Bugatti to Build a More Exclusive Car
Bugatti Veyron 16.4; fastest, quickest, most powerful. It was an expensive brief, but the company met it, albeit at extremely high costs. So high in fact that the scheduled 300 (only 125 have been delivered so far) profit-bleeders to be built will never return any money to parent company Volkswagen. But resilient VW is about to do it again!
Bugatti media communications manager Julius Kruta told Emirates Business that Veyron is not the end of the story, even though it so nearly became the end of VW itself.
“Even though it is not economically viable for us, we will do it again,” said Kruta, “we have bigger plans for the future and the next one from our stables will be even more expensive than the Veyron.” US luxury car company Dimora may have a word or two about this with their planned USD 2 million Natalia.
We know the Veyron is pretty special; the figures speak for themselves: 16 cylinders, four turbos, 1001 ps/ 736kW, 0 – 100km/h in 2.5 seconds, top speed of 407km/h. Ironically if it didn’t have a rear wing it would fly off! And Brad Pitt, if you are reading this, please email us to confirm if the going price is still USD1.3 million.
“We were putting the car [Veyron] through a hot test drive session in South Africa when a bird flew right into its path. At the speed of 330km/h it was like a small missile being hurled at the car and it smashed through the six aluminium meshes in front of the radiator and destroyed it.”
At this point there is no word to confirm the new super saloon will be called Lydia or Royale, after the classic 1927 example. What we do know is that Lydia/ Royale will be in addition to a smaller version of the Veyron, to be made to compete in the Ferrari F430/ Lamborghini Gallardo space. Then appears a smaller version of Royale itself, created to attack the Audi RS 6/ BMW M5/ Mercedes-Benz E AMG/ Cadillac CTS-V/ Jaguar XF-R/ Porsche Panamera Turbo crowd. Only now I realise how big this crowd has actually grown over the years!
it is a "good" idea in the sense that those profiting systematically from (induced) crisis and recession (oil, usury, war contractors...) are target buyers
you were put off because a Bugatti Veyron was too common??? lol
I think that the time where these new cars will be developed in, will be the last time of survival for M5, RS6, E AMG.. THEY WILL GET TOTALLY DESTROYED.. IF NOT THE F430 before.. It might not happen because of how Bugatti will compete, but because they will be named "Bugatti".. I dont think that there will "ever" be a supercar from another makers where the Bugattis are available.. I FEEL PITY FOR THEM...L O L
I highly doubt this. To start with, aesthetics is a capital factor when purchasing a supercar, and many ppl don't appreciate Bugatti's biomorphic shapes, plus the fact that they will always keep that "sporty but comfy" side that won't convince ie GT3/GT2 or F430 Scuderia drivers.
Recession is for common folk like you and me, the people that baught the veyron dont have to worry bout the international economy. The super rich will still remain rich or at worst lose a few million, but when you got billions it doesnt matter. People in the energy buisness have lotsa money and are laughing right now, the dollar is weak and gas prices keep rising. This new car will sell like hot-cakes just like the veyron is.
very true, during the dirty thirties the there were more "new" millionaires per capita then any other time.
Lol a bird took out 6 meshes and a radiator XD walala that's a flop.
whit that engine you must have more than 1001hp if not...your engeniering is deficient couse the saleen have the same power whit less engine, the most powerful, NO sr...the quiqest, Nop...faster, just mabye So expensive car for what if it styll feels like pssy cat when acelerate instead a nuclear explosion as de McLaren F1... think about it
The S7 TT is only 750hp and 0-62 in 2.8 so its not faster or more powerful. And the McLaren had a 0-62 of 3.4 almost a full second slower than the Veyron. The Veyron isn't perhaps the best bang for buck or best looking but it's like a Vertu cellphone it fills a void in the industry. Even if it was 2x the price it is now it would still be selling because there are 292 billionarairs in the States not to mention how many others there are in the rest of the world, and they need a posh car with a fancy name and a big price tag to show off they are better than a millionair.
All I have to say is... She better be a whole lot faster and with way more HP than before with that price. Because everyone else (car manufactures and consumers alike) are looking.
0 – 100km/h in 2.5 seconds . I like this part , WOOOOOW !!
what a freakin waste... I would never want a car that has no everyday drivability, If I owned such a car I would never feel safe driving it around ie: car Jackers, andI would rather have something that appreciated rather than sat there collecting dust on the hopes that in twenty some odd years I could recoup my investment at auction what a freakin waste!!!
Good god, i hope it's even faster than the current one. Like break the 450km/hr mark faster.
What for? The only way of verifying that speed would be hiring an siport lane or taking the car to salt lake... big deal huh? Grow up.
You need an airport runway (or something equivalent in length) to properly verify the speed of any other supercar.
I can't wait to see something beat Bugatti .
I think about these cars as Super-VWs. They bear no relation to the refined elegance of engineering that the originals had in spades. Take a look at the specs on a Bugatti Type 35, a supercar of its era that achieved speed and performance through innovative engineering thinking and lightness: just about the opposite of the approach exemplified by these speed-at-all-cost blunderbusses.
Yeah, I was always put off buying a Veyron because it was so common and because there are so many nasty little oiks with £800,000 to spend on a car that 125 have been delivered already. VW- there's a recession approaching, the up! is a good idea- this is not