Rare Bugatti EB112 Up For Auction
An ultra‑rare Bugatti EB112 — one of only three V12 All‑Wheel‑Drive sedans built in the late 1990s — is being offered for sale, a collector’s oddity that reminds buyers how wild Bugatti’s past experiments were. The car’s rarity and V12/manual layout are being highlighted in auction previews and retrospectives that trace the brand’s unusual sedan project. (topgear.es) (theautopian.com)
RM Sotheby’s will offer the 1999 EB112 at its Monaco sale on April 25, 2026 as Lot 151, with an estimate of €1,500,000–€2,000,000; the catalog lists chassis number ZA9CC030ERCD39003 and shows the car’s odometer at just 388 kilometres. (rmsothebys.com) The car was completed for Monegasque businessman Gildo Pallanca Pastor and remained in his possession until 2015, after which it passed to the current owner who has now consigned it to RM Sotheby’s; Pastor acquired unfinished EB112 components following Bugatti Automobili’s collapse and oversaw completion of two examples. (magnetomagazine.com) Structurally the EB112 uses a carbon‑fibre chassis derived from the EB110 — a carbon‑fibre chassis is a lightweight, very rigid structural tub made from woven carbon fibres that improves strength without much weight — and it carries a front‑mounted 6.0‑litre, naturally aspirated 12‑cylinder engine (naturally aspirated means the engine breathes air at atmospheric pressure without turbochargers), paired with a six‑speed manual gearbox and a front‑to‑rear torque split quoted at 38:62 (meaning 38% of engine torque goes to the front wheels and 62% to the rear). (rmsothebys.com) (magnetomagazine.com) The EB112’s power figures are listed in contemporary writeups as about 460 brake horsepower at 6,300 rpm and roughly 590 newton‑metres of torque from 3,000 rpm, figures that underline why the car was conceived as an unusually performance‑focused four‑door; the body was styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign and incorporates period Bugatti references such as a pronounced horseshoe grille and a split rear window. (magnetomagazine.com) The auction catalog notes the car is treated as “as new” for value‑added tax rules because it has been driven fewer than 6,000 kilometres or would be classed under the age threshold, and adds that the lot may only be sold for export or trade due to VAT requirements; recent service history listed in previews includes more than €37,000 spent since 2021 on braking, suspension, emissions equipment and engine work. (rmsothebys.com) (magnetomagazine.com)
