, fixing, remembering, a team which got back together like some sort of epic boy band reunion.So now we have choices, like Furlongers.Oh no, it's the perfect time to own one of these cars.We've seen some age -related issues, which are now not so expensive to fix.

Right, next, the rear wing and the limp mode.

Right, what's occurring now?You're making me nervous.Door's done, so now we're going to get the spoiler sitting a bit more.Yes proud.

Now this is a very temporary but effective fix.These nylon bushes just clip in and fight against gravity to hold the spoiler up at a much nicer angle.

It's a bit flatter isn't it?

Yeah definitely mate, definitely better, 100%.So number two is a tick, definitely only temporary but we're still actively working to find a solution for those sensors and to be fair we are nearly there.And finally Limp mode.For some reason, it's restricted to pretty much 250 horsepower.And greedily, I want it all.We've got no engine light.

I guess that would make life a lot easier.

Would do to a point because it opens the front door effectively to the house of the car.

So we're going back door.

We're going back door.Front door's locked.No error codes.So we're going to read values bank to bank, see if anything, you know, you've got four values of the airflow meter.If three of them are reading, say five, and one's reading one, we know we're in the right area.

In the last video, where we fixed the misfire on Cold Start, we replaced the MAF sensors, but we couldn't get in time the proper Bosch -equivalent Bugatti sensors.so maybe the ones we fitted just aren't perfect.

We have got the proper airflow meters to put on.

So we're going to take all this back off again?

No, we're going to go through the wheel arches.Oh, back door again?Yeah, back door again.James is going to give me a hand with that.What, going back door?We're going the back door.

Double team.James, you alright back dooring?

Yeah, I can do, yeah.

Sweet.

What a team.Yeah, we'll try anything through here.So we're looking for the two bottom sensor readings to be similar, which they are on this side of the engine.

First ECU.

Oh, I know what it could be.

Yeah, go for it.That pipe.Yeah, ain't that pipe.That pipe's perfect.That level was not dropped once.

Have you changed the pipe yet?

No, I haven't changed the pipe.How do you know it's not the pipe then?It will be changed.When we see the car again, it's going to be changed, right?

The only way to know it's not the part though is to change it.

Look at this difference in value.Oh, you found something?Yeah.

But on the other side, they are miles apart.So we're going to change them, but via the back door.I'm on the camera now, so I've got to go like this and miss it all.

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The easy quick way to access the sensors is by removing the carbon fibre wheel arch liner.What sort of car has carbon fibre wheel arch liners?Hilarious.We now have access to the MAF sensors and we can swap them out for the original Bosch OEM to exactly match the Bugatti service parts.And whilst Chris is on the one side, James is teaming up on the other.So let's find out if that works.

And whilst the car was jacked up, Chris took away our teasing ammunition with a swap over of a very special pipe.

present for you, as you've been on my case so much about it.I want it above the car in the garage, yeah?

For the record, everyone, he's changed it now.

Changed it.I reckon you were getting quite emotional with the grief.I was fed up reading the comments.Just relentless comments.I had someone ask me at Silverstone.

So with everything swapped, we now need a test driver.And after owning a Bugatti since Christmas, it's finally my turn to get into the driver's seat.Honestly, this blows me away.20 years ago, I saw this car and never did I think I would own one.Never mind one which looks as good as this.These past six months have been slow.

Everything has taken time.But that's because we wanted everything to be as good as it possibly could be.So after all that doubt, let's see just how bloody great my spaghetti, Vey and Ron, actually is from behind the steering wheel.I'm not driving it anymore!

Come on, let's go!

F**k it's ace!

Yeah, s**t, I suppose you've never driven it.I've never driven it.Oh, I'm glad I'm the first person in the...I don't know what you're going to say.I'll go in front of Jane.It's only if you want to move in front of Jane.

I've never driven it.I'll tell you one thing I will say about it.Suspension, that's really good.It is, isn't it?It doesn't feel very rattly on this thing.No, it's not rattly at all.

F**k, it feels fine.

Very windy here, isn't it?Yeah, you've got to get a new rubber for that.Yeah.See, that is normal.That is how they pull away.

That doesn't feel that bad at all.

That's how they pull away.

I've got to get off the clutch, haven't I?I suppose there's a little bit there.

No, genuinely, Mark, I wouldn't drive that.and say it feels different.

Honestly, even right now, 20 miles per hour will do me.It's been an absolute emotional roller coaster.Highs and lows you could have never imagined from a tin can on wheels.It's brought me laughter, tears, smile and despair in the same day.It's been one hell of a journey, and to be honest, it's been a privilege to share it with you guys.I feel your passion.

The comments, the messages, and the questions have been amazing.But a lot of you did doubt me, and rightfully so, as it's not your average, sensible decision.But I've always known that somehow, one day, this car would see the road again, and in the summer.But I just wasn't quite sure which summer.So, is this car ready?Will Jane finally get to see the Spaghetti Veyron in one piece?

Especially as it's a full -blown shiny spoon.Can it at last please come home?

Well, we have done it together, all of us.

100 % fully working Spaghetti Veyron Mansory purse action.As you know, when I took this risk, my plan was to rebuild this car at a fraction of the cost to if I had taken it to Bugatti.Then potentially, I could end up with a car way cheaper than any other Veyron for sale.Well, now it's done, I'm going to tell you exactly how much I have spent to fix it.And then we can calculate if I have made or lost money.Finally, this thing is fixed after all this time, months and months and months.

everything is working it's shiny it's in one piece the gearbox is fixed the clutch is fixed everything is perfect and i am excited to get this home and anybody rides shotgun in this car has got to have one of those in their pocket at all times basically no fish and chips if you touch it there's greasy fingerprints now we're going to get it valued and hopefully i haven't lost any money because unfortunately 4 .4 million of you guys in the uk have because 442 billion dollars has been lost due to fraud as you know on this channel we hate scammers so that's why for this video we have partnered with protect my data who have sponsored this video right also surprise now Registration plate.I love registration plates and I've actually had this 10 years when I used to race side -by -side boogies and it was on the camper.Ready?Yep.Thank you for all your boogies.

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There were a lot of people worried that this car would never be back together and one person especially who thought that this might have been a step too far.

You're buying a cancer patient, you're buying a terminally ill car.It's a risk.It's very, very risky.Very, very risky but with big risk and big rewards.

But now Carl is going to be one of the three people to give us their honest opinion, a true market valuation to what this car is worth in the market today.I'm so excited to see what he thinks of this car.He's heard the weekly progress reports.He has witnessed firsthand the stresses and smiles along our journey.

It's here.Wow, man.Well, firstly, congratulations.Thank you so much.I've never seen that.Obviously, I've not seen this one before.

Look, it's like this one whole thing.I could do my hair in here and everything.Trousers, by the way.Thank you very much.Does that sound a bit weird for a man?A little bit.

Whilst Carl is doing a close inspection, let me show you the other evaluators.We have Matt from Furlonger Cars.He has seen the entire rebuild process.And today's third valuers.

That is a massive difference.Geez, completely different to what it was when we last saw it.

Are the people who started this whole roller coaster.Ollie, my friend, who specialises in discreet client, off -market hypercar sales, and his business partner, Chris, who is also Mansory UK.They are the perfect people to value this Mansory Veyron.

Compared to what we first saw when we walked into the shop,to what we're seeing now, it's day and night, completely, completely different.I'd say the shock of seeing it in two pieces was definitely a shock for both of us.But we had a vision.God, you were right.

Right, let's get into the figures.Initially, what are Veyrons worth in general?

Where does this sit and where does the market sit?Well, the markets, In the last 12 months of changes, quite a lot, to be honest.There's a lot more interest, a lot of collectors didn't buy them and now have bought them.And do you think that's because of running costs?I think the running cost has made a difference.I think there's also a 20 year anniversary definitely made a difference.

To me, one of the most amazing things is how there's nothing missing.

Yeah, yeah, I think that the whole thing with that car is, you know, when you went there, you saw all the bolts and cups and, you know, how many different dealers and people that have been to it.I think it was going to be a high probability there was some special stuff missing.So it's nice because everything's gone back together.It's all the Bugatti bits are still, it's a complete car.

I've known of this car for, for ages since it came into the country and no one, none of the owners have ever really spent the money on it and looked after it the way it should have been.So I'm glad it's with you and you can treat it how it needs to be.Yep, that's fine.Pass the test.It's £11 ,600.

It's done 12 ,000 kilometres.So it's done like 8 ,000 miles.

So what are you going to do?Are you going to sell it to me?

So let's find out what the hypercar experts think my Bugatti Veyron is worth.Mansory.

Yeah.

How does that alter cars usually?Does it increase value, decrease, middle of the road?

It depends on the spec.You know, if someone orders a pink with pink colour on it, it's going to be difficult to sell on afterwards.Yeah.But with something like this, where it's rarity value, Mansory's got a very strong name in this sort of thing.I think it's definitely, with it looking like this as well now, I think it's increasing value, definitely.

There's definitely been some mixed opinions in the comments.If you don't know who Mansory are, they modify and customise cars.But they are well known for sometimes being very extreme, leery and some of the colour combinations best looked at in the dark.

Well I think the mansouri bit as I said at the beginning when you were buying it is always going to be a marmite situation.If you want a mansouri you're going to be desperate to buy one and you've got to find one.If you just want to buy a normal Veyron, you might not like the Mansory thing.So that is always going to be a flip to a buy.What demotes a value of a car?Condition, mileage, rarity.

They're the three things.And it's very rare.It's obviously low mileage, which we were surprised about, weren't we?But that's another point that was good about it.And that probably does ring true with the condition of it.

So Mansory do two things.versions of the Veyron.Have you seen the actual Mansory Veyron?Yes.Okay, that's wild.Yes.

You would never know in a million years that this has got any kind of a kit.It hasn't got a kit.All that's Mansory about this car is the finish.Mansory turned the car into what they call a Persang.It's got no kit on it.Do I think it being this spec configuration helps or hurts it?

I think it depends on the buyer.I think for you it helps it.

Yeah.I wanted something quite like classic but modern looking, not like a chocolate brown.So that is all good news.Now, as a reminder, six months ago, I paid £900 ,000 for this car.in two pieces.Parts spread everywhere with a broken gearbox in Holland.

At the time, the market values were between 1 .3 and 1 .6 million pounds.And obviously, I have spent a lot of money repairing this car, which we will go through bit by bit after we have our free values.What do you think really now that's worth?

A lot more than 900 ,000.Seriously, being Bugatti, being Mansory, It's got to be close to two million.It's really got to be close to it.You could even maybe ask more, as it's so special.

So you think two mil?

I'd say two mil.I really would.I think it's, mate, try and find another.

So what would you say this car could sell for today?

Definitely two million.That's massive.You might try and ask more, but someone would pay them for it.

Isn't it crazy what's happened in the last six months?

Yeah, but I mean, how long have they been 450 cars worldwide.254 16 .4s.Fastest car in the world.So many different things.So many records.So many different things it broke.

They've been so undervalued for so long.I think 2 million would be...I think someone would pay that for it.Yeah.Apart from Karl.Karl would want to pay a million.

So where do we reckon?

What really, truthfully, would you think it could sell for today?What could it sell for?

It could sell for one and three quarter million.That's where I think it could sell for.And that's been...Get realistic.You know, if I want it to be high hopes, it could be too many quid.

but I you know me I'm just I'm as it is and I'll sell it I think it's one and three quarters that would sell it easy gone think it would go easy that is crazy numbers huge amounts of money and honestly more than I was expecting but has this gamble paid off There's been a lot of parts bought, man hours, fake gearboxes and work trips.It's took a lot of work to get this from a dusty car in the corner to a beautiful shiny spoon piece of art.Well, I'm going to break down now exactly how much it cost.But first, it's freshly back from its second polish at the machine shop.It's shinier than ever and I'm going to finally show this to my extremely supportive family who literally have had my back and trusted my decision throughout all of this.They have witnessed the ups and downs daily and just remember Jane has not seen this car since the very first day that I picked it up.

There she is.She looks even worse than before.

Like everything in here is beautiful.I love that.

You're very quiet.

You just absolutely gobsmacked.

OK, open your eyes.

How beautiful is that?Handprints over it from Dad.

Isn't it ridiculous?

That is the best thing you've ever done.I know.I can see my fur, guys.

Isn't it ace?

Well done, Ian.I can see it.

Well done, furlongers.

I just can't believe it's here and it's on the drive.And everybody was like, oh, you've made a big mistake.You shouldn't have bought that one.You should have gone for the black one with the orange interior.I prefer that colourway.

I know.Now you see it now.It's unbelievable.I can't stop.

Well done you.And well done you Rhys for not crying today.Or have you cried?

No crying.

You have actually got a, oh man.Come and do a family kiss.

Just look at it.

Family kiss.

It feels so good.It's actually sat on my driveway.Right, let's now break down how much I have spent to repair and build it.Are we up or are we down?Right, we did it.We actually did it.

And that massively includes you guys.When you subscribe, YouTube recognises that and rewards us by pushing us to even more people.And then we get people involved with the Veyron who know stuff about this which nobody else in the world would have.So this is down to you guys.Now, costs.Cover your ears.

Cover my ears?I gave you the piece of paper, you wally.

Right, we'll start off with the big one.Six months ago, we bought this car.

Seems a long time, but it's actually gone quick.And look.

We've done a lot in six months.£900 ,000.Finder's fee from Ollie and Chris was £5 ,000.Jamie, JRW Motorsport, he has been amazing all the way through this.He's never stopped helping us.We paid him because he had to do a little bit of work before we took the car.

away, 700 pound.Big up Jamie, thank you for being involved to the end.Then we can start getting to the big ones.KMP, the legend of Pascal.Howdy, the person who we bought it off, had already paid a load of money to get that gearbox to a certain place.So we ended up to cover the rest of the work done after we owned the car, was 11 ,400 pound.

We also bought a lot of very expensive oil off Pascal, which was another £970.Work trips to Holland.Some of the places we went didn't offer receipts.Ferries, £600.Hotels, £550.Fuel, £540.

Jake from O -Sport came down and he scanned the car so they could make the adapter for the test rig.Jake charges zero pound, big up Osport, thank you Jake, big part of our channel and will be in the future.Revotech, obviously they did a lot, made that whole test rig, spent a lot of time and a lot of effort doing all that and they charge us £10 ,000 which was way under what it should have been.

Andrew, Our Spanish friend.

Prick.With the deposit, flight and hotel, that twat cost us £7 ,693.

Yeah, but on the back of that, Senna and I had a suntan.

Then when we were down Furlongers, Max came down from Hawkes Auto Works and he cleaned up, obviously, the interior of this.Again, wouldn't have a single penny off us, so thank you, Max.You will be seeing Max a lot in the future on the channel.Bob turned a dull spoon into a shiny spoon.now he charges £1 ,200 which was a bargain because i know how many hours he put into this so as an hourly rate he is a legend now food basically a load of meal deals and pepes actually we did have two wagamamas didn't we threeThree Wagamamas?

Two.Two Wagamamas.

Two Wagamamas.Food's £430.Right, the big bits now.Rob and Andrew.Amazing people, and if you imagine, so, so clever.They had all that information in their head and somehow they had to make a wiring system to make our car work again.

They are the Albert Einstein of Bugattis, aren't they?

They're unbelievable.Right, their bill, zero.They wouldn't have a single penny off us.Don't worry.We're going to get them something nice and do great things, but...

Don't let them know that, though.

No, don't tell them.But what absolute legends.They literally will not have a single penny off us.Right, furlonger bill.Obviously, we use parts, a lot of expensive parts.All of the team, you know, they've had this car for six months and they've been on it pretty much every day.

And their bill?Zero.And they won't have a single penny, which makes me emotional.Like, they've enjoyed the journey.You guys have supported them and I hope you guys support them in the future.They're an amazing company, like so many other people on here.

And like I say, they won't have a single penny off.So thank you all of the Furlonger team.You've been amazing.And this is because of you guys as well.You've got to think these are businesses and they need exposure and they need business in the future.And because of you guys watching this, millions of you watching it, sharing it, talking about it, showing other Bugatti owners how to do this these people are going to get lots of business and that's why they haven't charged us and that is thanks to each and every single one of you guys big up right totals drum roll come on nine hundred and nine nine hundred and thirty nine thousand and eighty three pounds there we go

So under £40 ,000.This car means so much to us, doesn't it?And you guys and all the people on here, we can't possibly sell this car.So it's irrelevant what it's worth.Yes, they've increased in value, which definitely has helped all of the numbers, but that's not what this car and this project has been about.Big news, you guys can see this car in person on August the 16th at Silverstone at Trax.

Come say hello to the Van Ron and come and meet us.It would be really good to show you just how amazing all of our team has made this car.This is just the start of this car, we're going to be using it, we're going to be enjoying it and make sure to subscribe so you can come along on the trips as well.

See you next Tuesday.

6pm, well done for not crying Reece, good job.