Photos: New Bugatti sells for a record $19m

The manufacturer unveiled the most expensive car at the Geneva auto show this week.

The most expensive new car ever sold is a one-off Bugatti luxury sports car that has gone for ?16.7 million ($18.9 million).

"La Voiture Noire" - French for "The Black Car" - is a low-slung sports car with a huge 16-cylinder engine and Bugatti's trademark front grille. It has a carbon fibre body.

The manufacturer unveiled it at the Geneva auto show this week, and said on Thursday that it had been sold at what it and industry experts said was a record price for a new car.

The identity of the buyer was not revealed, though the buzz surrounding the move will have burnished Bugatti's image as a maker of luxury trophy cars.

Stephan Winkelmann, the president of Volkswagen-owned Bugatti, said: "The true form of luxury is individuality."

Bugatti has not said exactly how fast the car goes. However, the specs are similar to another of Bugatti's astonishing pieces of engineering, the Chiron. This car reaches 62mph in 2.4 seconds and has a top speed of 261mph.

With inputs from BBC

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