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PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:24 am 
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Congratulations are in order, because there's a baby Bugatti on the way! The model doesn't have a name yet, but the famous horseshoe grille is set to feature on a new 'cut-price' supercar. The distinctive emblem already adorns the world's fastest production model, the 252mph Veyron. However, it has an £830,000 price tag, while the new machine is expected to sell for £90,000.

Sources say it'll be named after a 17th century painter - so Vermeer, Caravaggio and Rembrandt are all possible. However, fans who are hoping for a junior version of the 16-cylinder Veyron monster look set to be disappointed. Unlike the 987bhp two-seater, the baby model is set to follow more traditional lines.

The entry-level Bugatti is expected to be a front-engined 2+2 using either a VW VR6 or V8 motor. And, as with the Veyron, it could boast all-wheel drive. It'll go head-to-head with Aston Mar-tin's DB9 and the Bentley Continental GT - and as Bugatti, like Bentley, is owned by the VW Group, it could even use the latter's platform to cut costs.

Engineers have already started work on the project. The final design is expec-ted to be signed off early next year, paving the way for a 2008 launch. However, development of the Veyron was plagued by problems, and bosses will be keen to avoid a repeat of that situation. When production does eventually get underway, the car will be built at the brand's Molsheim factory in Alsace, France.

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Thanks for this story my friend, :)
I'm looking forward to see the new design!

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For its name, the balance leans side of Rembrandt and due!!

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Scuderia CC wrote:
For its name, the balance leans side of Rembrandt and due!!

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That name would be the one which make the most sence to me, out of the names mentioned in your post!

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indeed that would have more sens, in all cases as you I am impatient to see this news bugatti :D :wink:

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My vote is for "Rembrandt" or, to follow the tradition set, Wimille, Juneck or Costantini.

For publicity reasons, Rembrandt is very interesting, as you can go many ways with that.

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Any updates on this project? I recently saw the Fifth Gear episode where they were unable to show a certain car at the Bugatti factory as they weren't allowed to. I assume this may be the baby Bug?


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I was the Bugatti Pegaso ....

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Is that the roadster?

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Hi
Sorry but there won´t be a baby lambo. I read a interview with the new president here it is. Unforutnely it´s written in german but the main points are:
bugatti won´t produce a baby bugatti because porsche won´t allow it
bugatti will produce another modell with the tecnic of the veyron so a roadster is possible
bugatti will maybe produce unique cars like the ferrari for glickenhaus.
These are not things which i believe as the new president told them exactly to a journalist
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Bentley-Chef Franz-Josef Paefgen, der seit Frühjahr d.J. auch Präsident von Bugatti ist (und damit die Nachfolge von Dr. Thomas Bscher angetreten hat), äußerte sich in Kalifornien beim weltbekannten Concours d'Elegance in Peeble Beach zu den Zukunftsplänen von Bugatti.

Zunächst ist der noch von Dr. Bscher vertretene Plan, einen kleinen Bugatti deutlich unterhalb des Veyron an den Start zu bringen, definitiv vom Tisch. Dazu gehört auch der Abschied von sämtlichen Expansionsstrategien, die eine Abkehr von der Manufaktur bedeuten würden. Vielmehr wurden in den letzten Monaten die internen Strukturen derart umorganisiert, daß die handwerklichen Arbeitsabläufe nun klarer und eindeutiger definiert sind und als Folge besser eingehalten werden. Zitat Paefgen: "Es waren die typischen Probleme, ein kleines Unternehmen richtig zum Arbeiten, zum Rollen zu bringen." Paefgen möchte damit die Marke Bugatti auch ohne aggressive Wachstumspläne in die Gewinnzone bringen: "Wo wir die Marke hingebracht haben, da wird sie bleiben. Höchst exklusiv." Betrachtet man Paefgen's Erfolg mit Bentley, wird man ihm Glauben schenken. Umgesetzt bedeutet das:
- es wird bei den derzeit 30 Händlern weltweit bleiben,
- die Produktion wird bei einem Auto pro Woche bleiben,
- die Mitarbeiterzahl wird bei ca. 50 bleiben.

Bezüglich Modellpolitik hat Paefgen folgende Vorstellungen geäußert: zukünftige Bugatti werden den aktuellen Motor sowie das aktuelle Getriebe nutzen, d.h. den gesamten Antriebsstrang des Veyron. Um diese Komponenten herum werden neue Kleinstserien entstehen. Vorstellbar wären laut Paefgen beispielsweise ein Roadster oder auch ein Luxus-Geländewagen à la Hummer. Desweiteren möchte man speziellen Kundenwünschen nach Einzelanfertigungen nachkommen. An dieser Stelle fiel der Name James Glickenhaus, der nach Aussage von Paefgen bereits ein Gespräch über ein von ihn gewünschtes Sondermodell als Unikat geführt hat.

Rundherum sehe ich Paefgen durchaus als richtigen Mann in der richtigen Position. Besonders, nachdem das Marktsegment der gehobenen Sportwagen ganz offensichtlich nicht unendlich steigerungsfähig ist (siehe beispielsweise McLaren-Mercedes SLR, Carrera GT etc..)

Abschließend wurde noch mitgeteilt, daß bislang rund 170 Exemplare des Veyron von maximal 300 Stück verkauft wurden.
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Could be the future.

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See here : http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/09/05/buga ... #more-1450

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