Bugatti’s Insane Wait Times Reveal Gulf Between Mainstream And Exotic Carmakers originally appeared on Autoblog.
If you order a new Bugatti today, you’ll need to be patient
For most mere mortals, the biggest hurdle getting in the way of buying a new Bugatti exotic is a woeful lack of funds. How many of us have over $4 million to spend on the new Bugatti Tourbillon, anyway?
But even if you are burdened with enough capital to afford a Bugatti hypercar, you can’t have one—at least, not anytime soon. Bugatti has revealed that it’s sold out for the next four years, which is roughly how long it will take the brand to construct all 250 Tourbillons, among other ongoing hypercar builds like the Bolide.
The lengthy wait time for a new Bugatti highlights the huge differences in production techniques and quality control between exotic and mass-market brands. It's a classic case of quality over quantity.
Hand-Built Hypercars And Strict Quality Control Measures Take Time
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Speaking to CarBuzz at the recent Monterey Car Week, Bugatti Director of Design, Frank Heyl, confirmed how busy the company’s schedule is for the next couple of years.
“So, building 250 Tourbillons. Now delivering the finalist trials. The final Bolide… [all that] is going to keep us busy with our capacities until 2029 and sold out until 2029,” said Heyl. “If you have this [financial stability] as a business owner, it works out very solid. Then you know, you can plan ahead. It’s all set.”
Only 40 examples of the Bolide are to be built, yet Bugatti still hasn’t completed all of them, such is the painstaking process of constructing each hand-built hypercar, instead of relying on automated machines to do the heavy lifting. Just last month, the company said it was prepared to completely tear apart and rebuild a W16 Mistral if the finished product didn’t meet the brand’s sky-high quality expectations. This level of attention to detail takes time.
A new production facility in Molsheim, Alsace, isn't expected to dramatically cut down production times at Bugatti. Only around 50 craftspeople will work here, and it will still take them a lot of time to construct each masterpiece.
Bugatti Wait Times Vs. Mass-Market Brands
So, if you ordered a new Bugatti now, you’ll have to be prepared to wait until almost the end of the decade to take delivery. It’s just as well, then, that most Bugatti owners probably have a climate-controlled garage full of other cars to keep them busy in the meantime.
For most of us, such a long wait time for a new car is implausible. According to data from CarEdge, wait times for most new cars in the United States are between one to three months. A popular model like the Kia Telluride could take up to three months to arrive, and you could wait as long as five months for a Ram Super Duty pickup or up to nine months for a Ford Bronco.
Other models take weeks, such as a Tesla Model 3 or Honda Accord.
But as Frank Heyl said, Bugatti’s business model is working. It doesn’t need to chase volumes and is more resilient in the face of industry challenges like tariffs. Ultimately, a four-year waiting list is a nice problem to have—if not for the buyer wanting to get their hands on a 1,800-horsepower hypercar.
Bugatti’s Insane Wait Times Reveal Gulf Between Mainstream And Exotic Carmakers first appeared on Autoblog on Aug 20, 2025
This story was originally reported by Autoblog on Aug 20, 2025, where it first appeared.
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