--- title: "Bugatti Veyron Crash in the Andes Mountains Looks Oddly Beautiful, Really Expensive" description: "Just about the most scenic (and inconvenient) place in the world to crash a $3 million hypercar." date: "2017-10-17" modified: "2017-10-17" authors: - name: "Kyle Cheromcha" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/15206/bugatti-veyron-crash-in-the-andes-mountains-looks-oddly-beautiful-really-expensive" categories: - "Bugatti News" - "News" - "News by Brand" tags: - "andes" - "bugatti" - "Bugatti Chiron" - "Bugatti Veyron" - "Crash" - "Grand Tour" - "south america" --- # Bugatti Veyron Crash in the Andes Mountains Looks Oddly Beautiful, Really Expensive ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* Ask anyone who's been on the car internet over the last decade what the most famous crash involving a [Bugatti Veyron]() is, and there's usually one answer: [Pretty sure that's a Lambo, dude.]() But these pictures from the [Bugatti Grand Tour]() in South America of a crumpled Veyron high in the Andes Mountains are the real thing—and are at once surreal and oddly beautiful to behold. 10 Veyrons, a handful of [Chirons](), and their owners set out over the weekend from Santiago, Chile for a drive to Pantagonia through the Andes Mountains organized by Bugatti. It's one of the most stunning and remote regions in the world, so it must have been a huge damper on the fun when one of the participants overcooked it on a tight corner and launched his $2.7-million [Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse]() down a rock-strewn embankment. Photos of the wreck were [posted to Instagram]() by Rodrigo Muñoz, another driver on the trip. https://www.instagram.com/p/BaMuFW-hISi The owner was uninjured, though the same can't be said for either his pride or the [poor Veyron.]() Pictures show both the front and rear bumpers have been destroyed, along with the tailpipes, and you can bet there's probably $100,000 in hidden damage at minimum all along the underbody. A video showing the French hypercar being winched onto a flatbed shows the wheels still turn, so the owner can take solace in that at least. https://www.instagram.com/p/BaM6j5wBp00 The Bugatti Grand Tour is scheduled to wrap up on Sunday, October 22 at the Hotel Alto Atacama in Chile. That means the rest of the owners have four days left to top this surreal sight with a crash of their own. ## Author Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world. ### Author social links [Bluesky]() [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()