There are bad cars to rear-end, very bad cars to rear-end, and then there is a camouflaged Bugatti prototype worth several million euros. One Volkswagen Polo driver in Spain appears to have found that out the hard way.
The collision happened on a mountain road in Sierra Nevada, Granada, where traffic was slowing near what appears to be a temporary signal for roadworks. A short video captures the moment everything goes wrong.
The clip, posted on Instagram by Fuengirolasequeja, shows a Bugatti Tourbillon prototype traveling behind a white Kia XCeed with the Polo following close behind. When the vehicles ahead stop, the Volkswagen fails to do the same in time.
There is a brief squeal of tires before the Polo runs straight into the rear of the Bugatti. The footage cuts off almost immediately after impact, leaving plenty of unanswered questions about what happened next.
The Polo Simply Couldn’t Stop In Time
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In the video, the Kia XCeed slows and stops as traffic bunches up near the roadworks. The Tourbillon prototype brakes behind it, while the Polo can be seen approaching from the rear before locking up and making contact.
The footage does not provide a clear look at the resulting damage, so it would be premature to assume the Bugatti suffered anything serious. There is also no confirmed information about whether police attended the scene, whether anyone was injured, or how insurance will handle the incident.
This Wasn’t Just Any Bugatti
The car involved appears to be a development prototype for the Tourbillon, Bugatti’s upcoming hypercar and successor to the Chiron. Bugatti has said production will be limited to just 250 examples, with pricing starting at β¬3.8 million before taxes.
That figure alone makes the crash painful to contemplate, although a prototype is arguably even trickier to value. Development cars can contain non-production components, calibration hardware, and bespoke parts that are not simply pulled from a normal replacement-parts catalog.
The Price Difference Is Ridiculous
The contrast between the two cars makes the incident downright ridiculous. Volkswagen Spain lists the Polo among the brand’s most affordable new models, while the Tourbillon sits at the opposite end of the automotive universe.
At a starting price of roughly β¬3.8 million for the Bugatti and around β¬18,000 for a new Polo depending on specification and payment method, you could buy more than 200 Polos for the price of just one Tourbillon. That comparison becomes even stranger when the Bugatti involved is a rare engineering prototype rather than a regular customer car.
Hopefully The Damage Was Minor
Without aftermath footage, the condition of either vehicle remains unknown. A relatively low-speed impact could have resulted in little beyond cosmetic damage, although even minor repairs on a prototype of this complexity could become an expensive and highly specialized job.
The Instagram post from Fuengirolasequeja joked that someone’s insurance bill might become rather expensive next year, which is difficult to argue with. Rear-ending any car is an unpleasant experience, but sliding uncontrollably into a multi-million-euro Bugatti prototype has to rank among the worst possible ways to finish a drive.