Batmobile-like Bugatti, most expensive new car ever made, snapped up by mystery buyer for US$12.5 million

Bugatti unveiled – then sold what it’s claiming is the most expensive new car ever.

The “La Voiture Noire”, sold for US$12.5 million after debuting this week at the Geneva International Motor Show in Switzerland.

The buyer of the new “hyper sports car” has not been publicly revealed, but the car maker says it was sold to a “Bugatti enthusiast”.

“As the black car sits, the thing is further proof that now more than ever, it’s good to be filthy, stinking rich,” Motor Trend wrote in its initial appraisal.

Built to mark the automaker’s 110th anniversary, La Voiture Noire, which is French for “the black car”, resembles the classic Batmobile.