A 2008 Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 has left the National Motor Museum in Birdwood after eight years on public display. The History Trust of South Australia confirmed the sale to local outlet InDaily in a report published on 15 October. The transaction removes one of the museum's most unusual exhibits, although the trust has not disclosed the price or the buyer.
InDaily cited a person familiar with the deal who identified the purchaser as Yasser Shahin, a businessman associated with The Bend Motorsport Park. That identification has not been officially confirmed. The same report suggested a price of around A$2 million, but the trust declined to comment on the commercial arrangements. The figure should therefore be treated as an estimate, not an established sale result.
The Bugatti was an unexpected presence in a museum devoted largely to Australia's automotive heritage. It had been bequeathed to the trust and became a prominent attraction at Birdwood. The 2008 example belongs to a landmark model family: an eight-litre, quad-turbocharged W16 hypercar with a seven-speed transmission that helped establish the modern era of road cars capable of more than 400 km/h. Only 450 Veyrons were made across the original model's production run.
The museum has already arranged a very different replacement. According to the trust, a 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing has taken the Veyron's place and will feature in displays around this year's Bay to Birdwood event. Its appeal rests on engineering and design from an earlier era, rather than the Bugatti's pursuit of unprecedented road-car performance.
For now, the public record is clearer about the collection change than the transaction itself. The sale is confirmed, and the Veyron is no longer part of the museum's display. Reports naming a buyer and attaching a multimillion-dollar price remain unverified by the owner. That distinction matters when an unusual museum disposal begins circulating as a collector-market sale.