Mate Rimac is offering factory tours to show how Bugatti build cars and everyone's tagging Mat Armstrong
Published on Feb 14, 2026 at 10:33 PM (UTC+4)
by Molly Davidson
Last updated on Feb 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Ben Thompson
Mate Rimac is opening the doors to one of the most exclusive production lines in the world, but Mat Armstrong is the name on a lot of people’s lips.
For the first time, fans can walk through the same space where Bugatti and Rimac hypercars are being built side by side.
It’s not a museum display or a static showcase either.
This is live production, and it won’t look like this for long.
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Mate Rimac invites you to walk through the Rimac Automobili factory
At the Rimac Campus near Zagreb, Croatia, you can book a ticket and step inside the place where the Rimac Nevera R and the Bugatti Tourbillon are being built right now.
And these aren’t normal cars.
On one side, there’s the Nevera R – a 2,100 horsepower electric hypercar with four motors.
On the other, the Bugatti Tourbillon prototype with a massive 8.3-liter naturally aspirated V16 engine.
No turbos.
No electric assist.
Just pure mechanical chaos.
It’s basically the future and the old-school dream parked next to each other.
Rimac called it a ‘very special moment in history’, and he’s right.
The company is finishing the final 20 Nevera Rs, which means this electric-meets-V16 production combo won’t last forever.
The tour lasts about 90 minutes and costs around $35 (€30) per person, or $12 (€10) if you’re a student or under 18.
You’ll see everything – the showroom, where the cars are introduced, the upholstery department where interiors are handmade, the battery production area, carbon fiber manufacturing, the paintshop, the assembly line, and the final quality checks.
You’re not staring at finished cars behind ropes.
You’re watching them being built.
Tours run Monday to Friday at 10:00AM or 1:00PM.
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Everyone keeps tagging Mat Armstrong in the comments
As soon as Mate posted about the tours, the comments turned into a Mat Armstrong summoning circle.
People kept tagging him, telling him to ‘see how it’s done’ and joking that with access to that factory, he’d probably leave with half a Bugatti in his backpack.
This is obviously because Mat Armstrong recently tried to rebuild a Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport and ran into serious issues getting official parts.
Something Mate Rimac later publicly addressed.
So now the idea of him casually strolling through the same production line where Bugattis are built feels like the internet setting up a sequel.
Whether he actually shows up is anyone’s guess.
But for now, Mate Rimac has done something pretty cool.
He’s opened the doors to one of the most exclusive car factories on Earth, and said anyone curious can come take a look.
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With roles at TEXT Journal, Bowen Street Press, Onya Magazine, and Swine Magazine on her CV, Molly joined Supercar Blondie in June 2025 as a Junior Content Writer. Having experience across copyediting, proofreading, reference checking, and production, she brings accuracy, clarity, and audience focus to her stories spanning automotive, tech, and lifestyle news.
