Bugatti’s launch price for the Chiron Super Sport was EUR 3.2 million, before European VAT. Landed in Australia, a car at that price works out at about $7.7 million once customs duty, GST and luxury car tax are added, using the exchange rate and tax rules of 23 and 24 October 2026. That is before shipping, compliance work, registration and stamp duty, and it is a worked example, not a quote. This article shows the sums, then covers what the car is and what owning one here involves.
What the Chiron Super Sport Is
The Chiron Super Sport is the top-speed version of the Chiron family. In this car Bugatti’s quad-turbocharged 8.0-litre W16 produces 1,177 kW (1,600 PS) and 1,600 Nm of torque. To get there Bugatti fitted larger turbochargers and changed the oil pump, cylinder heads, valve train, gearbox and clutch. The Super Sport also has a longer ‘longtail’ rear end and reworked aerodynamics.
Bugatti quotes 0 to 100 km/h in 2.4 seconds, 0 to 200 km/h in 5.8 seconds and 0 to 300 km/h in 12.1 seconds. Production cars are electronically limited to 440 km/h in top speed mode and 380 km/h in the EB, autobahn and handling modes. The 490.5 km/h figure often quoted was set in 2019 by a near-production prototype. Bugatti then built the Chiron Super Sport 300+, a separate model limited to 30 cars.
Bugatti counts the Super Sport inside the Chiron’s limited run of 500 cars. Production ended in May 2024 with the 500th Chiron, a one-off Super Sport called L’Ultime. Bugatti said in April 2022 that every Super Sport build slot had already been reserved, so a Super Sport bought today is a pre-owned car.
Bugatti Chiron Super Sport Price in Australia
Bugatti’s price for the Chiron Super Sport at launch was EUR 3.2 million net, which means before European VAT, with deliveries from early 2022 (Bugatti newsroom, 29 September 2021). The Super Sport cannot be ordered new any more, so what an Australian buyer pays depends on the price agreed for a particular car. The taxes that sit on top of that price are fixed by law. This is how they stack up on Bugatti’s launch price.
Worked example, as at 24 October 2026. It shows the method. It is not a quote or a price list.
- Price: EUR 3,200,000, Bugatti’s launch price before European VAT. Options, Sur Mesure work and any premium for a pre-owned car are not included.
- Exchange rate: A$1 = EUR 0.6250 on 23 October 2026 (Reserve Bank of Australia), so EUR 1 = A$1.60. That puts the customs value at $5,120,000. The customs value is usually the price paid for the car.
- Customs duty: 5 per cent. A Chiron is built in France, and the Australian Border Force tariff lists 5 per cent for petrol passenger cars over 3,000 cc, new or used. The tariff shows no preference rate for European Union cars. Negotiations on a free trade agreement with the EU have finished, but it is not yet signed or in force (DFAT, 24 October 2026).
- GST: 10 per cent of the customs value plus duty plus freight and insurance.
- Luxury car tax: (LCT value, minus the $80,809 threshold) x 10/11 x 33 per cent. The LCT value is the customs value plus duty plus GST plus freight and insurance.
- Freight and insurance: left out, because they depend on the shipment. Each $10,000 of freight and insurance adds about $14,300 once GST and luxury car tax are applied.
| Step | Amount |
|---|---|
| Customs value (EUR 3.2 million at A$1.60) | $5,120,000 |
| Customs duty, 5 per cent | $256,000 |
| GST, 10 per cent of customs value plus duty | $537,600 |
| LCT value (customs value plus duty plus GST) | $5,913,600 |
| Luxury car tax | $1,749,837 |
| Landed price, before freight, compliance, registration and stamp duty | $7,663,437 |
The three taxes add up to about $2.54 million, a third of the landed price. At this price the taxes add about half again to the price paid: the landed price is 1.5 times the customs value. The same steps work for any Chiron, whatever price the buyer agrees, because the customs value is the price paid converted to Australian dollars.
Stamp duty is charged by each state and territory on top. On a price like this, the Northern Territory’s 3 per cent comes to about $230,000 and Victoria’s 9 per cent to about $690,000 (rates read on 24 October 2026). Freight, customs broker charges and the compliance work needed to register an imported car are extra as well.
Australian Luxury Car Tax
Luxury car tax is 33 per cent of the amount above the threshold, after the GST share is taken out. The threshold is $80,809 for the 2026-27 financial year (ATO, 24 October 2026). On a car sold new in Australia the tax is already inside the advertised price. In the example above, $1,749,837 of the $7,663,437 landed price is luxury car tax.
On an import the tax is paid at the border, to the Department of Home Affairs, when the car is entered for home consumption, together with the customs duty.
The ATO says luxury car tax does not apply to the sale of a car that was imported more than two years earlier. A Super Sport that has already been in Australia for more than two years does not attract the tax again when it is resold. One brought in from overseas pays it at the border.
The W16 Engine
The Bugatti W16 is not a V16, and the distinction matters.
A V16 has two banks of eight cylinders arranged in a V. The W16 has four banks of four cylinders working around one crankshaft, which fits sixteen cylinders into a much shorter engine than a conventional V16 would need. Bugatti’s technical sheet lists a displacement of 7,993 cc, four valves per cylinder (64 in all) and four turbochargers.
Torque is 1,600 Nm from 2,250 rpm to 7,000 rpm, and peak power arrives at 7,050 to 7,100 rpm.
The Grand Touring Purpose
Bugatti calls the Chiron Super Sport a grand tourer designed for top speed, luxury and comfort. The tank holds 100 litres. At Bugatti’s WLTP combined figure of 21.5 litres per 100 km, that is about 465 km.
The car has five driving programs: lift, EB, autobahn, handling and top speed. Ground clearance changes with the program: 125 mm at both ends in lift mode, 95 mm at the front and 115 mm at the rear in autobahn mode, and 80 mm at the front and 89 mm at the rear in top speed mode.
Running Costs in Australia
Bugatti’s Dealer Finder, read on 24 October 2026, lists no showroom in Australia. The nearest one listed is in Singapore. In August 2021 Bugatti said its Singapore partner had two trained technicians ready to fly across the region, from Asia Pacific and South Korea to Australia and New Zealand. Ask Bugatti who would service a particular car here before you buy it, and what travel adds to the bill.
Figures Bugatti publishes:
- Fuel: 21.5 litres per 100 km on the WLTP combined test, with a 100-litre tank
- Tyres: 285/30 R20 at the front and 355/25 R21 at the rear
Servicing, tyres and insurance for a car like this are quoted car by car, so get written quotes from Bugatti’s service network and a specialist insurer before you commit.
What You Are Actually Buying
Bugatti handcrafts the Chiron at its atelier in Molsheim, France. The Chiron run was limited to 500 cars, and the last of them was a Super Sport.
Beyond the car itself you are buying rarity. Bugatti said in April 2022 that every Super Sport build slot was reserved and that a waiting list existed. Production ended in May 2024, so a buyer today deals with the owner of an existing car, not with Bugatti’s order book. The price is whatever buyer and seller agree. Apply the steps in the worked example to that price.
Verdict
The Chiron Super Sport suits a narrow buyer: someone who wants the top-speed Chiron, accepts that Bugatti has no Australian showroom listed, and is prepared to pay about half as much again as the car’s price in tax to land it here.
On Bugatti’s figures the car produces 1,177 kW (1,600 PS) and is limited to 440 km/h. It is among the last Bugattis with the W16 engine. The Tourbillon, which Bugatti showed in June 2024, replaces the W16 with a naturally aspirated V16 and hybrid assistance.
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