Bugatti's Commitment In Painting Cars Up To 700 Hours

The painting process for Bugatti's car (source: Bugatti)

JAKARTA - Supercar and hypercar manufacturer from France, Bugatti is known to be producing cars that are not only fast, but provide the best products for consumers. One of the things that Bugatti does to increase the expensive value on its products is through paint. How not, Bugatti cars get the painting process by spending 600 to 700 hours per vehicle to do the paint properly, and fulfill consumer wishes. Even before the primary paint process performed, specialist Bugatti checked every detail to avoid defects in his car. Starting from the presence of holes or small stains on Bugatti, before the paint process started. Of course this requires extraordinary commitment and accuracy, as said by Simon Vetterling, body specialist and Bugatti painting. He revealed that it can meet the high standards of Bugatti. "Dismissal on hyper sports cars requires not only extraordinary expertise "It's normal but also a commitment and ambition to always meet the brand's high quality standards, week after week, car after car," said Simon, quoted from Carscoops, Friday, March 17, 2023. After checking the body panel was completed without any defects, the craftsman pasted the initial primary paint layer, which was then perfectly smoothed so as to prevent the formation of waves or holes that were not even visible with the naked eye. The process takes 100 hours, and then it will be next It takes 100 hours of lahu before the first color coat is painted. After painting, each panel is checked and if there is an inappropriate color, it will be repainted. Bugatti said that ensuring color remains consistent on all different panels is a very big challenge because they sometimes paint the metal part, the carbon fiber part, so it needs adjustment to each part and takes a long time to improve. Even so, The painting process has not been completed. After the paint meets the standard and adjusts, it takes a four-day gluing to ensure that the smearing is completely perfect. Then, the painted car was taken to Bugatti's light tunnel to be checked for ten hours to check whether there was a flaw or not. Christophe Piochin, president Bugatti Automobiles said that his party did this in order to maintain the tradition that had been brought by the founder of Bugatti. Ettore Bugatti grew up in an artist's family, and the canvas was a car, even before people thought of it as a work of art, Piochin said. "We maintain the ethos to this day in Bugatti, ensuring that every aspect of design and production is completed with dedication to aesthetic excellence," Piochin added. quoted from Bugatti's official release.