Tesla can make 60,000+ cars in the same time it takes Bugatti to craft a door handle
Published on Oct 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM (UTC+4)
by Henry Kelsall
Last updated on Oct 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Tesla can build a car every 17 seconds, and it can make 60,000 cars in the same time it takes Bugatti to craft a door handle for a supercar.
The supercar manufacturer is no stranger to paying attention to detail and chasing perfection with everything it makes, even more so than Tesla.
That also extends to minor components like the door handle, which Bugatti will test rigorously to ensure its shape, aerodynamics, and size are all perfect.
Chances are that if Bugatti is even just a tiny bit unhappy with the design, it will be back to the drawing board.
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How Bugatti crafts a supercar door handle
The handles are crafted in Molsheim, where the company builds all of its supercars.
Each handle will go through hours and hours of testing to make sure it measures up and fits on each car.
The pursuit of perfection is incredible, with ergonomics considered down to the nearest millimeter.
Bugatti will digitally create each handle before making an actual physical copy.
Even the feel and grip pressure of the door handles are carefully thought about.
Bugatti wants every handle to have a natural and satisfying feel, as you would find on a daily driver.
But it goes further with its supercars, even tuning the click of the latch for maximum satisfaction.
The manufacturer even gives the material of the door handles careful consideration.
For example, one supercar might use forged aluminum.
But another may use titanium, or even carbon fiber.
Perfection is chased with every part of the supercars
Various factors dictate the choice of door handle material.
These include strength, weight, and even how it feels after a long drive through hot or cold weather.
Yes, the manufacturer even considers how comfortable a door handle feels, whether it is hot or cold.
Naturally, aerodynamics are also a consideration.
Each part of the car must fit seamlessly to avoid any disturbance of airflow across the supercar or hypercar.
The company itself calls them ‘micro-winglets’, such is the seriousness with which they are treated.
When you are the makers of some of the finest performance cars in the world, you take things seriously.
For Bugatti, that means not a single component is glossed over, no matter how big or small.
Henry joined the Supercar Blondie team in February 2025, and since then has covered a wide array of topics ranging from EVs, American barn finds, and the odd Cold War jet. He’s combined his passion for cars with his keen interest in motorsport and his side hustle as a volunteer steam locomotive fireman at a leading heritage steam railway in England.
