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Bugatti Automobiles
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This article is about the Volkswagen AG subsidiary active from 1999-present. For Automobiles
Ettore Bugatti (1909-1963), see Bugatti. For Bugatti Automobili S.p.A. (1987-1995), see Bugatti
Automobili.

Coordinates: 48°31′36″N 7°29′59″E

Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.

Type Private
Société par actions simplifiée

 Automobile manufacturing
Industry
 Automobile distribution

Predecessor Bugatti Automobili S.p.A.[1]

Founded December 22, 1998; 21 years ago[1]

Headquarters Molsheim

France[2]

Area served Worldwide (except Australia)

Key people Stephan Winkelmann (President)[3]

Products Bugatti Chiron

Bugatti Divo
 Production output 76 vehicles (2018)[4]

Number of employees 297 (2016)

Parent Volkswagen AG[5]

Subsidiaries  Bugatti Engineering GmbH

 Bugatti International S.A.
[2]

Website bugatti.com

Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. (French pronunciation: [bygati]) is a French high-performance luxury

automobiles manufacturer and a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, with its head office and assembly
plant in Molsheim, Alsace, France. Volkswagen purchased the Bugatti trademark in June 1998
and incorporated Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. in 1999.
Bugatti presented several concept cars between 1998 and 2000 before commencing
development of its first production model, the Veyron 16.4, delivering the first Veyron to a
customer in 2005.

Contents

 1History
 2Concept cars
o 2.1Italdesign Giugiaro designs
o 2.2Volkswagen designs
o 2.3W18 Engine
o 2.416C Galibier
 3Production cars
o 3.1Veyron
o 3.2Chiron
o 3.3Divo
o 3.4La Voiture Noire
o 3.5Centodieci
 4See also
 5References
 6Bibliography
 7External links

History[edit]
At the urging of then-chairman Ferdinand Piëch, Volkswagen purchased the rights to produce
cars under the Bugatti marque in June 1998. This followed the earlier Volkswagen purchases of
the Lamborghini marque (by VW's Audi subsidiary), the Rolls-Royce factory in Crewe, United
Kingdom, and the Bentley marque.
On 22 December 2000, Volkswagen officially incorporated Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S., with
former VW drivetrain chief Karl-Heinz Neumann as president. The company purchased the 1856
Château Saint Jean, formerly Ettore Bugatti's guest house in Dorlisheim, near Molsheim, and
began refurbishing it to serve as the company's headquarters. The original factory was still in the
hands of Snecma, who were unwilling to part with it. At the Pebble Beach Concours
d'Elegance in August 2000, VW announced that they would instead build a new
modern atelier (factory) next to and south of the Château. The atelier was officially inaugurated
on 3 September 2005.
Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen AG [5]
After the Veyron's discontinuation in 2014, the new Bugatti model was revealed to be
the Chiron in 2016. With an 8-liter W16 engine delivering 1500 horsepower, an electronically
limited top speed of 261 miles per hour, and a price of about €2,400,000, the Chiron attempts to
vastly surpass the Veyron's performance.

Concept cars[edit]
Italdesign Giugiaro designs[edit]
Volkswagen commissioned Italdesign's Giorgetto Giugiaro to design a series of concept cars to
return the marque to prominence. The first example, the EB 118, was a two-door coupé and was
introduced at the Paris Motor Show in 1998. It was followed by the four-door EB
218 touring sedan, introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in 1999. Later that year, the 18/3
Chiron was shown at the IAA in Frankfurt.
Volkswagen designs[edit]
Volkswagen designed the final Bugatti concept, the EB 18/4 GT in house. Bugatti introduced the
EB 18/4 at the 1999 Tokyo Motor Show.
W18 Engine[edit]
All of these early concepts featured a 555 PS (408 kW; 547 hp) 18-cylinder engine. This was the
first-ever W-configuration engine on a passenger vehicle, with three blocks of 6 cylinders each. It
shared many components with Volkswagen's modular engine family.
16C Galibier[edit]
Main article: Bugatti 16C Galibier
The 16C Galibier was unveiled during Celebration of the Centenary of the Marque in Molsheim.
The presentation was only for Bugatti customers. The car show in Molsheim showed the car in
blue carbon fibre and aluminum parts. One year later Bugatti showed the world the 16C Galibier
Concept at "VW Group Night" at the Geneva Auto Show in a new black and aluminum color
combination.
The Galibier, a 1000 HP sedan, was first shown as a concept in 2010 and when they planned to
put it into production in 2015, it would have cost about $1.4 million. It would use the same 16-
cylinder 8.0-litre engine as the Veyron but instead of four turbos, the 16C Galibier would instead
use two superchargers to deliver better torque. Production would require new facilities in
Molsheim, France, to be refitted, which pushed back potential deliveries until 2015.[6]
In 2013, it was announced that the car will never be produced as they wish to focus on a Veyron
replacement.

Production cars[edit]
Bugatti EB110 GT

In the 1980s the Bugatti brand was brought back as Bugatti Automobili S.p.A. in Italy. The
company produced the EB110 in the 1990s, which put Bugatti back on the modern super-car
scene. The company was then bought by Volkswagen at the end of the 20th century.
Veyron[edit]
Main article: Bugatti Veyron

Bugatti Veyron

Development of this vehicle began with the 1999 EB 18/4 "Veyron" concept car, which itself had
a chassis based on that of the Bugatti 18/3 Chiron concept car. It was similar in design and
appearance to the final Veyron production car. One major difference was the EB 18/4's use of a
W18 engine with three banks of six cylinders. The Veyron's chief designer was Hartmut
Warkuss, and the exterior was designed by Jozef Kabaň of Volkswagen, rather than Giorgetto
Giugiaro of Italdesign, who had handled the three prior Bugatti concepts.
The then – Volkswagen Group chairman Ferdinand Piëch announced the Veyron at the 2000
Geneva Motor Show. It was promised to be the fastest, most powerful and most expensive car in
history. Instead of the W18, it would use a VR6/WR8-style W16 engine. First seen in the
1999 Bentley Hunaudières concept car, the W16 would have four turbochargers and produce a
quoted (metric) 1001 horsepower (see engine section for details on the power output). Top
speed was promised at 407 km/h (253 mph), and the price was announced at €1 million.
Development continued throughout 2001 and the EB 16/4 Veyron was promoted to "advanced
concept" status. In late 2001, Bugatti announced that the car, officially called the "Bugatti Veyron
16.4", would go into production in 2003.
Piëch retired that year as chairman of the Volkswagen Group and was replaced by Bernd
Pischetsrieder. The new chairman promptly sent the Veyron back to the drawing board for major
revisions. Neumann was replaced as Bugatti president by Thomas Bscher in December 2003,
and substantial modifications were made to the Veyron under the guidance of a former VW
engineer, Bugatti Engineering chief Wolfgang Schreiber.
The Veyron costs €1,100,000 (net price without taxes);[citation needed] prices vary by exchange rates
and local taxes (like value added taxes). Prices for the UK or the US are over £880,000, or
around $1,400,000. It was noted in an April issue of Live magazine (weekly men's magazine
with The Sunday Times) that customers are free to order additional extras which can push the
price up by the cost of a Rolls Royce Phantom. During an episode of Top Gear, the car was
compared to the Concorde as a feat of technology.[7]
Chiron[edit]

Bugatti Chiron

Main article: Bugatti Chiron

At the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, Bugatti premiered the Bugatti Chiron as a successor to the
Veyron.[8][9] The pricing is set at 2.4 million euros. It is powered by a 7,993 cc (8.0 L) quad-
turbocharged W16 engine with a peak power output of 1,103 kW (1,500 PS; 1,479 hp) at 6,700
rpm and 1,600 N⋅m (1,180 lb⋅ft) of torque starting from 2,000 to 6,000 rpm. It can accelerate from
0–97 km/h (0–60 mph) in 2.4 seconds according to the manufacturer and has an electronically
limited top speed of 420 km/h (261 mph) (233–236 mph (375–380 km/h) without top speed key)
for safety reasons, mainly arising from the tyres as the manufacturer concluded that no tyre
currently manufactured would be able to handle the stress at the top speed the Chiron is capable
of achieving. The base price is €2,400,000[10] (US$2,700,000 at the August 2016 exchange
rate),[11] and buyers were required to place a €200,000 (US$226,000 at the August 2016
exchange rate) deposit.[11][12] Production is limited to 500 units. Unlike the Veyron, the Chiron is
expected to make a profit.[13][14]